Reading progress update: I've read 134 out of 165 pages.

My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery - Reinhold Messner

When I returned to my office in Austria after my Kailash trip, Ruth, my secretary of many years, handed me a letter from Kodak. 

"The roll of Kodachrome slide film you sent us for development was damaged during delivery," the letter read. "Unfortunately, we will be unable to develop it. As a gesture of goodwill, we are happy to enclose a new roll."

The damaged roll had contained shots of the prints in the snow. My clearest proof to date had been destroyed.

 

Oh, wow...