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Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 3

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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The Lost Town of Catam

The Kalatso, evidently at one time, came right up to this ruined town of Catam. The age of the city I could not find out but the few survivors told me that the holy shrine of Tasha-Lumpo ought to have been built here. According to a local legend, there was a certain stone in Catam shaped like a used womb,. A donkey driver, finding that his loads were unequal in weight, picked up this stone and put it on the light load for balance. This stone was then carried from Guiancée to Shigatsay, where a high and important llama had it kept there. The powerful monastery of T Sasha-Lump

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