Subject: [Tweeters] question about birds of Mt. Everest
Date: Jan 9 18:25:01 2007
From: Joemeche at aol.com - Joemeche at aol.com



In a message dated 1/9/2007 5:36:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
vogelfreund at comcast.net writes:

When I was stationed in Augsburg, Germany, many years ago, there was a
fellow GI (I forget his name), who was a mountain climber. He said that when he
climbed Everest or elsewhere in the Himalayas, that there were ravens that
came close enough for him to smell their bad breath!


When I was stationed in Mainz/Gonsenheim, more than a few years ago, it
seems that everybody in my company had climbed Mt. Everest. Perhaps they were
using metaphors to illustrate their individual conquests. No mention of ravens'
bad breath, however. There were a few other questionable claims that made
their way around the caserne on a regular basis.

And then I tried to tell everybody about the Waldbaumlaufer that I had seen
in the woods behind the barracks. It was almost like I had said that I
had.....climbed Mt. Everest.

Cheers,
Joe Meche
Bellingham