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Earlier this year, we caught up with professional adventure seeker and happyhead, Justin “Trauma” Lichter, right before he set off on an epic journey through the Himalayas. That was February and it’s now July (in case you hadn’t heard), and Trauma has made his triumphant return to civilization. Here’s an excerpt from his travelogue:

It was getting late one night and almost dark.  I was pushing on to find a campsite when I came across a herd of about 300 goats and sheep grazing.

Soon after I saw this guy stooped low and butchering a sheep.  I walked past and he yelled after me.  In the few English words that he spoke he asked me to be his guest for the night.  I couldn’t turn it down because there were no other campsites around and didn’t want to be rude.  I set up my tent a few yards away from his 6 foot by 6 foot rock hut.

He continued butchering the sheep.  When I was done I went over to talk to him.  He lived with his brother at about 3500 meters elevation (11550 feet) during the summers to graze his animals and then returned to their village in the fall.

His brother came out and took the meat as he was cutting it off the animal.  He made an amazing curry with the mutton and fresh goat’s milk that he had just milked, and naan (an Indian bread like a pita) that he made in the fire.  It was the best meal of the entire trip.  I couldn’t believe how tender and lean the mutton was.

Not once did I get a chewy piece of fat.  In the morning I woke up and my new friend taught me and had me milk the goats. I am now a master goat milker! He took the sour, lumpy curd of the fresh goat milk and made me a cup of salt tea, a typical rural Indian beverage of black tea, fresh milk, and salt, before I headed back out hiking down the trail.

More Trauma’s Travelogue coming next week!

Until then, get your fix at www.justinlichter.com 

Eat your heart out Twilight. Take a hike Jonas Brothers- because Sanuk has a few fanboys (and girls) of their own. UpDowna (short for Up a mountain, Down a Beer) is a blog run by humanoids that live for all things backpacking, hiking, camping, climbing, wilderness survival, skiing, snowboarding, and (of course) ice cold beer.

In a recently in a post entitled “Happy Feet“, they gave us some big time unsolicited groupie love that rivals that of all those giggly Justin Beiber fanatics. The post reveals quite clearly that they are big proponent of our Sidewalk Surfers. Bunny (who is a dude by the way) notes how, “everyone is making a big deal over those 5 toe things. If you like them that’s your thing, but I’m sticking to my guns with the comfort of my Sanuks!”  Now that is what we’re talking about.

Bunny’s favorite uses of our swag including (but certainly not limited to) road trips, base camping, kickin’ around houses (and caves), picking up the mail box, making beer runs and “any other quick I need shoes situations”. For the UpaDowna crew, Sanuk’s are “not just footwear…but a must have piece of gear in [their] arsenal!”

photo via. UpaDowna

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