ANNAPURNABELLE

Annapurna massif.

Reading Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, which has already obliged with several items of Choplogical interest. I'm following the route via Google Maps and various satellite imagery, if that ain't pretty neat.

1.) An etymology I should probably know already: Himalaya = Sanskrit hima 'snow' + alaya 'dwelling," i.e. 'abode of snow.'

2.) Annapurna is one goshdarn massive massif.