Sallagari / Choriban / Chaur bag khola camp (3140) - Italian base camp (3600).
In the morning, we first ran to see how our cloud was there, which spoiled yesterday. Luckily she was gone - the sky was perfect. We set off right at dawn, as we were not in the mood to get wet again in the rain. But the mood has noticeably improved - the river was still turquoise!
The section Dovan - Sallagari is even more boring than the previous one, so there are practically no photos. In short, a very muddy trail. Incredibly dirty, ankle-deep in places. But on the other hand, there is a pretty jungle around with rhododendrons, bamboo, ferns and even sea buckthorn, however, wild and tasteless. 
I must say, the route is prepared perfectly! In recent years, the path in front of Bagora has been repaired and absolutely all dilapidated bridges have been replaced with brand new metal ones. They replaced it in time, as the old bridge behind Dovan gave way completely. 
A brief description of the road: go down, cross Myagdi over the bridge, climb, knead the mud for half a day - at first the up-and-down is quite severe, then the path levels out a bit, goes to the river bank (before that there is a good clearing where you can spend the night), and before Sallagari, according to tradition, as before other places of overnight stays, the ASS begins. A barely visible path climbs the scree, descends, rises again through the mossy forest, descends again ... when we were already specifically zadolbalsya, the path led to a clearing with two sheds closed on the occasion of the end of the season at an altitude of 3100. On the map, the height was completely different - 3400 - so I asked Chandra again: "Is this really Sallagari?" "Mom I swear!" he replied. This place looked like someone else's photos, so we resigned ourselves to the fact that for the fourth day we could not gain altitude and stopped for the night. 
Fortunately, there was no rain, but a large dense cloud hung over the nearest spur of Tsaurabonga. By about half past two, she slid down and to the south, apparently, flooding Dovan with another rain and everything below. There was no desire to move far from the camp because of the danger of falling under a heavy downpour, so we had fun taking pictures of impossibly greyhound birds and swimming in icy water. 
You can’t see any sunrises from there, I don’t know about sunsets - in the evening there was a traditional fog and a fine drizzle. We didn’t go to the Italian camp - the data on the transition was too contradictory, it was not very clear how tired Pasha and Marina were, and the clouds were already gathering. We preferred to believe not the map, but Chandra, who promised an easy transition for 2-3 hours, and decided to arrange the next day instead of a full acclimatization "half" with one night at 3500.
Total: climb for the day 660 m, 4 hours 45 minutes, of which we photographed all sorts of nonsense for more than an hour. Map says: Dovan - Sallagari 4.5 hours. Sallagari coordinates are 28° 40.097"N 83° 25.113"E.
In the morning we walked the first 100 meters and went nuts: further on, the gorge for 4 kilometers was the place where the Tunguska meteorite fell! Literally!!! In the photo below, taken from the base camp, a very large bald spot in the glacier is visible at the bottom right: it seems that this or last summer, ALL the ice that had been lying on the slope for decades simultaneously broke off and plowed the gorge beyond recognition. 
Thus, this place: http://dmitriyd.users.photofile.ru/photo/dmitriyd/115385564/xlarge/127436664.jpg is no more.
We walked on compressed ice, from which protruded trees uprooted and trunks broken like matches with a diameter of 20 centimeters, or even all 30. There was a forest around (high and far), mown like grass at a height of a couple of meters closer) and a terrible mess of stones, mud and ice (underfoot). I have never seen such a nightmare in my life. 
The second half of the way was more pleasant to go - avalanches did not descend here, which is why the surrounding forest (very pretty) was not damaged. 
A little higher, the forest gave way to bamboo thickets and rare trees, among which rose hips grew with amazingly tasty fleshy berries 2-3 cm long. According to tradition, everyone hid a dozen overripe fruits - all of a sudden something will grow from the seeds!
When the Italian camp appeared ahead, we finally realized that our paper map produced by Nepa maps No. NS501 is complete bullshit. In front of the scree marked on the map, there should, in theory, be a certain Puchhar base camp, behind it - right at the edge - the American base camp, behind the scree - the Italian camp we needed and literally a kilometer from it the Swiss camp, where the Germans were supposed to rest. At the site of Pucciar Camp we found an Italian one; the rest of the camps - both American and Pucciar - did not exist in nature. Therefore, complete crap was written on the map: it was 2 hours to the American camp and from it to the Italian one - another one and a half.
Total: climb for the day 480 m, walk 4.9 km hour 50 minutes plus an hour to rest, total 2 hours 50 minutes. The coordinates of the Italian camp are 28° 41.547"N 83° 26.205"E. And the compilers of the map themselves must be driven along this route so that they do not draw the track and places of overnight stays from the bulldozer!
Map (this is a scan from the Internet, everything is fine here, except for the non-existent American camp) 
With mother's milk, with the first words of the teacher, at the first glance at the physical map in the geography classroom, we absorbed the absolute and unshakable confidence that Russia is not just great - it is huge, most. It is spread over 9 time zones, embracing the North Pole on both sides.
Any educated person knows that all these statements are true. But it turns out that the visual images behind these definitions are wrong. And if our country was not located in northern latitudes, the maps would look absolutely amazing. And here are just a few examples of how distorted we perceive the world.
1. Russia at the equator
Yes, Russia continues to be the largest country in the world by territory. However, if you are used to imagining it on school maps, it's time to expand your worldview. This is how it would look if it were located not in the northern latitudes, but at the equator. So-so, half of Africa.
2. And now China in Russia
No, we are not yet talking about the hypothetical invasion of the PRC army into Siberia, which conspiracy theorists love to talk about, but just about what China would look like if it were located in the place of Russia. Even those who know why modern maps are designed the way they are may be confused. So China is not only densely populated, but also huge country.
3. But India is really crowded
Even being located in the northern latitudes, India is not as impressive as China, although there are noticeably more people living in it. In terms of population density far from japan, but it is not easy to understand how a quarter of the world's population gets along there.
4. Indonesia visiting Russia
Well, what is there - some kind of archipelago of islands lost in the ocean, inhabited by fishermen. This is partly true, only this archipelago stretches, as you see, almost from Moscow to Sakhalin. Or rather, it could stretch, if it were located on the site of the Central Russian Upland. However, the opposite is true to the same extent, as we have already seen in paragraph 1.
5. Not so tiny Japan
Stereotypes about the Land of the Rising Sun tell us that this is a small country in which millions of Japanese are forced to live in terrible crowding, almost standing on one leg. However, as soon as the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku are placed on top of the map of Canada, the view immediately changes. Not Russia of course, but there is where the descendants of the samurai can roam.
6. And this is called Antarctica?
The giant white space familiar to us from the maps, associated with penguins and polar bears (which, in fact, are not there) turns out to be almost half the size of South America. But the latter itself is not too large when compared with other continents. That's really - a break in the pattern.
7. Greenland for dessert
Looking at the map of the world, one wonders how little Denmark managed to grab the whole of Greenland for itself. But everything becomes clear if you move this very Greenland to the south. Already located in the United States, it is not as impressive as near the pole. And at its equator 2 million square kilometers not impressive at all. That, however, does not prevent it from being the largest island on planet Earth.
How did it happen?
You probably already guessed that all this is somehow connected with the fact that the Earth has a spherical shape. If you try to unfold its surface on a plane, you get something like this:
To further increase the accuracy, such petals should be made as much as possible. Reminds me of the skin of an orange and is completely unsuitable for laying routes, isn't it? It is extremely difficult to use such a map for practical purposes.
Back in the 16th century, the Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator took care of this problem, after whom the conformal cylindrical projection of Mercator, familiar to us all, was later named.
It is to her that we owe all those monstrous distortions that you saw above. In fact, this map coincides with the real geography only at the equator, and the higher the latitude, the greater the deviation of the real sizes of objects from their images.
At the same time, use the Mercator projection exceptionally comfortable and no one has come up with anything better yet. Unless, of course, you do not take into account the globe, which you do not take with you on every trip. Its main value lies in the fact that it is equiangular, that is, regardless of latitude, all angles between directions on it are preserved. This is what makes it so useful and easy to use.
It is only important to remember that not everything is what it looks like. And to consolidate the material, here is a picture for you, in which all red circles cover the same real area:
In order to work with a Tarot Reader, and if there is a third party intervention.
In this article, we will look at first case. Errors in working with Tarot cards can be made at the stages of acquiring a deck, mixing cards, interpreting them, and during their storage.
- Wrong Deck Selection
There are no unsuitable Tarot cards, there is only the absence of a suitable Tarot reader. Different decks suit different people, but a person can change, but a deck does not. Therefore, according to the deck used by the predictor, a lot can be said about him. Tarot cards in some way reflect the soul of the one who uses them. As the fortuneteller's soul and intellect develop, his personality becomes more complex and its uniqueness increases. Accordingly, the deck that he uses may change. Or his understanding of the same deck will change. Ultimately, they often create their own tarot deck.
- Lack of focus on divination
Firstly, one can often hear that a novice predictor forgets about the topic of the question and the purpose of the prediction due to a loss of concentration.
Extraneous thoughts and emotions must be eliminated. Otherwise, the Tarologist will unconsciously anticipate a favorable or, conversely, unfortunate result of fortune-telling. To avoid such a fiasco, I have already suggested a good exercise in other articles.
In the process of shuffling the cards, the Tarot Reader can sense when exactly it is necessary to stop shuffling the deck and pull out the card. However, in the case of a loss of attention, the Tarologist may miss the right moment or not understand at all when to get the cards.
- Problems with interpretation
If all previous errors are corrected, which usually happens with gaining experience, the Tarot Reader may stumble upon a more difficult problem. The cards are pulled out correctly, but it is completely impossible to interpret them, or it succeeds in part, which is even worse.
Previous mistakes are eliminated with experience, as I have already noted. However, card interpretation is an art that requires talent and diligence. Here it is necessary to learn how to represent the map as actually observed ongoing events. With proper concentration, thoughts and sensations will come to mind on their own. They just have to be caught. In a nutshell, I already talked about this in the description of the layout "Map of the Day".
Write down all the results of your predictions in a diary, compare them with each other and with those interpretations that you can read in Tarot literature. In the future, you will be able to identify your mistakes and understand how to interpret this or that card.
Use layouts verified by experienced Tarot Readers, for example, published on our website. Ask any question. Then try to decompose the spread by numbers, and then interpret each card based on the meaning of its position.
Interpretations of interpretations are different, so each Tarologist has his own interpretations of the cards, which may differ from the generally accepted ones. Thus, experienced tarot readers can use their own spreads, card meanings, and even self-composed decks.
- Disdain for Tarot
Treat your chosen tarot deck like a piece of magical art. Store your cards carefully in a special bag, which you should place in a place specially prepared for cards. They should be in a secluded corner in which no one has previously put anything; for these purposes, you can purchase a special box.
Also make sure that no one touches and preferably does not even look at your deck except for you and those who are really interested in the prediction, and do not ask you about it out of idle curiosity.
Try not to make these mistakes and your divination technique will become a little closer to perfection.
There is a common expression among those who are fond of Tarot, which sounds like "the cards lie."
The cards are lying, the cards are not telling the truth, the cards are fooling, dirty cards - there are many definitions that indicate that something is wrong with the Tarot.
Let's try to check if the statement that the cards lie is true.
Just paper
When you open a new tarot deck, most tarot card literature recommends that you set up the deck, consecrate it - that is, prepare it for work.
But it is important to note the fact that any experienced tarot reader can work with almost any Tarot deck, without conducting “shamanic dances” around it and without consecrating it. So tuning and consecration is the catch?
No way. But what actually happens is not the setting of the Tarot deck, but the setting of the operator, that is, you, to the Tarot cards. But not on “paper”, but on images, symbols and the very idea that this or that Tarot deck gives.
By themselves, the Tarot is the key that allows you to translate your intuitive feelings into associations of Tarot cards, to which you subsequently “translate”, giving certain meanings.
"Dirty paper" or "dirty hands"
Your hands, as well as the hands of any other person, contain sweat, which has unique properties and is able to transmit information. It is sweat, and not mythical power, that “soils” Tarot cards.
Imagine a situation. You are researching a subject with the help of tarot cards. You experience emotions, you worry, you are excited - all this information, with the help of sweat, settles on the cards. They, like a sponge, absorb it and express it in the form of a layout or the information you receive.
But it happens (and often enough) that a conflict arises between the pieces of information that entered the Tarot card. And this conflict prevents the subsequent transmission of the Tarot. From this moment on, the distortion of information begins, which you, as well as anyone else, receive from the cards.
It is this property of cards (as well as of any object) that led to the warning "not to give your cards to another person." It is true, on the one hand, but not from the standpoint of prejudice, but from the standpoint of the influence that a person can have on the very structure of the Tarot cards.
"Dirty thoughts"
"Dirty", or rather disordered thoughts are another reason why Tarot cards begin to "lie".
Imagine you, in the process of divination, want something, want to get a specific answer to a specific question. What answer will the Tarot give? - the one that is possible. But it often happens that the possible answer and the desired answer are very different from each other. And then there is a conflict, which, as you already know, goes to the Tarot cards. And then everything is as written - the conflict in the Tarot gives rise to a conflict in perception and you get distorted information. But the cause of this distortion was not the Tarot, but you.
Egregor Taro
Egregor Tarot is another definition that interferes more with the understanding of the Tarot than makes it understandable. “Connecting to egregor Tarot”, “conflict with egregor Tarot”, “help egregor Tarot” - you can find many similar definitions, behind which there is absolutely nothing.
There is no Egregor Tarot, this is a myth that arose as a kind of cultural and esoteric form, designed to slightly embellish and mystify the Tarot itself (which, by the way, does not need this, but the one who pronounces these words needs).
Tarot cards are an evaluation system that connects a person's intuition and reality. An important, primary element of this entire system is a set of classical, basic, universal rules that are imprinted in the Tarot cards. In essence, a Tarot card is a description of the process that takes place in our life. This process belongs to the category of generally accepted (or archetypal) and therefore, with the help of this assessment, it is so easy to adapt (translate into words) your feelings, emotions, manifestations of intuition that arose in the process of prediction.
As you can see, there is only Tarot between information and a person, but not in the form of an “egregore” or “mystical power”, but in the form of a set of classical definitions that help to adapt information.
Tarot cards lie... No, Tarot cards don't lie. They don't know how to do it. “He lies” or, to put it more correctly, the person himself misinforms himself. And it is only in his hands, both in the literal and figurative sense of the word, to make sure that in the process of predicting the Tarot, he receives a minimum of lies and a maximum of truth.
(c) Dmitry NEVSKY
Surely each of you has come across a situation where the analysis of the alignment you made does not work. It seems that they read the cards correctly (well, how else to interpret 2 cups in the “What does he feel” position?), And all the data about the querent were available, but ... Something didn’t work out. And who is to blame in this case? Yourself, maps or weather?:) And if this happens systematically, then in general it is possible to be disappointed in Tarot! Let's look at this difficult issue in more detail.
We all know that many different factors affect the quality of fortune-telling, but tell me, which of you keeps your fortune-telling diary, in which he writes down information about what day, in what state and under what circumstances he makes layouts? And how then does this affect the results of fortune-telling? I'm sure there are one or two of you. It's a pity, because such records could make your life much easier. Therefore, now we will analyze the most common situations in which your fortune-telling can fail.
If you find that the options you suggested do not correspond to the actual state of affairs, this may mean:
1. Physical fatigue or poor health. It is very important to perform divination in a state of peace and emotional balance, without experiencing any physical discomfort. If you are mentally or physically tired, you will not be able to open up enough to receive information to enter the Stream and use its energies in a quality manner. Everyone is familiar with the situation when they promised someone to make a layout by the evening, but they came home from work, they were tired, there was a mess of thoughts in their head, and I don’t even want to think about any alignment. But they promised! Need to do. And in this case, the percentage of unsuccessful forecasts inexorably creeps up. This also includes the poor health of the fortuneteller - in no case do a alignment if something hurts you: this will distort the picture and affect the results.
Advice: or postpone fortune-telling until tomorrow, or do meditative exercises to relax and clear your thoughts of everything unnecessary, so that you feel good both physically and spiritually.
2. Fatigue cards and energy depletion. Yes, cards can also get tired, especially if they are mercilessly exploited without respite. For example, making a deal after a deal on the same deck. Of course, if you look deeper, then it is not so much fatigue of the cards that sets in, but your own energy depletion, as a result of which intuition is dulled and concentration of attention decreases. And this in turn leads to less insight and ability to notice nuances. Accordingly, in this position, there is a high probability of overlooking something important that would be obvious in the ordinary state, or brushing aside the clues of intuition. A similar situation often arises when an interesting book with layouts falls into our hands, or we are working on a new deck, or our mood is just sooo guessing, and we do layout after layout. And then suddenly we notice that the cards began to show some kind of nonsense. And this is not nonsense at all, but our dried up source of energy.
Advice: learn to stop in time. Everyone has their own boundaries, and it's up to you to define them. To do this, observe yourself and write down your findings in a diary.
3. Lack of contact with the querent. This is perhaps the most difficult moment in divination, especially in its correspondence form. It happens, of course, that your counterpart behaves as if they were not going to guess, but to arrange torture. But this is more the exception than the rule. If initially you managed to correctly tune in to the querent, enter into resonance with him, then only this guarantees you 60% success. If you do not feel a person, you cannot catch his energies, then you should not hope for the reliability of such fortune-telling. That is why fortunetellers are asked to at least give their name and date of birth - this gives them some idea about the person and allows them to enter into energy contact with him. The better you know a person, the better fortune telling can be.
Advice: if you see that you can’t tune in to the personality of the questioner in any way, it’s better to refuse to work with such a person or postpone it for later. This is no one's fault, just for some reason, here and now, the energies of the querent and the fortuneteller cannot interact in the necessary way.
4. Choosing the wrong deck. A hundred years ago, fortunetellers had to make do with one, maximum two, decks, but now their abundance and variety gives us the opportunity to choose and use each deck in accordance with the situation or our own mood. Not only do specialized decks exist, but in addition to this, we ourselves can control the degree of their use and attribute some of our own qualities to them. For example, before choosing a deck for a layout, many tarologists listen to themselves and take the one to which the "soul reaches out", others themselves determine which deck answers which questions better. Others prefer to follow the tradition and use each deck in accordance with its purpose : Paracelsus - for health issues, Tarot of Shadows - if you need to delve into yourself, Decameron - for love affairs, etc. And I know one person who has about 60 different decks, so before fortune-telling she puts her hand into her taro chest and takes the one from which the maximum warmth or tingling comes from - which means that this particular deck is now ready for work and will be able to answer all those of interest questions.
Advice: track the patterns in the work of your decks (which questions each of them best answers), try to use each deck within the theme in which it is the strongest.
5. Bad day for divination. Everyone knows that according to the lunar calendar, there are favorable, neutral and undesirable days for divination. Everyone knows about it, but few people follow this advice. But if you want to understand whether the Moon influences your fortune-telling, then do not be lazy and observe for a month what lunar day you were guessing on and what result you got. So you will know for sure that the moon has nothing to do with it. Or at whatJ
I hope these simple tips will help you avoid mistakes in the future and make any of your fortune-telling bring not only pleasure, but also a quality result!
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