Deacon, The 'Purple' deer are a kind of musk deer and are prevalent in the Himalayas. They just cruise the rocky slopes in search of food. Why the locals call them 'Purple deer' remains a mystery to me. Perhaps in reference to the color of the bruise one would receive after being hit by a rock dislodged by a grazing musk deer?
Cheers, John On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 9:38:42 PM UTC+5:45, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Amazing photos and journey, John. Thank you. Did you ever suss out what > the purple bears or deer were up to? > > Some of the most challenging ridable riding I've encountered is very > narrow trail traversing long, steep slopes. How much is my vertigo I don't > know, but I find depth difficult to discern on them, an they are hypnotic, > making the little shifts and turns seem straight and vice-versa, then > pedaling up them, when very narrow, requires riding the outer edge of the > trail, with a scree drop-off waiting if I mess up. I saw some slopes in > your photos are on a completely different scale than the ones I've ridden. > Amazing! And that mud! Yowza! Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
