The story of the Sept 30th shootings on Mt. Everest is now a song:
High on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
Trekking Tibetan pilgrims walked
single file up a high mountain pass trail
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
“His Holiness” to them
A border guard in uniform takes a shooting position
On a hill not far away
Sniper rifle to his eye
You can see him taking aim
The crack of gunfire
Two innocent ones fallthe official report reported
It was a shooting in self defense
Those pilgrims attacked the guards it said
the guards fired to protect themselves
some pilgrims were taken as political prisoners
even little kidsmountain climbers had a base camp near by
they saw the whole thing in plain view
They were filming a climbing expedition
And their cameras were handy too
They were shocked at what they witnessed
And they got it all on videoI wonder how many people discover this
When you Google the words “Tibetan pilgrims”
You get a half a million hits
With details, and updates and interviews and photographs
And the mountain climber’s videoHigh on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
The rest of the pilgrims who made it through
Continued on the trail to Kathmandu
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
“His Holiness” to them
Listen: http://www.kcrecords.com/tibet/September30th.mp3
Download: http://www.kcrecords.com/tibet/September30th.wav
