I Taste Fire, Earth, Rain: Elements of a Life with a Sherpa - Softcover

After Caryl Sherpa traveled around the world in 1991, she returned with a story to tell and a desire to write. Since her return, she has studied with teachers at the University of California-Los Angeles and at Richard Hugo House in Seattle, as well as at workshops around the country. Her teachers have included Kathleen AlcalA, Bernard Cooper, Philip Lopate, and Terry Tempest Williams. Her passion is for Nepal, its people, and its culture, and especially that of the Sherpa after she met and married her trekking guide, Nima Sherpa. For six years, they ran Himalayan Discovery, a trekking company. She writes to inspire others to move toward "a broadening of consciousness, the ultimate destination after any journey." She intends to never stop traveling, and so her migration continues. In 2012, she plans to spend more time in Nepal among farm fields, family, and mountains, so she may continue to write about what she loves.