‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2018 QST PAGE 95 ‰ MEMORABLE TREK HIGH IN THE HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS, AND HIKING UP TO 16,000 FEET AT BONGTEYLA PASS. WHEN WE RETURNED TO OUR HOTEL IN PARO, I TRIED 160 METERS ONE MORE NIGHT AND MORNING, BUT, AS THE LOCALS WOULD SAY, THE PROPAGATION GODS WERE WRATHFUL. EVEN ON FT8, THE BAND WAS CLOSED. THE NEXT WEEK OF OUR TRIP WAS MY PILGRIMAGE TO WHERE GUS HAD OPERATED AC2H IN 1965. WITH OUR TREKKING GUIDE, NADO CHHOGYAL, WE DROVE EAST TO VISIT THIMPHU, PUNAKHA, AND, FINALLY, WANGDUE PHODRANG, THE ORIGINAL OPERATING ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚