For forty days of the monsoon, the dense forests beneath Machhapuchhre open their secret bounty—tender cane shoots. At the break of midnight, gatherers rise, braving leeches and bears, climbing into the steep thickets where the fragile shoots hide
For forty days of the monsoon, the dense forests beneath Machhapuchhre open their secret bounty—tender cane shoots. At the break of midnight, gatherers rise, braving leeches and bears, climbing into the steep thickets where the fragile shoots hide