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--from the Walter Ehresman album "Life Outside the Tent" (2012).

Ehresman recalls: "This was a tale from my harrowing first two weeks of internet dating (!). The Khumbu Icefall is the most dangerous part of climbing Mt. Everest."

Purchase download of the whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/life-outside-the-tent

See video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7z6v5ev1wQ

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She's Like the Khumbu
(© 2011 Walter Ehresman)

Rigid and elegant, icefall of traps and snares;
A deadly place to walk; beware the raven hair;
Unwary traveler may think the ground is hard--
fall spinning through the dark, when you let down your guard.

The path has shifted now, and danger may be near;
The map from yesterday will not protect you here;
You think she's past it--now's the time to have a care;
She'll bring the hammer down, and leave you standing there.

[chorus]
She's like the Khumbu;
She's like the Khumbu, baby;
She's like the Khumbu, ohhh;
She's like the Khumbu, children.

Moods unpredictable, with weather change like that;
You get a little cocky--pretty soon you'll eat your hat;
So tread most nimbly now as you commence your climb,
or you'll fall farther than the longest rope can find [repeat twice].

[chorus; twice]

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​Party Mix, released April 1, 2017
Walter Ehresman: vocals & key-controlled vocals, guitars, 4-string acoustic/electric bass, keyboards & key percussion, key percussion triggering.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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