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The moment we got her email, we knew it had to happen. Read below, you’ll understand. And a few months after Sati’s initial email, we were on a road-trip in Paul’s home country, cruising through the amazing landscapes of Norway for yet another unique Document You story.

Paul and I met on the top of a mountain in a small village in Himachal Pradesh, India called Bir. Bir has 1 main road, 4 places to eat, 4 guesthouses, and a few monasteries. It is also one of the world’s best sites for paragliding and where many Buddhists go to study at a place called the Deer Park Institute.

I came there when I suddenly found out a living inspiration of mine—the world’s most senior Western Tibetan Buddhist nun, who among other things meditated and did her practice in a cave for 12 years—was giving teachings for 3 days over Easter. I had no plans to leave Goa where I was at the time, but a strange nagging feeling of discontent led me to check out the Deer Park Institute website.  When I discovered this event was happening and saw images of this small village I started to cry and my heart exploded for a reason I fully did not understand. I knew I had to go to this village. 

So I went. 

I packed up and left my friends and Goa just several days before the teachings in Bir were to begin.

I arrived in Bir exhausted. I must have looked totally wiped. The owner of the hotel took one look at me and told me to rest for a bit and then come back down to fill out the necessary paperwork.

So after crashing out for several hours, I went back downstairs to check-in. During the process the hotel owner’s cellphone rang.

After he completed the call he said to me, “Several paraglider pilots are stranded on the top of Mt. Billing due to an oncoming storm. It is unsafe for them to takeoff. Would you like to drive with me to pick them up?”

So of course, I said, “Sure!” It sounded like yet again, another adventure.

After a beautiful 45-minute drive up Mt. Billing, we reached the summit just as the rain started to fall. I looked out the window to see several guys running towards us. They all jumped into the van. One of them was Paul. 

– Sati

Sati and Paul’s session in the fjords has been feature on Green Wedding Shoes.