Dropping Acid In The Himalayan Foothills Offers Mind-Altering - And Life-Changing - Perspective

I wonder how many people have had the fortune of knowing that they were living out the best day of their lives.

I remember it vividly. Friday, August 8, 2008. The opening night of the Beijing Olympics. Also the day I first dropped acid and set out on a Tibetan pilgrimage at the foot of the Himalayas. Following in the footsteps of Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson's New Journalist drug adventures, here's my account of the trip:

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