{"id":1466,"date":"2015-02-04T17:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/ebuckhor\/?page_id=1466"},"modified":"2017-09-27T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T17:32:58","slug":"along-the-walk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/along-the-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Along the Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3506\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3506\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"Bantam\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2017\/files\/2017\/06\/Bantam-in-Nepal.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christoph Geiss, professor of physics and environmental science, happened upon this rooster \u2014 perhaps a Bantam? \u2014 at an old fort in Nuwakot, Nepal, during the 2017 January Term course \u201cPeoples and Cultures of Nepal,\u201d which focused on the Tamang and Tibetan people who live near the Chinese border. 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