text: > Look around
  That you are standing outside the caravan of one of Shangri-La's permanent residents is evidenced by the fact that a tiny section of garden has been fenced off. This garden consists of a small patch of meticulously raked gravel, with, placed at harmonious intervals, two potted bonsai trees, three garden gnomes (all in the lotus position) and the inevitable plastic flamingo. The door to the caravan is open, revealing a curtain of colourful plastic ribbons that flutter in the breeze.
  
  Paths lead west to the mystic mountain, northwest to the glacier and southwest to the camp entrance.
  
  > Go west
  Here, at the foot of the mountain you are at last fully able to appreciate its immense size. A rough, twisting path becomes a narrow traverse that zig-zags its way up the mountainside, its summit obscured by mist.
  
  To the west is a pleasant looking meadow, whilst to the east are a scattering of caravans. Far away to the north the Valley is blocked by a sheer wall of ice; an enormous glacier!
  
  > examine the path
  Here, at the foot of the mountain you are at last fully able to appreciate its immense size. A rough, twisting path becomes a narrow traverse that zig-zags its way up the mountainside, its summit obscured by mist.
  
  > Up
  Here, at the peak of the mountain, perched beneath a snow-covered overhang, is a 1969 model Sprite Alpine caravan in a delapidated state of repair. Mystic sigils have been daubed across its rotting sides. Colourful prayer flags flap from ropes tied to the awning poles. Could it be that you have finally found the fabled Sanctum Sanctorum of the Dada Lama?
  
  A narrow traverse takes you down to foot of the mountain.
  
  A lowly acolyte stands guard outside the door to the caravan.
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > ask acolyte about Dada
  "His holiness the Dada Lama, Exalted Master of the Cerulean Mist, will be able to answer all your questions," says the acolyte dismissively, "I'm just a lowly acolyte, what would I know about that?"
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > examine the flags
  On second glance, the "prayer flags" turn out to be the Dada Lama's laundry, attached to the ropes with clothes pegs. You try not to look too closely at the Guru's undergarments with their dried-in stains, but your eye can't help being drawn to a single yak's wool sock also pegged to the line. The thing is simply enormous.
  
  The acolyte attempts to clap with one hand, cupping the other hand over his ear the better to hear the sound it makes.
  
  > take the sock
  You unpeg the yak's wool sock from the clothes line.
  
  The acolyte sighs with frustration.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a clothes peg
  a yak's wool sock
  
  The acolyte attempts to clap with one hand, cupping the other hand over his ear the better to hear the sound it makes.
  
  > wear the peg
  You place the clothes peg on your nose.
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > ask the acolyte about the Yak
  "His holiness the Dada Lama, Ascended Master of Mystic Power, will be able to answer all your questions," says the acolyte dismissively, "I'm just a lowly acolyte, what would I know about that?"
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > look in sock
  You find nothing of interest.
  
  The acolyte attempts to clap with one hand, cupping the other hand over his ear the better to hear the sound it makes.
  
  > Wear sock
  It's way too big for you.
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a clothes peg (being worn)
  a yak's wool sock
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > drop the sock
  "Oh, that's right" says the acolyte, "just strew your worldy goods all over the landscape, why don't you? You have no respect for the sanctity of nature!
  
  The acolyte attempts to clap with one hand, cupping the other hand over his ear the better to hear the sound it makes.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  a clothes peg (being worn)
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > take the sock
  Taken.
  
  The acolyte attempts to clap with one hand, cupping the other hand over his ear the better to hear the sound it makes.
  
  > examine the sock
  This sock is so big you could fit it over your head. You can't imagine what kind of creature could have such an abominably big foot. What happened to other sock is a riddle that will probably never be solved.
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.
  
  > go to the west
  The only directions you can take from here are in to the caravan or down a meandering path to the valley floor. In every other direction lie sheer drops or dangerous scree slopes.
  
  The acolyte attempts to catch a passing fly with his chopsticks. They say that a man who can catch a fly with chopsticks can do anything.