Comments on: Himalayan Caves May Be Shangri-La

By: ashimajain

ashimajain — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:58:30 +0000

Excellent post! I really enjoyed reading it. I will be back for more!
Sincerely
Ashima

By: Ted Vaill

Ted Vaill — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:29 +0000

Another ripoff of the term “Shangri-La”. My 2007 film “Finding Shangri-La” found the real life model for James Hilton’s “Shangri-La” from his 1933 book “Lost Horizon”, deep in Tibet, and proved it beyond question. Too bad PBS and National Geographic turned down showing the film for reasons known only to them. I guess they could not handle the truth.

Ted Vaill

By: Uncharted 2 is awesome

Uncharted 2 is awesome — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:03 +0000

Just watch out for those Guardians

By: ted

ted — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:13 +0000

I hear they called in Sherlock Holmes to help investigate the find.

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:42:11 +0000

There were two specials on PBS, I was quite surprised. The first show was better and more informative. Ironic how the locals didn’t want the anthropologists in the caves – not out of respect to their land or heritage but as usual – for money. They’d sell off their cultural history for a few bucks when the dealer sells it for thousands to a collector.

By: elchamber

elchamber — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:44 +0000

I’ve been there. Tell them to stay away from the tree of life. It has bad karma and the yeti-guardians don’t like strangers.

By: asfasfasfas

asfasfasfas — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:53:07 +0000

lmao dude thanks for the thumbnail sized picture. who had their head up thier ass with this news story? you thats who. lawl @ thumbnail sized news photos.

By: ChasCJ

ChasCJ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:24:01 +0000

Those of us who happen to be Buddhist would like to see that subsequent explorations and excavations be conducted with due regard and respect for the artifacts and the traditions from which they proceeded.

By: somegal

somegal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:20:23 +0000

i’m not sure i’m happy to hear this. i fervently hope this area will be out of bound for tourists and anyone disrespectful. due to a culture of overexposure and too much information, there is no more magic left in this world.

By: regy

regy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:02:33 +0000

I just hope these discoveries will not lead to destruction of these treasures…

By: bishy

bishy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:50 +0000

wow…shangri la!!! i wanna go there!

By: suziq

suziq — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:42 +0000

Sharangrl is not real!

By: TheGuy

TheGuy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:19:43 +0000

Wow this is sort of like the plot in uncharted 2.I mean just think about finding treasures,caves in Nepal,Shangri-La i mean all those things were in uncharted2 !Hmmm…That is a BIG coincidence!

By: robert

robert — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:02:00 +0000

just finished watching both specials on the Mustang Caves. hope there will be more to come later very interesting

By: kpkpkpkpkp

kpkpkpkpkp — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:57:10 +0000

this show is very interesting. just watched it

By: JoeyC

JoeyC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:34:14 +0000

Looks like uncharted 2 had it right! Who knew a video game would have predicted this.

By: robertball

robertball — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:29:11 +0000

Shambala it may be, but Shambala is NOT Shangri-La! Shangri-La is a fictional place, in a fictional novel. I take exception to your linking the two. You trivialize the matter when you use false labels and names!!!

By: ddunleavy

ddunleavy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:51 +0000

This is so ironic! I just found Shangri-La today while playing Uncharted 2 for Playstation 3!

By: EDWIN KIENER

EDWIN KIENER — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:46:53 +0000

Wow,

This one is really worth watching. I will see what time it shows.

thanks.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:42:18 +0000

Hmm, if shangri-la could be found doesn’t it mean that some myths people think is fake may actually be real? I mean people thought it might exist and some people say’s it doesn’t. Who says the people supporting that it doesn’t exist is wrong. No-one because they don’t know. But if they find proof, it could mean that other places like Utopia is real, or myths unicorns could be real. The fact is we don’t know. It’s the discoverys that guides us nearer to what could be an amazing truth maybe about earth, but we don’t know. I’m just stating the fact that myths could be true if we actually find more evidence. Don’t thank me. I’m just joking. But yeh.

By: chelsea

chelsea — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:26:51 +0000

Creepy, but awesome dude!

By: bmd

bmd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:16:47 +0000

curious, is the secret to eternal life in there too? or is it just secrets to inner peace?

By: Barak Obama

Barak Obama — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:08 +0000

I’m an idiot and I wet my bed every night. Also, I still smoke and I hate America.

-B.O.

By: Henry Quan

Henry Quan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:53 +0000

Great news! This is exciting and will enrich our world with wisdom and knowledge from centuries ago.

Shambala or Shangri-La

By: Ei

Ei — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:18:06 +0000

I think this is interesting imagine the lost knowlege we can get. An oppressed people keeping together in secret to keep there beliefss safe. Theres somthing so cool about that.

By: D.Steepleton

D.Steepleton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:47 +0000

I see we have an educated,open minded crowd here. Video games are what brought such foolish low-brow critiques of this find from you cretans in the first place!!! CHEERS!

By: Germaine Piedmonte

Germaine Piedmonte — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:06:46 +0000

Really fascinating!

By: Bas

Bas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:00:54 +0000

Outstanding, looking forward to a special tonight on PBS about those caves.

By: Legolas

Legolas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:59:52 +0000

WOW THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF SHANGRI-LA! I HAVE TO GO TELL FRODO!

By: jed

jed — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:57:20 +0000

we have only dug something like 5 miles down (Kola borehole in russia) so actually we know almost nothing about what is inside the earth (if the crust really is something like 200-300 mile thick). shambalah, as i see it, is a ‘type’ or representative of a place inside the earth hidden from those of us who know nothing but desecration and perversion (look at what weve done to the precious rainforests for example). If we cant maintain, manage, or peaceably interact with the glory of nature that is already known to us….why would we be allowed to taint a place that is even more amazing than the treasures we have discovered on the surface of our planet? Im not presenting evidence of ‘its’ existence so much as i am positing an argument against our worthiness to have access to such a place, were it to actually exist.

By: Nervana

Nervana — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:56:10 +0000

Wouldn’t “THIS” be the Nervana?

By: rockon365

rockon365 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:52:31 +0000

Too late, I’ve already found Shambhala as Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2.

By: esmith24601

esmith24601 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:48:24 +0000

Please forgive my grammatical & spelling error…lol.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:44:08 +0000

Shangri-La is where the heart is.

By: R Anderson

R Anderson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:40:44 +0000

It is fortunate that these cultural treasures were hidden so they could not be destroyed in the insane fury of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (thank you Uncle Mao and all your little mindless followers).

By: esmith24601

esmith24601 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:59 +0000

Sorry to correct you “Historical Accuracy”, but the article states: For his 1933 novel, Hilton used the concept of Shambhala as the basis for his “lost” valley of Shangri-La, an isolated mountain community that was a storehouse of cultural wisdom.

This would indicate that Shangri-La IS indeed fictional. The place they are referring to is Shambala, the inspiration for the fictional paradise od Shangri-La.

By: Foxtrot Dad

Foxtrot Dad — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:37:18 +0000

Cool beans!

By: Nay

Nay — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:49 +0000

It’s amazing to see that there are still treasures being found on Earth. It always seems as though every single inch of Earth has been explored.

By: Unkown

Unkown — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:30:22 +0000

What?

By: jed

jed — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:30:14 +0000

sorry, but not even close. I dont even have to read the details of this ‘so called’ expedition to know that its nothing more than some dumb cave exploration.The ‘real’ Shambala..if there is such a thing, is most likely a realm deep inside the inner earth (hollow earth) and not just some retarded cave with some drawings and trinkets

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:17 +0000

Of course I am aware that Shangri-la is a FICTIONAL place. It says so right there in the quote I used from the article.

By: J

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:16:08 +0000

Isn’t Shangri-La FICTIONAL?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:13:57 +0000

amazing

By: Historical accuracy

Historical accuracy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:12:14 +0000

Miss Celina,

Shangri-la is a FICTIONAL place imagined by an early 20th century British writer. He created the place as a general summary (or stereotype) of everything “exotic” and mysterious about the far east.

It was inspired by various regions and tucked away villages/cities in the Himalayans and parts of western China…but the actual place of “Shangri-la” doesn’t exist!

Leave it to early 19th/20th century Europeans to misinterpret and distort the history of other cultures… cough cough…Mayan 2012 end-of-world-bullsh*t…

By: brk

brk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:09:57 +0000

i just finished a called uncharted 2

which is about a treasure hunter who is trying to find shambala.

it an awesome game

By: esmith24601

esmith24601 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:07:25 +0000

Shambhala!!! Wasn’t that what the shaman in the Temple of Doom shouted as he tore that guys heart out?? OH, no wait!! It was Kah-Li-MAH!!! Sorry, thoughts of Shangri-La being discovered took me into Indiana Jones daydream land.

By: bob slinkytoes

bob slinkytoes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:51:26 +0000

none of your links work. Are you trying to sell this stuff or just waste money?

By: Jimmy James and the Blue Flames

Jimmy James and the Blue Flames — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:43:27 +0000

Just ask Nathan Drake, he knows where it is

By: Ji

Ji — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:37:25 +0000

Stop searching, we don’t want to be found!

By: ok

ok — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:31:01 +0000

If they do find that place no one will care.