this was in the valleys of the himalayas and the to the peaks themselves.incredible sightseeing. we landed of the very top where the pass was. the road was blocked because they expected the landslides. it was going to be years before the >>. that was traded before they have. we got to the top, and the pilot, a pakistani air force captain, he said, but when you get out, move further slowly. at 18,000 feet, you're going to have trouble breathing. we should have oxygen masks. just move very slowly, or you may pass out. we were following these instructions to move slowly. we did not have far to move anywheray. you concede the soviet union and india, pakistan, afghanistan -- incredible. as we started to move away, the engine was still running, and my cameraman said to the pilot, will you turn off the engine. we cannot hear over the engine. he said i cannot turn it off. if i turn it off i will never get it started at this altitude. we only have one of their helicopter that would give the site, and this is down for repairs. i cannot now turn it off. we moved as fa

they just completed the first road over the high himalayas. .. camp and another--one helicopter to another base camp and then an alouette french helicopter, the only helicopter that can operate at 18,000 feet--at that time anyway--to take us up to the top. and it was two-man helicopter into which they crowded not only me but my cameraman, who was crouched in the back of this machine with the lightest camera he could take. and we made it. it was the most incredible helicopter flight i've ever made. i love helicopter flights, but this was in the valleys of the himalayas, getting up into the snow line and then up to the peaks themselves. just incredible sightseeing. we landed on this very top, where the pa--where the little pass was, where the road came. the road was all blocked, as they expected it to be, by landslides. it was going to be years before that all quit and they cleaned them up. i don't think they have yet and that was 10, 15 years ago. anyway, we got to the top and the pilot, a very well-spoken oxford graduate, pakistani airline--air f

the only people who argue with the sense of what you say empirically, the himalaya of data, the only people who argue are the privileged to say they can actually get by without respecting the traditional forms that have worked for so long. >> i think it is a really important question, and one that is hard to get your hands around perry one thing i would suggest is talking about it in terms of economic aspirations. if you want to succeed and get ahead in this society, this is what you need. so long as we have a high illegitimacy rates, we're looking at permanently bifurcated society. the people i hang out with on the upper west side, a support libertinism, but they are rich and walking around pushing baby strollers with their wife or husband. and it is good for them, but they did not really live what they preach. i think one message we have to get out is if you are really concerned about economic inequality and you really want help people get ahead, you have to have a stable foundation and a two-parent family. >> i totally agree. this subject is a way for conservatives to enter into a

engagement they were involved with and all the supplies had to be flown over the hump from india over the himalaya mountains. also, mr. speaker, there's another well-known group, the women air force service pilots, wasps. they were pilots who flew noncombat missions for the air force in the war. over 1,000 of these brave pilots flew missions all over the country. though they were promised to be made part of the air corps following the war, they were disbanded on december 20, 1944, with little fanfare and little recognition. earlier this year, the president signed s. 614 do award the congressional gold medal to an estimated 300 wasps that are still alive today. the passage of s. 614 coupled with the benefit provided to the wasps under the bill will give these brave women veterans the recognition they finally deserve. i want to thank the chairman, mr. filner, for accepting the amendment to include these in the bill so we can provide simple equity for all these veterans. i urge my colleague to support this legislation, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from cali

. >> you tell another story about a time you went to the himalayas with a helicopter.at were the circumstances there? >> another case of possibly passing out, i guess. i was visiting pakistan. general kas