[AmericanChef]

-"They will helicopter His Holiness to the site, down the long sliver of valley and high mountains, to this open space filled with thousands of waiting people,"-

Hoo-boy - that beautiful open space is gonna look like a trash heap once the crowd is dispersed.

[SavageRepublican]

They will helicopter His Holiness to the site, down the long sliver of valley and high mountains, to this open space filled with thousands of waiting people

I'm sorry, but the first thing that popped into my mind was, "this has 'South Park episode' written all over it".

:)

That aside, I have tremendous respect for the Dalai Lama. Given the opportunity to see him in person, I'd probably be getting on one of those shuttle busses to Idaho too.