Hari Rasa Pandita Devi Dasi, also known as Priti Wright, has spent her life navigating two very different worlds: the path of spiritual devotion laid before her from birth and the call of the mountains, where she pushes the limits of human endurance. Through Alpine Vagabonds, the project she shares with her husband, Jeff Wright, she documents these high-altitude journeys, carrying her faith to the summits of some of the world’s most demanding peaks.
Born into a family of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples, she was surrounded by Krishna consciousness from the very beginning. While others spend years searching for answers, she always knew where to find them. But knowing and understanding are two different things. “Growing up, I had access to the timeless wisdom from the ancient Sanskrit texts, masterfully translated and explained by Srila Prabhupada, but I had little experience with the material world to personally explain why they are so true,” she said. That desire to test what she had been taught led her toward the unknown – places where both the body and mind are pushed to their limits.
Her initiation at fifteen by Virabahu Das, a close friend and mentor to her parents, strengthened her connection to her spiritual path. At the same time, she developed a deep awareness of impermanence, something that eventually drew her to mountaineering. “I was raised with a constant awareness of death, knowing we can bring nothing and no one with us,” she said. The harsh environment of the mountains only reinforced that lesson, but paradoxically, she found that being surrounded by the reality of death made her feel more alive.
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