Brothers in arms on a spiritual quest

The soldiers I met in Gamba are of a similar age to me, and the question that filled my head, along with the inevitable altitude headache, was how they achieved the transformation from single child to soldier in one of the most inhospitable places in the world.

After interviewing dozens of them, I discovered the answer: Brotherhood. It's an old-fashioned expression that seems incompatible with these modern times when people pay more attention to money and comfort than they do to honor won on the battlefield.

Living in a peaceful time, I rarely get the opportunity to observe the extent to which emotional attachment, mutual trust and interdependence can influence people's relations. The interviews in Gamba provided me with that opportunity.