Most famously, San heal whilst in an altered state of consciousness in what is known as a 'trance dance' or 'healing dance'. These rituals are generally all-night events during which healers go into a trance in order to cure sickness.nd now when I dance, on the nights when I dance and the singing rises up, he comes down from heaven swinging the bag with the eyeballs above my head and then he lowers the eyeballs to my eye level, and as the singing gets strong, he puts the eyeballs into my sockets and they stay there and I cure.
Map - DNR Mount Si Map, Green Trails Mount Si Map 206S. Elevation - Gain of 1,200 feet. Length - 4.4 miles out and back - about 2.5 hours with limited stops. Trail - Rocky and Dirt trail, with a rock covered summit.
This route is also referred to as the Heliotrope Ridge route, as the approach to the glacier follows that geographical feature. The trailhead on the north side of Mount Baker is at 3700 feet, and the hike to camp is about 4.5 miles on a nicely maintained hiker's trail.After a gear check at AAI's headquarters, we drive to the trailhead and hike to a camp below the Coleman Glacier's icefall at approximately 5500 feet.e ascend Pumice Ridge for a few hundred feet to the base of the Roman Wall, which is the last obstacle on the way to Mount Baker's 10,778-foot summit. The Roman Wall is nearly 1000 feet of 35-45 degree snow and ice that rolls over onto the summit ice cap of Mount Baker.