This week the boot was on the other foot, however, for I was at a memorial stone-setting ceremony and couldn't take my eyes off the handbag being carried by the principal mourner.
On the right side road of the Mountain pass, there is a black over 2-meter memorial stone with words on its center going, "the elevation here is 6700 meters".
Several Russian Orthodox Priests had also travelled to the island to consecrate the memorial stone. Mr Anisimov said: 'We flew to the station by helicopter.
Thousands of years ago, the prophet Samuel used a much smaller memorial stone in a significant way.