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Continue reading →: Pika Peak, Burke Mountain, May, 2026Ever since we moved to Coquitlam in 2020, I have been wanting to explore Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, which is literally in the city’s backyard. While the provincial park is huge and spans a wide area from Pitt Lake in the south to Garibaldi Park in the north, my interest…
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Continue reading →: Runner Peak, April 2026If you turn your gaze toward the North Shore mountains while driving on Highway 1, you’ll notice a series of peaks forming the Fannin range of mountains behind Mt. Seymour ski resort. The first three peaks, Pump, Tim Jones, and Mount Seymour, look rather unremarkable. However, I have always been…
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Continue reading →: Frenchman Coulee, April 2026If climbing basalt columns in a desert landscape shaped by volcanic fire and ice-age floods is your idea of a long weekend spent well, then Frenchman Coulee in Central Washington would not disappoint. I found myself there over the Easter weekend, as part of a BCMC climbing trip organized by…
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Continue reading →: Blackcomb Peak via DOA Route, August 2025A trip report of the Blackcomb Peak climb via DOA route near Whistler, BC – an alpine rock climb involving Class 4 scrambling and a 5.7 final pitch
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Continue reading →: Armchair Traverse, BC, July 2025A trip report of the Armchair Traverse in BC — a sustained Class 3/4 alpine scramble connecting Mount Cook and Mount Weart above Wedgemount Lake near Whistler.
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Continue reading →: Bryce Canyon, November 2015It was pitch black inside the tent. The air was freezing – it had to – it was 14 degrees below zero degree Celsius. Almost like two soldiers on guard duty through the night, my legs and hands were alternately getting cold and numb. Somewhere towards the middle of the…
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Continue reading →: Mt. Rainier via Emmons Glacier, July 2015The Sun had just peeped a little above the horizon, which was lit up faintly with a familiar reddish orange glow. The bright blob was aligned to the right of the center of the horizon, with the foreground still under the blanket of semidarkness. With each passing minute, we could…
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Continue reading →: Tungnath, Chandrashila, Deoria Tal Winter HikeI would never have thought of climbing a Himalayan peak, however small, in the coldest month of the Indian winter. And yet, here I was. I would never have thought it possible that I would be hiking around with some of my closest friends, all of together in a nice…
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Continue reading →: Kausani – Nainital, Feb 2013It was as if we had ascended above the clouds and had entered the holy territory. Below us, we could see the white carpet engulf the entire valley to our left. I was not sure, if I jump onto the carpet, whether I will land on the cloudy wisps or…
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Continue reading →: Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)I have only about a month and a half’s time before I leave Delhi. My 17 months-long stay here has been full of traveling, new friends, new activities and new experiences. From language to dressing sense to food habits to bargaining skills, this city has changed me. I have been…
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Continue reading →: Climbing in Belapur, November 2012There is a great benefit to being associated with an activity for a considerable amount of time, no matter how good or bad you are at it. You start belonging to a community that values, nurtures and encourages your interest in that activity. Go any place and you end up…
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Continue reading →: Climbing in Haryana, December 2012Here’s the link to the blog post about my recent climbing experience at Dhauj, Haryana, on the traveling community forum Thinking Particle. Hope you like it 🙂 http://thinkingparticle.com/blog/rock-climbing-dhauj-haryana
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Continue reading →: Bouldering in Hampi, December 2012I had never been to the south of Maharashtra in my entire life. Travel had always taken me north – until last month. Hampi is a small village in Karnataka, better known in the mainstream for its ancient temple and ruins than its significance as a hub for climbers the world…
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Continue reading →: Alpine Adventure on Hanuman Tibba, June 2012My neck hardly had any space to move and look around. It was hemmed in by a bulky rucksack I was carrying on my back and whose top portion was slightly higher than that of my head. With hands holding the ice axe and crampons on the boots kicking front-pointed…
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Continue reading →: Idling away Happily in DelhiKhair-Ul-Manazil – It’s a chronogram, I was told. I had to read few more lines to understand the concept of a chronogram. I was inside some 16th century ruins, standing in the middle of urban Delhi, staring at a motiff on the wall. The structure was not beautiful but it…
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Continue reading →: Kasauli & Chail- Naked Trees, Fluffy Dogs, and Oldish CharmI have a list of “Off Beat Tourist Destinations” I want to visit while I am in Delhi. Luckily,my mother also has a similar list and we happened to agree that we just have to visit Kasauli on a long weekend. So the family holiday was meticulously planned and the…
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Continue reading →: Stok Kangri, August 2011These are the pictures from my trek to Stok Kangri peak in Ladakh, from last August. The post has long been pending. I am only uploading the pictures as of now. I call it a trek since this peak, even though situated at an altitude of around 6153m, required no…
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Continue reading →: Climbing in NainitalThe sun was rising behind the lofty ranges. Small dwellings had started showing up on the mountain side of the road. A cat stretched herself on the rooftop of a house as my bus passed it on the left. Further ahead, a bunch of street dogs crossed our path, barking…
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Continue reading →: My Spiti JourneyThis a long post about my month long stay in the Himalayas from July 8th to August 10th,2011. You can either click on the separate links or move down to read through the entire post at a go. Part 1:Built Up and My Return to the Mountains Part 2:Entering Spiti…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 10, EndGameRigours of the Road in the Himalayan Monsoon. I had always wanted to travel in the Himalayan Ghats during monsoons.I had always imagined just how beautifully ferocious the mountains wouls look when the rain pours down upon them,flooding the rivers and spreading a green carpet across the slopes. I was…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 9, Climbing the UnknownSO as i have previously mentioned,Kullu had been thinking and planning about climbing an unkown peak that he had set his eyes on.At Yarsa,we were right at the base of the ridge leading to this peak.I finally had made a decision that I was not in the fittest condition to…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 8, Some more of SatyachenSome more of Satyachen The next day,our 4th in Lingti vallaey,was a rest day for me sicnce Kullu and Lamaji went for some of their own exploration.Kullu had seen a large pasture on his previous visits here and had always wanted to check out the pasture.But it lay quite far…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 7, Border Crossing and the Geological MuseumThe day I saw the India- China Border I was lazily lying down on the sleeping mattress outside my tent and looking around.I was trying to catch up on some reading and some writing when the guys spotted a herd of blue sheep grazing on one of the mountain slopes…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 6, Shijibang PassI inspected Kibri a bit the next morning.This was a place known to local Lullum people because their yaks would frequently venture into Lingti valley for pastures when they are set free in the monsoons.Locals have to go fetch them from the valley during winters when they are needed in…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 5, Valley of LingtiThere was a ridge i had been looking at since a long time now.It was always there,visible in distance.I had to cover that distance and get to the top of the pass.I was walking, panting and huffing.Still,the gap between me and the pass was not getting any smaller.I had had…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 4, Acclimatization at KibberA walk to the “Bantang” Nalla I don’t know if it was because i was fully acclimatized or the fatigue of the previous day’s work on the hillock or the Arak effect,i had enjoyed a deep sleep that night and had awakened feeling refreshed and fit. Around 10.30 a.m. I…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 3, Exploring Kaza &KibberI awoke with the back in spasm and faint traces of altitude sickness.By the time i saw an oily Paratha in front of me for breakfast,i was feeling acutely nausiatic and one bite of paratha triggered me into running outside and throwing up a bit(luckily in the dustbin).But after that,body…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 2, Enter the ValleyThe destination for day 3 was Spiti valley itself,more specifically,Kaza- subdivisional headquarters of Spiti valley in Lahaul & Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh.Kaza is a smallish mountain town along Spiti river and at an elevation of 3800m.The route to Kaza from Manali goes via Rohtang pass( 3978m) and is notoriously…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 1, Return to the MountainsBuilt Up Hardly anything good or great in life happens without a great deal of difficulties,anxiety and trepidation.My disappointment in the end of June about the failure to go climb a 7000er was followed by 10 days of frantic research,inquiries,phone calls ,email correspondence and some real hard convincing and arguing…
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Continue reading →: On the Rocks in Tamhini Valley
I could not have asked for a better beginning for the year 2011. It was 5.30 a.m. of 1st of january 2011 and i was having a hard time to heed my mobile alarm. I had had a happening New Year’s eve at a friend’s place and so it was natural that…
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