September 2007
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Siachen glacier is now open for trekking
I saw Charu sir on TV!!! He is on the Army escorted civilian team. The first goup of civilian trekkers on Siachen left on the 19th September as planned, even as we were wondering if Pakistan’s opposition would cause it to be canceled. From next year, I bet we will be looking at the same [...]
I saved a life
This is a memory from a long time ago. Way before I figred out the internet beyond checking mail. I was living in the high pastures with my herd of horses. The winter had been rough, and I was just camping out in the high altitude pastures where we leave them for the summers, supplementing [...]
How to tell if Himalayan trip will not be what the travel agent claimed
Heh. This is an easy one for me to write, and if you really think about it, it is all stuff you know anyway. How many points for betting that you may not have thought of things like that? One of the best ways of knowing if the promotion material’s claims and the experience match [...]
Ganpati time
Its Ganesh Chaturthi time. This is big happenings near Mumbai and Pune. Everybody and his cousin will install a Ganesh idol in their home on Ganesh Chaturthi and keep it in their homes for worship for durations varying from a day and a half to 21 days. At the end of whatever duration has been [...]