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 rush [...]
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 their [...]
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 is [...]
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 [...]
Love the outdoors to death
Honestly, sometimes I feel like shutting down Wide Aware completely and I would, if that would stop people from “loving” the outdoors so much. But it will not, so the best I can do is to do my bit for the outdoors.
What is this bizarre mood I’m in? Its no bizarre mood. It is looking [...]
Behavioural consulting and big advice
Ugh. I think it is an occupational hazard for a consultant to feel obligated to have a say on everything, regardless of how inane it sounds. The more broke the consultant, the more desperate he is to say something, anything, as advice. I found this article on CiteMan.
Overcoming Office irritations
My response to this was of [...]
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