The first time I stayed overnight in Ki was also in the year 2000. I was traveling by the local bus, and had stopped for a visit while it went ahead to Kibber, before coming back to Ki and returning to Kaza. As usual, I was lost exploring the dingy passageways and chatting with the monks in the kitchen over endless cups of butter tea, and I lost track of time and the bus.

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Over the years of experience working in the outdoors, I have come to a realization that among the hundreds of people genuinely interested in exploring themselves through adventure, there are a significant few who seem to get their satisfaction from making your life miserable. As a professional, I can’t rant at them openly.

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A Madangad trek and climb. Alang Kulang and Madan are almost inseperable names among those familiar with these region. What better way to visit than exploring them all together? Sanjay Joshi and his friends did it and included the nearby Ratangad as well, in this climbing expedition

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Travelogue of an adventurous Bhairavgad trek by veteran trekker Sanjay Joshi. He speaks of an informal hike that moved him deeply and the history of the place that seeped into his imagination.

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This is a very old incident, when Raka and I were just beginners in the mountains.

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