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  • Enduro 3, July 2010

    Enduro 3, July 2010

    26th July,2010-I get a call from  my trekker friend Drushti,asking me if I’d be able to join her team to participate in the night adventure race called Enduro3(O3 for ozone).I think for a while,refuse…

  • Short and Sweet, Lohagad Hike

    Short and Sweet, Lohagad Hike

    It was June 20th,2010 and after ten grueling sessions(okay,may be nine) in a crash course for my GRE preparations,it was only fair that i get a treat of the mountains in this year’s monsoons. I had…

  • Bouldering in Pune, Part I

    Bouldering in Pune, Part I

    I have been honing my rock climbing skills for a few months now..the best way to do that is to regularly engage in bouldering practice with your fellow climbers.Posting just a few pictures from…

  • TelBaila Climb

    TelBaila Climb

  • Lingana Climb

    Lingana Climb

    (Some of the text below was scribbled during the climb and some later..so the tense in which it is now apparent can be a little shaky at times..i have again referred to people by…

  • Alang, Madan, Kulang Trek

    Alang, Madan, Kulang Trek

    (1.I have not bothered with the proper formatting of text and pictures..so please dont mind..2.people have been referred to by their initials..) Day 1,25th Dec 09:So after an eventful night journey in a tempo…

  • Flamingoes at Sukhna Dam

    Flamingoes at Sukhna Dam

    Around 25km from Aurangabad,is a location i have  been planning to visit since my last two holidays. Known among the birders and photographers for its potential for the respective fields,the dam is around 25mins…

  • City of Gates-Aurangabad

    City of Gates-Aurangabad

    My hometown-Aurangabad,named after the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb,happens to be a very historic place.The city was founded in 1610 A.D. by Malik Amber, the Prime Minister of Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar, on the site…

  • Urban Birds-A Brief Database

    Urban Birds-A Brief Database

    What you see in this post is an attempt at creating a brief database of my bird sightings. This database is meant to help in quick identification of some fairly commonly found birds,based on…