A delayed post about a solo trip earlier this year. A 6400m peak called Chukila (also christened as Chakula on some maps). The peak is...

Took a few friends through the rarely explored Spangnak trail and along the way also climbed the Spangnak mountain. It’s a...

A few old friends. A few new. A lot of crazy skiing in near zero visibility over a period of a fortnight and a sore sore sore me at the...

Sridharan caught up with me in Leh after his hike in the Beas Kund area. He had been in Leh a couple of days while I was away attempting...

June 2016. Apologies for the delayed post. I was hoping to explore Nubra with a friend this year. We had planned to climb a few unknown...

Beas Kund was one of my options for ski touring last year but I opted to go to Ladakh instead. This year, since the ski trip in Kashmir...

The second half of 2015 wasnt half as engaging as the first half. The first half was so incredible; an alpine ski trip to Kashmir, a solo...

I recently bought a pair of Reebok One Lite shoes. Reebok says they’re ideal for tempo runs. I intended to replace my Kalenji Kiprun LD...

NB: Best viewed on a notebook. Most mobile devices do not play flash. https://photos.gstatic.com/media/slideshow.swf After mostly...

https://photos.gstatic.com/media/slideshow.swf Climbing big mountains can be quite demanding. One of the most important aspects of...

Ever since I set out for this ski-mo trip, I have been fantasizing about running into a Snow Leopard. One of my friends actually managed...

For a couple of years now, I have been toying with the idea of a solo ski-mo adventure. The idea was, to start with sub 6000m mountains...

I was so excited about Gulmarg this year because of the ski-mountaineering equipment I had just bought. Pradeep, a good friend, was...

https://photos.gstatic.com/media/slideshow.swf Phase 3 – Boredom & Stok Since I was able to attempt both of my objectives near Korzok in...

https://photos.gstatic.com/media/slideshow.swf PHASE 2 (Phalung Shumo) Going easy for a couple of days at a lower altitude, when you’ve...

Ladakh 2014 – Phase 1 Background I have a tendency to stick around familiar things; familiar places, familiar people, familiar everything...

There are so many reasons for one to skip a trip to Gulmarg. Afterall, I have been going there for years; the cabbies plying between...

It’s one of the highest peaks in kashmir and a fascinating objective for someone wanting to delve in to Himalayan Big Mountain climbing....

https://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/picasaweb.googleusercontent.com/slideshow.swf So, the original intended post was...

One of my friends once told me that, in the mountains one quite often tends to visit the same places more than once. Its been quite true...