Archive for the ‘Run, Cycle, Trek’ Category

Cycling log – August

The rockrider 5.2 I bought has now crossed 415 kms on road.
Highlights: Manchanabele reservoir, a place about 45 kms from Bangalore was explored by 5 of us. We started at 5.30AM and reached the place at about 10AM. Kengeri is the last place where you can find some decent breakfast. Once you reach the place, [...]


Wheels

His reason was unseated by the blind yearning of the flesh to exist and move, at all hazards to move, to continue to move, for movement was the expression of its existence.
-Jack London, White Fang
I like to watch the power of human action. The plucking of a string can produce music. That is [...]


Kumara Parvata, 13th-14th Feb 2010

You see that peak of the mountain over there?. Kumara Parvata is beyond that peak. Add to this the fact that this photo was taken after climbing half way. The climb never ends. And sometimes, you feel it shouldn’t ever end. Because then, you wouldn’t have something to look up and say “I’ll reach [...]


Pakshipatala, 15th Nov 2009

Thirunelli, being my Mother’s native and the place where I spent a lot of my childhood is situated in thick woods. It is within Wayanad wildlife sanctuary and is now also identified as an Elephant corridor.

View Thirunelli in a larger map

Elephants have amazing memories and they trace a particular path every year in search of [...]


French Rocks Rocks :)

French rocks is a 2 century old name of the town of Pandavpura, 25kms from Mysore. During the time of Tipu Sultan, his French allies supposedly made their barracks at the rocky hills just adjacent to Pandavpura. As a result, the town was known as French Rocks. This week, we tried to conquer the rocks.

At [...]