A visit to the Himalayas almost always starts at Kathmandu – the capital city of Nepal. Tucked into a bowl-shaped valley, this gateway city has a population of almost 2 million people and…
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Hiking Angel’s Landing alone or with other hikers is one thing, but hiking with your own young children is a completely another experience. Young children are not recommended towards the…
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Page is a small town in Arizona which boasts of several natural attractions for rock climbing, hikes and vistas in the Colorado Plateau. One the most interesting point to visit is the…
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It is early May and it is still peak ski season at Tuckerman’s Ravine – a glacial cirque shaped like a bowl with near vertical drops on Mt. Washington. It…
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The circuit around Walden Pond is a mesmerizing walk and it provides a flashback of a spiritual quest by Henry David Thoreau. The scent of fresh spring air, blossoming flowers,…
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I happened to meet Dr. Manoj Vora at a ceremony in New Jersey, who recently completed his spiritual quest to climb the seven summits across seven continents. He started his…
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It has been a while since I have climbed anything noteworthy. However the beauty of the mountain path is that it does not have to be big challenging mountains all…
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Over my previous hikes to Mt. Washington, I came across several hikers, tired faces but filled with excitement, who were on this quest of the presidential range traverse hike in…
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April is peak season for what is a ritual for over 90 years at Tuckerman’s Ravine – hundreds of extreme skiers gather daily at this unique glacial cirque on the…
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It all started 3 years ago. After nearly 15 years of casual summer hiking in the Catskills and Adirondacks mountains of New York, Vivek and I decided it was time…
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