Grand slam on coon rapids

We had some fun over the weekend going to Grandslam.Here are a few videos of the same

Prani swinging a baseball bat and taking a few shots:




Prani dancing at the arcade parlor




Dashing cars



Me dancing

Margaret Moth

My photo links

I have travelled quite a bit in the last few months but had never taken the time to update the blog about the trips nor uploaded the photos.At least i have done one -Uploaded the photos.Once you enter the links there is small slideshow icon on the top which you can click for faster and better viewing.Definitely saves the hassle of clicking on each snap.

Ouray-Jan 2010-
I took an ice climbing trip to Ouray Colorado with Appu and Phil and had tremendous fun there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22540176@N02/sets/72157623442150886/

Puerto Rico -Nov 2009 - Did a 5 day puerto rico trip with Vinod and Athul and did a scuba certification. It was a fun trip with scuba diving,snorkelling,hiking in the rain forests,Ziplining in the forests,rapelling down waterfalls,getting stung by a jelly fish,the fantastic bio luminecence bay,the beautiful underwater marine life of the caribbean seas,a chartered plane just for us,mosquitoes,what not!!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/22540176@N02/sets/72157623563243784/

Yosemite -July 2009- This was last year with Jerku,Ramya and Appu. It was a total riot! Appu and myself climbed Half dome(up and down in like 8 hours),i had to climb with a sprained ankle which i had got while climbing mount hood a week before.Appu climbed 90% of the mountain because he was chasing to kill me as i had all the water.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22540176@N02/sets/72157623568039540/

Rainier It is..

(The ice chute on Kautz route -Photo plucked from IMG website)


My next climb is Rainier ..Kautz route - June 14-18, leave approved,got to intensify training.People say there is no such thing called over training for Rainier.This route is a more committed climb on mount rainier which stands at 14,411 feet.It will be a physical and mental hell fest.Would be interesting to put my ice climbing training in Ouray onto some real stuff and see how i would fare. 3 months to go!

Grief is a difficult emotion to handle.

10 Miles

I kinda owe this run to prashanth moorthy who happened to lend me water at 9.5 miles.I had to shout out to him for water halfway across the gym as i could feel myself getting dehydrated.He filled his entire bottle and gave it to me and said that i could return it the next day.Two sips of water did wonders for the last 0.5 miles.