My Blogs

  • Two Articles on My AT Travel by Friends
    One article is published by Shantanu Pandit in his blog site outdoorpandit.com. The other is published by the Leaky Boots in the magazine The Trek.
  • Roadblock-1 (Even Before the Trail Begins…)
    Wise people on the long-distance trails warn that every thru hiker faces at least ten challenges or roadblocks on the trail when one wants to quit the trail. Lo and behold, I had my first roadblock even before I began my trail.
  • AT Prep and Plan: Presentation to College Mates
    “Surrender” to nature means being able to enjoy thirst, hunger, hurricanes, cold, insects and everything else that nature presents to you
  • My Heart Attack (and how do I prepare for the Appalachian Trail?)
    One of them said, “It does not feel like you are going through a heart problem.” I told him, “I am just happy that I have a heart.”
  • My Day-To-Day Appalachian Trail Plan – On Paper
    Three steps of preparing day-to-day AT plan are (1) Prepare detailed plan, (2) print a copy, and (3) Burn it in the fireplace
  • TRAMILY
    On the trail, it takes just 30 seconds (after initial greetings) to become a trail family, a tramily.
  • ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः !!
    Prayers to almighty Lord Ganesh!
  • Rocksylvania
    Those fancy, humongous, stable-looking 5-ton boulders practice their meditation most of the times…
  • Sound of Silence
    I felt that quiet emptiness. Complete lack of any senses. A zero, a void space, a total absence of thoughts. A space between the left and the right brain.
  • Two Big Announcements
    I will be traversing the entire 2,192 miles (3,527 km) Appalachian Trail (AT) by myself starting in April-2021.
  • Damn Mosquitoes
    No, enlargement of my esteemed bald head was not because of my ego. It was because of crazy mosquitoes.
  • Dadhi – My Trail Name
    When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. Naturally, the first thing the newborn is supposed to get is the new name.