Rock Climbing in Haryana, December 2012

Climbing at Dhauj

Here’s the link to the blog post about my recent climbing experience at Dhauj, Haryana, on the traveling community forum Thinking Particle. Hope you like it 🙂

http://thinkingparticle.com/blog/rock-climbing-dhauj-haryana

Bouldering at Hampi, Karnataka – December 2012

I had never been to the south of Maharashtra in my entire life. Travel always took me north and further north. Untill last month.

Hampi is a small village in Karnataka, better known in the mainstream tourism for its ancient temple and ruins than for its significance as a climbing hub for climbers the world over. Along with Badami, it has a terrain that climbers would call a paradise. Hampi especially, is known as a bouldering spot. You do not require any climbing gear other than your PA shoes, chalk bag and a crash pad. Hampi is also a Hippy town and to quote another traveler friend, it is the where Goan after party takes place. Hampi is  where I was headed to in December of 2012.

I was to unite with my climbing group directly in Hampi, after a brief stop over at Hyderabad. An overnight bus journey would take me from Hyderabad to Hospet where I would board a local bus that would drop me at Hampi, right across the famous Virupaksha temple.

Bouldering in Pune..continued(III)

Place:Fergusson College Quarry.Its a cold December morning and Viru sir shines on the rocks and in the pictures.The team has got larger now.Its so much fun to come and make your body sore over 3-4 hours of bouldering.Pictures of a practice session a week before we are to leave for Tamhini valley for climbing.

Good Morning,Pune!

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Bouldering in Pune..continued(II)

Putting up a few more pics at the quarry…It’ll take me a while before i can post some really cool pics of climbers in action..You cant always have the chalk and the camera both in your hand simulataneously.

mayur warming up.

sometimes,its better to have a monochromatic vision.

one of the usual random clicks that somehow give good results

Bouldering in Pune

I have been honing my rock climbing skills for a few months now..the best way to do that is to regularly engage in bouldering practice with your fellow climbers.Posting just a few pictures from a day when we were practicing  a “sitting traverse”.More will come in the due course of time.

First,a definition of’ ‘Bouldering’: Low-to-the-ground climbing wherein the climber can jump back down to the ground, and a rope and belay are not necessary..They are often short, hard routes on low-lying rocks without using protective gear.

Venue:Quarry on the hill behind Fergusson college ,Pune

Now,to the pictures….

FC ground..at the base of the hillock