OutdoorPandit

23/02/2024

Some quiet moments from a recent corporate experiential learning programme.

14/02/2024

12/02/2024

Himalayan sojourn - Memories-1
Started cold & overcast from Chamba... wonder if the branches of the trees in the front were lopped off for the "view".
Barsu Village is where we shivered in snow, with the landscape changing overnight.
And a few photos from car halts...

22/01/2024

Sightings and experience

12/01/2024

Glimpses from the concluding phase of shooting for Project Vaanar-lingi ... Super excited and impatient for the film!

25/12/2023

Glimpses of life in various travels...

19/12/2023

Glimpses from the 15th Annual Convention of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI).
1. Narmada river.
2. Presentations were on various topics... Got to meet some amazing people😊
3. My topic was USP & risk management.
4. Saying good bye to Gujarat, for now.
Hosted by Gujarat Tourism, the convention had many government dignitaries from several states attending. The phalanx of officials ranged from a CM to secretaries to officers from tourism departments.

17/12/2023

The 15th Annual Convention of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India near the Statue of Unity. Day of arrival was filled with fun. Now 2 days are packed, with self going to speak on USP & Risk Management in a session...

30/11/2023

It's a bird, it's a plane... And a drone! That's the speck below the contrail. Our Project Vaanar-lingi (Monkey's willie! Look up my previous post) took me on a recce a few days ago with the drone-cam team. I had nothing much to do (an enterprise I'm much adept at) so had a wonderful time soaking in the quietude of the place. The photo of the rock embedded in the ground is of the classic rose bud formation due to exfoliation weathering of the ancient Sahyadri basalt.
More later...

04/11/2023

Monkey's willie. That's the literal translation of the local name (Vaanar-lingi) of that pinnacle! As if bowing down to the earthy local humour, the modern appellation is also quirky: Khadaparshi (the standing Parsee), named after a statue in Mumbai erected in the memory of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee.
Four of us had gone on a recce for a project that aims at documenting the iconic climb on this pinnacle done in the eighties, one that changed the face of rock climbing in India.
Photos:
The pinnacle typically stands next to a mesa-like bulk which is the fort Jivdhan.
Bibhas Amonkar (L), a veteran of 17 documentaries and a lot of other things, and Charuhas Joshi (R), who conceived and led that iconic climb, a legend in his own right.
The water body is the reservoir with the beautiful name of Manikdoh.
More about all this in the coming months...
If you want to read a bit more about pinnacles: read the post in my blog titled
"Pinnacles - A Photo Essay"
Link in the bio.

21/10/2023

It was one of those things today. Our cab spent 1.5 hours just outside Pune trying to get CNG in three petrol pumps located within 1 sq. km. It was hard to "think positive"😖🫥🫤
But, taking advantage of the unseasonal shower, I did try to get impressionistic frames thru the waiting windows.