People: Ashwin (aka, Scud, sudharshan), Kiran, MS, Fahad and /me
Date: 26th and 27th Sept, 2009
Distance : 720miles
Web: http://www.nps.gov/seki
Started from SanJose @ 03:30am in morning. Reached Sequoia @ 8am, Booked Crystal Cave trip. Visited Moro Rock. The experience of the Cave was 'awesome'.. Experienced 'The Darkness' inside cave. Overall, amazing nature. Had lunch, went on a drive to Mineral Kings. Saw a bear cub running across the road. My (and most of the people's) first spoting of wild bear in all these trip.
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Camped at Buckeye Campgrounds. Played Cards.. had nice sleep (thanks to new sleeping bag).
Next day started with few jumping snaps near the river flowing next to camp ground. Visited Hospital Rock where there are some scribbles from native americans, done few hundred years before.
Drove in General Highway towards Grant Grove, and on the way visited General Grant Tree, which is 3rd Largest tree in the world in terms of volume. Drove to Ceder Grove, and passed through the Rock canyons of Kings canyon, inside which flows Kings rivers.
The star attraction of the trip came when we visited Hume Lake Christian Camp (Well, it was indeed a religious place), where we enjoyed the beauty of nature.. A green grass.. lake, green forest and layers and layers of mountain behind... blue sky (view from bottom to top in photo frame). There we saw a sand volley ball court and reserved it for an hour. Played 3 sets. I enjoyed the game in spite of loosing all the 3, because i was diving all around, running across etc :-)
Food part of the trip started in Denny's, and ended in Chipotle. Inbetween, it was all kokila chapati and mint chutneys.. with lot of side (like chukly, koDbeLe etc)
Photos will be shared by janta who took them soon.. (links will be updated once i get them).
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
weekend - 20090912
Saturday played a outdoor volleyball tournament in SantaClara. Helped Prasad with shifting his house. Watched US Open. Evening swam a little.
Sunday morning went on a drive to Santa Cruz (with Kiran, Scud, MS), saw beach volleyball tourney. Had coffee, came back. Saw US Open. Went to Santa Clara for a hindustani Classical music concert by Vyshali KS, who is natively from Sagar. Overall a good weekend.
Sunday morning went on a drive to Santa Cruz (with Kiran, Scud, MS), saw beach volleyball tourney. Had coffee, came back. Saw US Open. Went to Santa Clara for a hindustani Classical music concert by Vyshali KS, who is natively from Sagar. Overall a good weekend.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Rocky mountains, Colorado
Date: Septemper 4 - 7, 2009 (4 days)
People : Naddy, Scud, Kiran, Shilpa and /me
Distance Travelled in car : 750miles
Total hike : ~21miles. (all small hikes included)
Web : http://www.nps.gov/romo
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Attractions of the trip:
1. Mt Evans (14100+ ft) : Highest altitude paved road of USA takes you to Mt. Evans. Very scenic drive, we could spot some wild life along the way. Wind was very cold on top..
2. Pikes Peak (14100+ ft) : Again, another 14k+ peak where you can drive your car. It has a train which can take you to the top, called 'Cog Railway'. Also you can find lot of bikers (ie, cyclist) on the top.
3. Patel points of Rocky Mountain National Park: We tried and covered almost all the patel points as per the map.
4. Longs Peak (14259ft), camping and hiking: This was the main goal of the trip, camping and hiking. All of us did go up to the camping ground located at 12780ft, just below the Longs Peak, 6miles from TrailHead. It was a night to remember as 3 of us (including me) got altitude sickness <:-( and in the night temperature was in higher 30s (not C, but F). Wind was blowing almost around 70-100mph, which broke the rods of tent, and it fell on us. Happy stories, sad stories, good stories, bad stories.. overall a long night @ longs peak. Next day Scud and Naddy got up and headed to peak. We 3 had altitude sickness, hence packed the tent, and headed back to rangers station. 5. Chasm Lake (11740ft): Me and Kiran went up to the lake which is at the base of Longs Peak, and is a 0.7miles diversion from the longs peak trail. Its gave some nice view of the peak. Photos: From Kiran's Album
Overall a nice trip.
People : Naddy, Scud, Kiran, Shilpa and /me
Distance Travelled in car : 750miles
Total hike : ~21miles. (all small hikes included)
Web : http://www.nps.gov/romo
View Larger Map
Attractions of the trip:
1. Mt Evans (14100+ ft) : Highest altitude paved road of USA takes you to Mt. Evans. Very scenic drive, we could spot some wild life along the way. Wind was very cold on top..
2. Pikes Peak (14100+ ft) : Again, another 14k+ peak where you can drive your car. It has a train which can take you to the top, called 'Cog Railway'. Also you can find lot of bikers (ie, cyclist) on the top.
3. Patel points of Rocky Mountain National Park: We tried and covered almost all the patel points as per the map.
4. Longs Peak (14259ft), camping and hiking: This was the main goal of the trip, camping and hiking. All of us did go up to the camping ground located at 12780ft, just below the Longs Peak, 6miles from TrailHead. It was a night to remember as 3 of us (including me) got altitude sickness <:-( and in the night temperature was in higher 30s (not C, but F). Wind was blowing almost around 70-100mph, which broke the rods of tent, and it fell on us. Happy stories, sad stories, good stories, bad stories.. overall a long night @ longs peak. Next day Scud and Naddy got up and headed to peak. We 3 had altitude sickness, hence packed the tent, and headed back to rangers station. 5. Chasm Lake (11740ft): Me and Kiran went up to the lake which is at the base of Longs Peak, and is a 0.7miles diversion from the longs peak trail. Its gave some nice view of the peak. Photos: From Kiran's Album
Overall a nice trip.
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