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WILDERNEWSI SSUE 3 11 / 2012
LITTLE FEETShanti Balasubramanian
INSPIRATION FORMY TREKKINGChandrashekar A.K
THE JOURNEY OFBANGALORE ASCENDERSMudassar Khan
HEALTH ISLIFE S WAYSadguru Jaggi Vasudev
VOLANTSagar
MY ANSWER TO THEIRONMAN CHALLENGEDipankar Paul
COVER PHOTORajanikandh
Chennai Trekking Club
Spreading the love for Outdoors...
www.chennaitrekkers.org
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C O N T
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30.CTC EVENTCALENDAR
4.FROM THEFOUNDER
PETER VAN GEIT
8.HEALTH ISLIFE S WAY
SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV
10.LITTLE FEATSHANTI BALASUBRAMANIAN
12.INSPIRATIONFOR MY TREKKING
CHANDRASHEKAR. A. K
16.THE JOURNEYOF BANGALORE ASCENDERS
MUDASSAR KHAN
26.QUIZUNDERSTANDING NAGALASTOPOGRAPHY
CONTENTS
24.MY ANSWER TO THETHE IRONMAN CHALLENGEDIPANKAR PAUL
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SAGAR
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WHATS YOUR
END?
SOPLAN
WEEK THIS
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Whenever I roam around in the city someone willstop me and say "Are you Peter from CTC? Nothaving seen the person before I strategicallyrespond "Yes, on which trek have you joined usbefore?". The answer that follows 9 out of 10times goes like this "Actually, I have been amember for 1 year but never gotten a chance to
join..." The last time I counted I found 52weekends in one year...
This seems to align with the statistics. We havearound 500 new members sign up in our groupevery single month. At the same time weprobably see maximum around 50 new faceseach month which means 90% seems happybeing a passive member just reading post writeups and looking at the photos?
Second typical encounter. Friday evening in thelift of TIDEL Park with a few of my officecolleagues. I ask them "So what's the plan thisweekend guys?". The response always goes likethis "Uh... nothing really...just staying at home..sleeping late...watch some movie...". It hits meas very sad that these youngsters who could be
doing so many exciting things outside simplyremain immobilized by a rusted, lazy mindset.
Third observation - through our 5 years ofexistence I see the average "active outdoor lifespan" of our members to be around 6 months to1 year. The group of regulars on our treks andother events seems to rotate over the sameperiod. Few members remain active for a longerduration. Among the top threats to an activeoutdoor life seem to be "am busy in office", "I gotmarried", "relocated out of Chennai", etc. Thefew years of possible active life between "busy incollege" and "got married" seems to be further
reduced by "busy in office".So the majority of us appear too busy to setsome time aside for exercising our body? CTC is
not just a hard-core trekking gang anymore. Wehave diversified into so many other things -cycling, swimming, running, biking, green & social initiatives, women events, marathons,triathlons, snake & bird walks, workshops,photography trips, etc. I believe it's highly time tostop searching for excuses, free up one of yourupcoming weekends and sign up for your firstCTC outdoor event and connect with the manyother like minded souls in our group. Common
response I get from freshers - "this was great,why didn't I join earlier?" As the wise old Greeksused to say - a healthy mind in a healthy body.
And in CTC we guarantee you both!
PETER VAN GEIT
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Stop finding excuses not to go out withCTC on one of the many outdoor options
arrayed Peter in his own statistical styleexplains how.
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Health is Life's WayNarrating a story of how he happened upon an army encampmentin his youth, while trekking through a jungle near Mangalore,
Sadhguru delves into how one can keep his health at optimal level:
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a yogi, is a visionary, humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader. An author, poet, and internationally-renowned speaker, Sadhgurus wit and
piercing logic provoke and widen our perception of life.www.ishafoundation.org | blog.ishafoundation.org
Once, about 35 to 40 of us were on atrek in the Western Ghats nearMangalore. We heard the story of anaval helicopter that had gonemissing only six weeks ago. It hadcrashed into the jungle, and a fullbattalion of army soldiers wascamped there, combing the junglefrom end to end to locate thishelicopter and recover whateverthey could. We were havingproblems in the jungle with cooking
and the heavy rain, when wereached this army camp. Thegenerous officer welcomed us andwas very happy to have us; heoffered us food and a place to rest.One of the soldiers there just lookedat us and asked, Why are youwalking?Just like that, we want to walk, wesaid.He just could not believe it. Justlike that? he asked. We have beenhere for six weeks and we are justwaiting for this whole exercise to beover. Every day, we have to walk 20to 30 kilometers searching for thehelicopter that we cannot find, andyou are just walking for fun? Whatthe soldier did not understand was
that the exercise forced on him inthe army was keeping him sohealthy and well.Health one of the simplest thingsabout health is just to use the body.If you do that sufficiently, the bodyhas every means to create health foritself. It does not mean nothing e lsewill happen to you, or you will beperfect. I would say if we used ourbody as much as we should,approximately eighty per cent of theailments on this planet would justdisappear. Of the remaining twenty,ten per cent is because of the typeof food that people are eating. Thatmeans if food habits were alsochanged, only 10% of the worldsailments would remain. If out of allthe sick people, 90% becamehealthy just by using the body andeating the right food, the remaining10%could be easily handled. Butnow, the volume of illness in theworld is so large because we do noteat properly or use the body
properly.To put this very simply as youexercise your body, if you just openand close your palms several timesa day, after a month you would see
how well your hand would work. Ifyou do this with yourbrain, it wouldalso work wonderfully well in amonths time. If you do this withyour heart and your life energies,they would work wonderfully welltoo. When all these things work well,that is heal th . Heal th is notsomething that you invented.Health is not your idea. When lifeprocesses are happening well, thatis health. If at all we have created
anything, it is ill-health.If you lived on this planet 200 yearsago, physically you would be atleast 20 times more active than youare right now. You would havewalked everywhere; you wouldhave done everything with yourhands. Today, life is different; wecannot go back to the old waysanymore. But that doesnt mean wehave to become 60 when we are 20.
A lot of 20-year-olds today cannotperform as much activity as 60-year-olds used to do 100 years ago.
It is a fact, isnt it? This means, weare just weakening humanity. Over aperiod of time, we will become adegenerate human race.
You just have to use your body, use your headand use your energies. If these three things arewell exercised and balanced you will be healthy.
A sudden burst of activity may lay you down,but if you build physical, mental andenergy-based activities into yourlife, you will be healthy. If yourbody is working well, yourmind is working well andyour energy is supportingthe two, making surenothing goes wrong, that ishealth. When life ishappening in full flow,that is health.
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The smiling faces of the little c hildrenwho had probably stepped out oftheir comfortable spaces well beforedawn for the first time was more thanenough to earmark the success ofCTCs first running event.
It was a joy to watch the childrenparticipate with such enthusiasmand vigor. They seemed to lookforward to the event but were alsoworried about their PBs (I think!).Thanks however, the wonderfulanchors and all the CTC volunteerswho kept up the cheer & high spirits
with their fine sense of humor & encouraging words. I also hopeparents will continue to encouragetheir children to participate in suchevents with a view to enjoyingthemselves first without worrying
about competition, prize, medal etc.
The little feet that ran the fewkilometers effortlessly was indeed a
joy to watch. In a time, when many ofthe children are cooped up at homewith the various gizmos dependingon the affordability of the parents, itwas quite nice to see so many of the
parents making that extra effort toget their children out and running.My son & daughter participated too& were thrilled to bring home a medaleach. A special thanks to all thoserunners who were magnanimous
enough to forgo their medal for thelittle ones.
I look forward very much to the nextCTC event & hope that many morechildren will come out to enjoy thesunshine & sweat.
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LITTLESHANTHI
BALASUBRAMANIAN
FEET A Full Marathon by her Hubby and KIDS RUN by her Children at CTCMarathon Shanthi describes the Happiness of Running as a Family
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AT THE FEET OF NANDA DEVIBERGSCHRUND
Inspiration forMy TrekkingTrekking is a Life-time Passion Chandra recollects his trekking journey from Mount Kailash to Munnar
Could a boys short hike with his father to Tatta Panion Sutlej bank near Simla hook him to trekking for life? Possibly yes, in my case. My Simla childhoodmemories are mainly about winter-snows, swinginglangurs, and my slipping down a path-side cliff, savingmyself by grabbing bushes and p assers-by pulling me
up.Later, school lessons in Kolkata about Tenzing-HillaryEverest climb of 1953 sparked lure of mountains inme. My leisure-reading dwelt on explorations ofColumbus, da Gama, the Polos, Amundsen, andEverest heroes of 1950s/1960s. The scatteredEastern Ghats with their red earth chequered withgreenery offered a visual treat. M y first hill climb waswith my grandparents to Tirupati in 1950s. During myvisits to Chennai in 1960s, I climbed hills aroundChennai and hiked cross-country from Villikwakkam toChromepet across fields and Adyar with rabbits, deer,mongooses, foxes etc seen en route. Climbs of
monoliths near Hyderabad followed. Drawing andpainting of explorers, mountaineers, mountains andtheir flora and fauna were my added interests.
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My first trek in 1974 from Harsil to Lam Khaga Passon HP-UP border with colleagues in Govt followed bytrips in 1970s to Badrinath by bus and on foot toKedarnath with parents started my p assion forHimalayan trekking. Voracious reading followed aboutearly exploratrions/climbs of Matterhorn, Nanda Devi,
Everest, the Poles, Africa, the Americas, Australia,India, China, Tibet and Mongolia. In 1976, I completeda mountaineering course at HMI (Directors:Tenzing/Gombhu), Darjeeling, leading me close to themajestic Kanchenjunga range.
My career as a Finance Director in PSUs left hardlyany time for my passion for treks. During 1986-2007, Itrekked infrequently to Sahyadris;Munnar/Agasthyarkoodam and remote Nilgiri peaksand Tibets Mount Kailash and Manasarovar. Lastdecade of my career took me to 36 countries and Ibriefly visited/saw from air: Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya,Fuji Yama, Everest, K2, Matterhorn, Himalayan range,Rockies and Alps, Nairobi National Park, Africanequatorial forests, Sahara and Arabian deserts,Jordans Iranian and Afghan highlands,Greenland/Iceland glaciers and Canadian Tundras.
On retirement and settling in Chennai, I enrolled onlinewith CTC. Fired by Peters leadership andcamaraderie of his organizers/members, I relive myyouth and continue trekking to beautiful locations likeParvathamalai, Kodai, Nagala, Nagari, Venkatagiri andMunnar proving the power of natures freedom, beautyand mystery to inspire !
CHANDRA SHEKHAR,A.K
S AGARMATHA OR CHOMOLUN GMA OR EVE RES T MATTERHORN - TYPEWRI TER DRAWIN
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TheJourney of B angalore ASC enders
Ascend, Explore, Care, Conserve,Volunteer, Lead....
Mudassar explains the growth of BASC
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Born and brought up in a small forested towncalled Dandeli (now a popular adventure holidaydestination) I was made for outdoors. At times Irecall how I used to avoid roads and make waytrough bushes and mounds to reach my schoolor how I used to take my friends to Kali River forfishing following smaller streams, during myhigh school days.
During my stay in Mysore for college and earlydays of job I scouted in and around many placesfor multiple times, sometimes even solo.Onlyafter relocating to Bangalore for a job in mid2004 the structured way of trekking started withfew of my colleagues. But it was not that easy asI needed to initiate a trek, motivate them toparticipate and bringing together a team of 15-20 ppl on a specific weekend was a herculeantask. Things went on this way for the next 4years, we trekked many peaks mostly inKarnataka and during this period couple of thembecame regular trekkers. Then our companyopened its new branch in Pune and many ofthem relocated and we were left with very fewppl to trek with. Then around the end of 2008 Istarted posting our trek invitations at Orkutstrekking communities, and the response wasbetter than expected.
Finally in April, 2009 I started Bangalore ASCENDers, together with few long time trekbuddies. With a modest start of around 14members the group has grown into a huge3000+ member group.Bangalore ASCENDersfondly called as BASC is an on-line not-for-profit group. The tag line of the group is Explore
Nature dont Exploit and every member of thegroup ensures this. don'texploit it
explore naturehttp://www.bangaloreascenders.org/
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Exclusively managed by the efforts of COREteam and the organizing team.
We are not limited to organizing treks alonebut also include cycling expeditions, bikingtrips, photography trips, himalayan treks,treknics, photography learning sessions,rock climbing , other adventure sports , etcwhich may span from half a day to manyweeks.
Socially responsive group: We indulge inactivities for social causes like taking lessprivileged kids for a day out close to nature,outing with elderly people from old agehomes, supporting orphanages/old agehomes with monthly groceries, supportingpoor students by providing them books andsch oo l u n i fo rms , o rgan i z ing fo r e s tregeneration events, participating in forest firefighting activities during summers, etc
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Scope for volunteering and buildingleadership qualities.
Group members take part in blood donation activities.
Knowledge sharing sessions are conductedon a periodic basis, on the topics ranging fromfitness to outdoors for the benefit of themembers.
In the year 2011 BASC organized around 55events that comes to an average of 1 eventevery weekend.
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22 VOLANT SAGAR
Sometime during my adolescent years, Ilarked with my mom that she wasgrowing old: as she was observing birdsfor a pastime. She urged me to give it ashot. I humored her, only to get suckedinto a world of colors, bird songs,
patience and discovery.
A lot of us are completely oblivious to theavian life around us, and it is rea lly turkeythat people can only recall the crows,pigeons or sparrows when we talk aboutbirds
There are more than 1200 species ofbirds in India, with more than a third ofthem found in south India. In fact, if onegoes to pallikaranai or the IIT Madrascampus, you can spot at least a dozendifferent species. In my next few blogs, Ihope to touch upon some commonspecies of birds around us, their habitatsand characteristics.
The Cuckoo or the Koel has alwaysfascinated me. There are about twentydifferent species of cuckoo found inIndia, such as the malkoha and coucals:the most common being the Asian Koel.Seldom seen in the open, there is much
more to this shy bird than just a sweetcall. The cuckoo is found throughoutIndia, and even in parts of Pakistan,Bangladesh, SriLanka, Indonesia andalso China. The male is shiny Black incolor, and the female is dull brown, and isspotted. Their diet comprises primarily offruits, insects, lizards, small snakes andeven small rodents.
The breeding season is generally in thesummer months between March andJune. Some species build their own nestsand raise their young, but the more
common cuckoos lay their eggs in thenests of other birds. It is a misconceptionthat cuckoos lay their eggs in only crows
nests. They are brood parasites, andtarget a large variety of birds. Generally, asingle egg is laid in the hosts nest and theyoung cuckoo once born, pushes out theeggs and hatchlings of the host out of thenest.
Sometimes, the host bird is a very smallspecies, such as the reed warbler, withthe cuckoo being larger than its hostparents at birth itself. The small birdsstruggle to keep pace with the rapidgrowth and to satisfy the immenseappetite of the large cuckoo, often drivingthem to the brink of exhaustion.
It is quite easy to spot these birds. Theyprefer open woodlands, gardens andeven cultivated land. They often can beseen next to cattle, to eat the insects thatare flushed out as they graze.
SAGAR
VOLANTLove for Birds Sagar relishes chirping of Cuckoo's
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2 4 M Y A N S W E R T O T H E I R O N MA N C H A L L E NG E D I PA N K A R PAU L
My answer to the
IronMan ChallengeChallenge than to Submit Dipankar traces his story of becoming an Iron Man
Just Me
Being an outdoor person and alwaysready to push my own limits, each day forme has been to live to its fullest, live likethere is no tomorrow. After joining a fewtough treks with CTC and some longcycling rides on my own, crave for more
just kept piling up. The thirst for testing myown physical limits made me look beyondthe boundaries and found about theexistence of a very popular event calledIRONMAN.
The Dream Event of many
The IRONMAN is a triathlon consisting of3.86 km swim followed by 180.25 kmcycling and ending with a 42.2 kmmarathon to be raced without a break andcompleted in a strict time limit of 17 hrs.Its not only about completing this eventbut there are cut-off times for each event
again.The Challenges
The first thing that came to my mind wasMan thats the challenge you got tocomplete!! Without a second though Isigned up for the neatest possibleIronman which was happening in less than6 months in a city called Nice in Francesince all other events of the year had soldout. Only after registering I came to knowthat the France Ironman is the toughest ofall Ironmans in terms of hill climbs (almost2000 mtr altitude gain) and also one of the
shortest in terms of cutoff (16hrs)!! Butsince the registration had already beendone, there was no looking back. To save
up for the event participation, had to cutdown on my expenses by saving up onfood intake, travel and even packed up mycycle since every penny counts.
The Preparation
With just a month to go, took out my biketo start training and joined the swimming
pool nearby. The very first day I realisedthat I had lost all stamina because of thelong rest and with just a handful numberof days remaining, I pushed by training toa break-neck pace, spending about 6hours each day into swim and biking.
Ankle pain because of a past ligamentfracture prevented me from doing any runtraining. With that one month could nevermanage to allocate enough time to trainenough for any of the event distances.
The Event
I could hear my own heart beating hardwhen I stood at the start line of the opensea swim with about 2700 other athletes.The turning point in the sea after 1.2 kmswas almost invisible. Kept calm and withthe whistle, dived into the sea. Initial kicksand punches were enough to set in a fearalong with misdirection because of notbeing able to understand the correctdestination in that huge crowd ofswimmers. With a strong determinationand controlling my pace, I soon finishedthe swim and moved over to the cyclingsection consisting of massive climbs. Sawmany athletes getting tired and failing onthe climbs. After a wonderful descentback to start location the toughest section
of the event for me, the run, came up.With a very time calculated approach interms of each kilometre pace and limpingat the end because of ankle pain, Imanaged to reach the finish line with justabout 30 minutes to spare. The feeling ofhaving done it was exhilarating!
The feeling of having done it can be bestexpressed by the trademark of Ironman
"Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2miles! Brag for the rest of your life"
On a personal level, it gave me the willpower of
If I can endure such pain and stillcomplete an event this tough, I can do
ANYTHING!
Dipankar Paul
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2 6 Q U IZ U N D ER S TA N D IN G N A GA L A S T O PO G RA P HY
UnderstandingNagla'sTopography
Indicate following terrain features on the left (right) map and email your answers [email protected]
The 3 best answers will receive a CTC t-shirt and be published in next months edition.
New to maps? Tutorial @ http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/p/learning.html (Trekking Bootcamp)
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A. encircle 10prominent peakson the map in red
B. mark 3 major streams orvalleys in dark blue whichdrain rainwater from thisrange to the plains
6 size-ableside-streamsof the3 mainstreams in
light blue
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D. indicate at least 6
major ridges starting from the main streams andconnecting to one of the peaks in green
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2 8 Q UO TE OF T HE MO NT H
- Finis Mitchell
We don't stop hiking because we grow old,
We grow old because we stop hiking.
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
PHOTO : THANGAMANI
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TREKS
Diwali Mission 4 days difficult trek - Peter
Nagala North East to Picnic Pool Prem Kumar
Venkatagiri 3 & 4th November Chella Babu
Tada Top 24 & 24th November Chella Babu
Trek to Nagala - Raj Jacob & Anavarathan
Freshers trek by Emperors
Makalidurga by Damodar
Javadhu by Emperors - 3 & 4th November
Sirumalai trek 10 & 11th November - DuraiSalem Exploration 3 & 4th November -Poonkathirvelan
TRIATHLON
Triathlon Peter
Half Iron Man Peter
CYCLING
Cycle Rides around Chennai Peter
Javadhu Cycling Peter
Cycle ride to South Chennai Prem Kumar
Cycling 25th November Thilak
LEARNING
Trekking Boot camp Peter (December)
Heritage Photo trip 18th November Nivya
Heritage Photo trip 22&23rd November Nivya
Workshop on Golden Hours
SOCIAL EVENTS
Diwali Celebrations 13th November at AnbuIllam, Child Home, Home of Hope, Nalmanam Thilak and Vadivel
Social Trek 41 with Anbu Illam Thilak and Vadivel
Cycling to Anbagam home for special people
SWIMMING
Bi-monthly Swimming Prem Kumar
RUNNING
CTC Daily Run PremKumar
Trail Marathon Peter
ENVIRONMENT
Weekly tree Plantationby Sidharth, Siva
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