Ramblings » vacation http://ramblings.vitraag.com Everything under the sun! Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:19:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Summer ‘10 Activities – Climb, Camp, Hike and Cycle away! http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/06/summer-10-activities-climb-camp-hike-and-cycle-away/ http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/06/summer-10-activities-climb-camp-hike-and-cycle-away/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:34:30 +0000 vaibhavb http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/06/summer-10-activities-climb-camp-hike-and-cycle-away/ Alrite summer is just around the corner! Its the time we folks in Northwest look forward to! The entire misery of dark winters and rainy days is worth the gorgeous 3 months of summer we get around here!

I have been meaning to do a few outdoorsy things this summer, and wanted to started chalking my list here so that friends and family can join in, talk me in to and out of few things :) -

  • Rock-climbing & Bouldering
    • A weekend bouldering trip to Squamish!
    • Climbing as many single-pitch 5.8s as I can. May be pick up Exit-38 Wednesdays!
    • Goal: Outer space (?) (July 2nd week or Aug 2nd week) – Outer space is a six pitch climb near Leavenworth, and it has been my goal since i started cragging a couple of years ago. Given my space and rock-climbing touch, it might not happen this year but still a worthy goal.
  • Mountaineering –
    • Mt. Adams (June 19th?)
    • Mt. Baker (June 26th)
    • Mt. Shuskan (?)
    • Goal: Lead a trip up Mt. Rainier (July 17th), may be two
    • Goal: One ice-climb, may be Mt. Hood late in the season (Aug 1st week?)
  • Cycling
    • Flying Wheels Summer Century! (June 12th)
    • Goal: Lead a week-long trip along Oregon Coast (week of July 24th), in preparation to India biking adventure.
  • Motorcycling
    • Now that i still have my SV650s for this season I would love to do some long riding and track days with it. I have already been eyeing some routes.
    • Goal: Do at-least one long ride and one track day!
  • Backpacking
    • Yosemite (?) (Late summer Aug(?))
    • Need suggestions and friends to go with!
  • Hiking & Camping
    • Granite Mountain
    • Camp Muir
    • Goal: At-least do one camping trip with friends
  • Try a new activity
    • Rafting down Yakima river! (July 4th –?)
    • Sea-kayaking or Sailing
    • Goal: Learn to swim in open water

May be I should make a outdoor activities calendar. Making it public is a little itchy but hey its summer in the northwest!!

]]> http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/06/summer-10-activities-climb-camp-hike-and-cycle-away/feed/ 1 July 4th Weekend – Hanging out with my favorite gals :) http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2008/07/july-4th-weekend-hanging-out-with-my-favorite-gals/ http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2008/07/july-4th-weekend-hanging-out-with-my-favorite-gals/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:55:00 +0000 vaibhavb http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2008/07/july-4th-weekend-hanging-out-with-my-favorite-gals/ Vaidehi came over for July 4th weekend. After all the busy weekends only this weekend i got some time to get the pictures ready and share the goodness. It was really fun time motorcycling, biking, salsa dancing, strolling and climbing with her and Maris. :) .

]]> http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2008/07/july-4th-weekend-hanging-out-with-my-favorite-gals/feed/ 1 Planning India Trip! http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2007/12/planning-india-trip/ http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2007/12/planning-india-trip/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:06:00 +0000 vaibhavb http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2007/12/planning-india-trip/ All right I’m getting a chance to go visit home!! Eh..hoo!! Here is the rough plan -

Hopefully, I can make all the other stuff work. If any of you guys are around do let me know!! More details getting added soon!

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