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Beyond work
Testing my limits, one summit at a time
The cockpit taught me composure. Motorcycles, mountains, the shooting range and the sketchbook keep it sharp.
19,024 ftUmling La, solo ride
3Everest passes, Nepal
42.2 kmfull marathon
9state shooting medals
6continents
The ride
Bengaluru to Umling La, solo
In August 2024 I rode a motorcycle alone from Bengaluru to Umling La in Ladakh. At 19,024 ft it is the highest motorable road in the world. The trip meant days of solitude, thin air and endurance, and I learned a lot about myself.
19,024 ftUmling La, Ladakh
Solofrom Bengaluru
Aug 2024the ride
Mountains
Everest's Three Passes and Buran Ghati
In October and November 2019 I trekked the Everest Three Passes circuit in Nepal, then kept going solo for seven more days. The year before, I spent a week climbing to over 15,000 ft on Himachal's Buran Ghati trek: snowfields, meadows, a rappel off the pass, and weather that changed by the hour.
Full album: Nepal: Everest Three Passes + 7 days solo (Oct–Nov 2019 · 1,500+ photos)
Endurance
Swim, ride, run
The TriThonnur sprint triathlon in 2018, a full 42.2 km marathon in Bengaluru, and the TCS World 10K, where I both ran and volunteered.
The range
State medals, and coaching India's Paralympians
I compete in 10 m, 25 m and 50 m pistol. At the Karnataka State Shooting Championship I won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals in 2017, and one silver and three bronze in 2018. In November 2017 I was team manager and coach of India's Paralympic shooting team at the World Cup in Bangkok.
Full album: Paralympic Shooting World Cup, Bangkok (November 2017)
Wild
The Masai Mara
Lions at a kill, a cheetah on the move, elephants warning us off, and flamingos at Lake Elementaita, all filmed on safari in Kenya.
Adrenaline
White water, rock and rope
Level 4 rafting and snorkelling in Costa Rica, bouldering, rappelling face-down off a rock in Kanakapura forest, and off-road driving.
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Rappelling face-down, Kanakapura forest
Art & making
The sketchbook and the workbench
Pencil sketching is my meditation: wildlife, temples, portraits and zentangles. Aeromodelling keeps the pilot in me alive, with static and remote-controlled models built by hand.
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My drawings and sketches
The world
30+ countries, six continents
Work and wanderlust have taken me to 200+ cities, from Silicon Valley boardrooms to Himalayan base camps. Every culture has taught me something.
Planning an adventure or a talk on resilience?
I'm always glad to share routes, lessons and stories from the trail.