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Naina Raturi's avatar

Wonderful read, and very relatable for me as a fellow explorer.

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Thanks a lot Naina. Glad to meet a fellow explorer!

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Rajinder Arora's avatar

Loved it. Mt Shivling and the Tapovan campsite reminded me of a friend who quit commerce and chased peaks after we survived an avlanche on the same peak.

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Wow Rajinder, super that you recognised it! Adn yes Mt Shivling is a tough peak. When I was at Tapovan, met an East european team, who unfortunately died while attempting Shivling.

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Rajinder Arora's avatar

Sad for the loss of a climber, mountaineer and one of our fraternity. Shivling is a diamond that can easily be identified, we have been there a more than twice - once navigating around Shivling to the BC of Meru and once for Bhagirathi BC

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suva.chattopadhyay@gmail.com's avatar

I loved the idea of explorer and of course the beautiful writing. I was almost having coffee with you, outside the tent and also at Orchid Hotel.

I really liked the thought of an accidental company, with "no grand vision." I so relate to it. Visions look good in PowerPoint, and in many cases those slides are made after we pronounce, " and the rest is history."

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Glad you liked it Suva. Yes those powerpoints often celebrate with 20/20 vision after the fact!

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Parool's avatar

Thank you for writing this, Ajay. I took a lot of strength from your words. ❤️

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Thanks Parool, appreciate that you spent your time reading my essay-thanks again!

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Ochre Sky Stories's avatar

We loved listening to you read from this powerful personal essay, Ajay!

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Thanks Natasha & Raju, thankfully I don't write like a rajdhani, compared to the way I speak...or do i?

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Milind Ranade's avatar

Very well articulated, Ajay!

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Rajesh Achanta's avatar

So well written - thanks

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Glad that you liked it Rajesh

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Samir Pandit's avatar

ha was thinking of same when i wrote today's post. cannot agree more

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Ajay Kelkar's avatar

Nice to hear that the thoughts resonated with you! Thanks for reading!

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