Theme: Misty Mountain Hike
Hiking Route: Palung to Daman to Simbhanjyang
Date: June 15, 2008, Sunday
Participants: BabinsS, BahadurB, HiteshK, KamalK, LunaG, MaheshS, ManojR, ParasT, PawanP, PrajwalS, PujaKC, RajK, SanjeetB, SitaP and, ShankarS
Caption by: Shankar Sharma, Luna Gurung, Sanjeet Baidya, Sita Pun
Photos: Shankar Sharma, Manoj Rokka, Luna Gurung, Kamal Karki
Report By: Kamal Karki and Prajwal Shrestha , Pawan Pokhrel
Creative Support: Dhilung/Pallavi
[Kamal Karki and Prajwal Shrestha]
Everyone was excited for another theme based hiking from Palung To Daman. Palung, which lies on the way to Daman, is famous for its vegetable cultivation. Daman, which is a popular tourist destination, is famous for the splendid view of Himalayan region.
After picking up everyone on the way, we were altogether fifteen ready for a challenging hike to Daman. The morning was clear unlike the evening shower we had the previous day. We had a quick breakfast at Naubise, a place where the Tribhuvan Highway and Prithivi Highway separate. After a two hours ride, we reached Palung at 10:30am, our starting point for the hike. The place welcomed us with aroma of fresh vegetables in the fields. We could see farmers in the fields busy at their work. This reminded all of us the dependency of the Nepali population on agriculture.
The journey started from a simple walk on a highway until we met an old lady who showed us another difficult route to our destination. Since we were there for a hiking experience, we followed the lady’s direction. We climbed up to reach a place from where we could see the beauty of the valley. The fields stretched wide and green, ready for another harvest. On the way, we shared experiences with a World War II veteran who had fought in Japan. The man was in his late-eighties but still strong to walk the ups and downs of the terrain.
Slowly the clouds began to shower, and the hike became more interesting. The rainfall was mild but we enjoyed walking in the rain, occasionally taking the snapshots on the way. Nobody missed the chance of storing their experiences in their camera. We reached Daman, altitude 2322m at around 2:00 pm.
The rain and mist completely blocked the scenic view of the Himalayas. Nonetheless, it added a different experience to our hiking and we decided to extend our hike to Simbhanjyang, altitude 2488m.
We ended our hike by distributing notebooks and pencils to the students of Risheshwor Primary School at Daman. Lack of physical infrastructure, untimely delivery of books and insufficient number of teachers were evident in the school environment. On the way back, we played antakashari which made us forget all tiredness and sweat of the hike. Overall, the hike was adventurous, exciting, natural and memorable.
We would all like to extend sincere thanks to the coordinator and to the team for making this hike a successful one.
[Pawan Pokhrel]
Gathering at D2, a short table tennis session, and a breakfast at Naubise are the regular pre-hiking tasks with which we started our day. We covered a two hour microbus ride and reached Palung at around 10 am. Fifteen exuberant hikers started the hike with a thirst to indulge in the essence of nature and capture every bit of beauty on the way to Daman. “Tapai haru le mero yo halat ma kina photo linu bhako?” a women’s disagreement when ManojR took her snap – made us laugh for a while. At Citiny, we met Ramjee Adhikari who had lots to tell about his service as an army personnel in Japan during World War II but we had no choice than to bid him goodbye and head towards our destination Daman at an altitude of 2322 meters.
The pattering rain made our journey more than blissful. The rain continued till we reached Simbhanjyang. On the way I proposed for a ‘rainy-race’ and PrajwalS and RajK supported me. I was elated for being third in the first ever ‘D2 Rainy Race’. The journey continued with a lot of “guff”, laughter, and photo sessions. The blood donation to leech became an integral part of our hiking. Though, our destination was Daman we couldn’t stop our joyful moment there and further continued our hike to Simbhanjyang. The surrounding was amazing as a thick haze of cloud was hanging above us. Mahesh was overwhelmed and lost in the cloud for a while at a height of 2488 meters.
After spending some time in Simbhanjyang we returned back to Daman. Poonam Pariyar, a student of Risheshwor Primary School at Daman, ushered us to his school. We distributed notebooks and pencils to the school children. They were very excited to have copies and pencils with ‘D2Hawkeye’ printed on it. I asked the boy why he did not attend his school on Sunday and his answer was “I washed my school dress”. “No Dress No Education System!”That was a reality check for all of us.
Finally, we had our lunch at Gauri Shankar Guest House and then started our journey back. The hangama continued on the way back home till we reached Thankot with guys playing continuous Antakshari. Frequent jokes from Hitesh, Sanjit and ShankarS, SitaP and her high pitch laughter along with the majestic scenario made our hike memorable and exciting. The sublime beauty of nature made us completely forget our tiredness. I ended the day in complete peace and with a feeling as if I have returned from different world.
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| 01 Thankot Temple |
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| 02 Road Block |
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| 03 Cloudy Mountain |
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| 04 Highway Down the Lane |
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| 05 Monsoon Clouds |
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| 06 Winding Road |
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| 07 Hard work |
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| 08 Pine tree cluster |
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| 09 Hiking begins |
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| 10 Getting started with photography |
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| 11 sowing paddy plants |
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| 12 vegitable plantation |
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| 13 farmers preparing field for plantation |
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| 14 ploughing |
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| 15 A local church at Palung |
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| 16 harvesting potatoes |
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| 17 Vegetation |
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| 18 Palung to Daman |
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| 19 Assending |
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| 20 A local residence |
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| 21 Hiking Trail |
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| 22 Cauliflower |
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| 23 Faleko Nashpati |
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| 24 Chitchat with World War II vetran |
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| 25 makai bari (maize plants) |
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| 26 A future Engineer (Self made lorry) |
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| 27 A glimpse of palung |
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| 28 Cityni village |
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| 29 Atop the Rock |
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| 30 Ready for rock climbing |
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| 31 Moving on |
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| 32 Self proclaimed hero |
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| 33 twist and turn |
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| 34 Centipede |
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| 35 Sanjeet-s favourite pet |
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| 36 Sita collecting mushrooms for dinner |
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| 37 I am taller |
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| 38 The panorama |
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| 39 misty forest |
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| 40 In the rain, on the road |
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| 41 lonely road |
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| 42 by road ko bato ma gadi gudaudai… |
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| 43 Daman - Proposed Destination |
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| 44 parkhi basen |
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| 45 The terminator |
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| 46 CCTV |
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| 47 duo drenched in rain |
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| 48 mission accomplished |
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| 49 Love at first site |
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| 50 self proclaimed heros part II |
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| 51 Yahoo we did it |
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| 52 haunted mountain |
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| 53 and the ghost |
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| 54 serching for lost friend |
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| 55 more ghosts |
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| 56 Open source everywhere |
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| 57 warming up with tea |
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| 58 mist gets denser |
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| 59 standing tall |
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| 60 posey |
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| 61 Lake |
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| 62 source of water |
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| 63 kal kal sal sal |
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| 64 Daman at it-s best |
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| 65 Beauties and the Geek |
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| 66 Verdure |
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| 67 Blood sucking leach |
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| 68 Heading for a cause |
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| 69 just 70 kilo |
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| 70 life is not easy for some |
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| 71 Hariyo ban Nepal ko dhan - Kalile samma |
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| 72 Walnut |
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| 73 On the way to school |
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| 74 School premises |
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| 75 Shri Hrishishewor Primary School |
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| 76 View from school |
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| 77 Class 5 blackboard |
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| 78 World behind the window |
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| 79 peeping through the window |
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| 80 A 25 year old nursery student |
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| 81 Save Nepal’s national flower |
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| 82 a discussion with the principal |
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| 83 decending |
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| 84 pea pods |
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| 85 eating to be eaten (a local turkey) |
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| 86 bee |
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| 87 Nepali thali |
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| 88 A-Shiv statue |
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| 89 B-chicks |
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| 90 It-s Home made lorry again |
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| 91 Caution - Men at work |
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| 92 on the way back home |
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| 93 cotton clouds |
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| 94 New Nepal |
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| 95 Way back to home |
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| 96 hills |
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| 97 Sunset |
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| 98 sunset at naubise |
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June 19th, 2008 at 6:58 am
More roads than walking trails, thanks. 97 is sunset of where? 98 of naubise. I never knew Walnut pic 72 is walnut thanks for the knowledge.
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:14 am
pic 56 poster is made in computer not natural tree cannot have Firefox icon if you know fire fox
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:17 am
81 Nepal-s national flower
Jay Nepal!!
Jay Nepal!!
Jay Nepal!!
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:23 am
85 - Nepal’s national bird??? NOT
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:34 am
national rastriya terminator binaskarta! qc ma lyau tellai
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June 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Beauty and the Geeks
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June 19th, 2008 at 8:13 am
binaskarta lai qc ma kina ni??
qc ta saparna ko lagi po ho ta..
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I appreciate it . Thanks for your natural collection.
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June 19th, 2008 at 11:24 am
92,95,98 Perfect Catch
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I can only say…MARVELLOUS…
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Great Hike, stunning shots and mouth watering Nepali Thali !!!
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
He is not a hero.He is the director
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
nice shot of the bee!!! and the ghosts
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
pic45 — hey Babin…didn’t know u were blessed with super-power !!! wow…..Ani dijup….k chha bichaaar? hera ta pic87.
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
49 Love at first site ………………. yes i agree ..lov is blind.
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
pic56—-hmmmm well photographed….by the way, who’s the guy with t-shirt with the FF logo on it ???
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June 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Pic 93. Beautiful…………………………………….
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Great Hiking guys!
The environment, weather and team overall were just great. Playing Antakshari while returning back was the most memorable event of the hike. Rumpum, Rumpum, rich and Famousa was the hit song of the event.
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
The photo taglines are great, but be careful at simple spellings of descending, searching, Ascending, vegetable. Hope, it will be corrected.
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
@Pradeep - U may be rite pal…who may know the LOVE than u….
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Pic 93………….awesome photography
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
yes that is true!
if any one is blind please contact Pradeep
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
95 Way back to home
Candidate for picture of the month
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Take a look at pic.19, did u notice the logo in frontman’s Tee?
That’s the open source, now would u call it a Designer’s trick or Photographer’s creativity for pic.56?
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
The spellings must be the product of tiredness of the difficult trip
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June 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
The hiking was quite wonderful. I simply luved it!!!
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June 20th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Pic 53,54,66…etc….nice taken shot. well done beautiful pic people ..Really enjoy it…and yes great job on the promotion of the nature….we as a human need to enjoy the green sound of peace…. and hey….on pic 69….luna…cant believe u are 70kg….hehehehe…..dont look like….hehehehe…… :-)))
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June 20th, 2008 at 1:07 am
oye sita , you are the last one to comment, so you seemed to love it a lot.
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June 20th, 2008 at 2:35 am
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June 20th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Name is misty mountain, but Caption photo of road without mist. Surprising!! Opposite way round. Anyway, one of 51,52,53,54 should have been best. Home Made lorry is creative. But we need to produce such plastic toys in Nepal.
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June 20th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Simbhanjyang height:2488M
Pooja height:2489.5M
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June 20th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Misty mountain is a mythical place in the epic by JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings…made famous in Nepal by the movie series. You can see the place in the map showb by hobbit in the first of the Trilogy.
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June 20th, 2008 at 5:53 am
70 kilo is joke. one of her leg is on the ground. she is modeling which is good.
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:16 am
no no, 70 kilo is no joke, she is 70 (age or weight both).
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Guys, If I could live that long…. 70yrs..weighing 70kilos and still modeling for photo shots like these then I say it would be good old 70s.
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June 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Loona U might be, for that keep on hikin
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June 22nd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Missed this hike!
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June 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Wow !!! it rained again in this hike
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June 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 am
Fabulous place for hike and cool pics with marvelous view.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
What a surprise!!!. In first theme based hiking “Panchkhal to dolalghat”, ShristiR weighted her weight and in this hiking LunaG weighted her weight. Why Lady hiker love beam balance so much?
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June 24th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Wait for report/pic of next hiking, if report comes as what happened, it will be a surprise for all.
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