Copper Mountain, CO. MOTION Workshop, Jan 6-8, 2008

Mt. Washington, July 2008

Mt. Washington is the tallest peak in North East. The only peaks higher than that in the east coast are in the Smokies. Relatively steep climb, which we all made in very good time. The descent down was very rocky and took its toll on our poor knees. None the less, the best climb I've done w/o a backpack.

Approaching Tuckerman Ravine	The climb picks up	Catching our breath
Up into the clouds, as we approach summit	Aravind, Chaitanya, Aniki (bro sriram) and me	Hooot!

ICASSP 2007, Hawaii (Big Island Mostly)

Third authorship on a paper and still made it ... to Big Island. Almost hiked at Waipio, almost saw the lava flow and almost reached the summit of the tallest mountain. A trip of almosts. Well ... almost missed out on the conference too.

Volkan and Cansu	Inu	Waipi'o Valley
Kilauea Iki crater	At the Lava tunnel: with Cansu, Naresh and Dave

Sriram - Indira Wedding Pics. (Jan 23-24, 2007

Sriram (anikiiii!) got married. Our marriages are fun! And I started working out hard now.

Backpacking at Great Smokies (Big Creek Area). Oct, 2006. TN/NC

I can take the cold. And I can take the rain ... but the combo is too much even for a heat hating me. We climbed 4000 feet over 6 miles on the first day, in freezing rain and camped out in sub-freezing temp. Noob Pavan handled it surprisingly well. A sign of times maybe. Neways, the second day was gorgeous. And Smokies feels the same as Shenandoah and it is a long 9 hrs away!.

Start: cold, rainy day.	Big Creek at the foothills.	Fall... literally.	First night of camping: windy, rainy and sub freezing temp.
Big Creek: at higher altitudes.	Coffee!!!.	Bo-jutsu.	Near second night's camp spot.	Back to civ: (L to R) Aravind, Ac and Pavan.

Backpacking at Death Valley, CA. March 17-21, 2006.

The most memorable trip. The sunrise at Death Valley was some sight. The hike itself was very pleasant. An interesting canyon crossing ... that ended up with us running down a mountain .. Marble canyon was spectacular. Dante's view of Badwater lake ... Ubehebe Crater ... The sand dunes ... ah well! need to find a job in CA.

Telescope Peak	On the valley: At start of the 32 mile hike	Rain at America's driest spot: Bad Luck or Jusu ?
Radagast the blue	Dead Horse Skull !!!!	Jusu ... Forth Eorlingas
Shiv and Jusu: A rare moment alone.	Snow: High point of the hike.	Marble Canyon.
Ubehebe Crater.	Desert-o La-spada.	Muaddib: The desert mouse.

Mosaic of the Badwater Lake from Dante's View.

Italy ICIP, September 2005, (Genoa, Pisa, Firenze and Siena)

Genoa: Empty Streets at 9 pm :-?	Pisa: Leaning Tower!!!!	Pisa: Remus and Romulus (see THIS)
Pisa: Bapistry and Cathedral	Firenze: The famous Ponte Vecchio	Firenze: A River runs through it.

Yosemite CA, July 2004

Half Dome	Bro and the bald Rock	In High Places
The Dome and I	As Japanese wud say "Kawaii"	Tenaya Lake, Altitude 10000 feet

Shenandoah VA, Oct 2004

Tian di ying xiong	Atop the Old Rag	The thin, the fat and the ....
The Road goes on and on	Wild Flower