Chapter-1: Registration for Satara Hill Half Marathon In the runners' community, one of the "to-do" Marathon events in India is Satara Hill Half Marathon (SHHM). The reason for this selection is simply because it's one of the very few Hill Run events in India, it's quite challenging at the same time; has some great views of the lovely mountain & is organized really well. Registrations for outstation runners for participation in the SHHM scheduled on 25th Aug, 2019 opened on 7th April, 2019 (6 AM). I was told that within a few hours of the launch, the registration gets over and therefore, I'd set an alarm for 5.30 AM that day to complete my registration and later checked that it was a Housefull by 7 AM itself. In order to conduct the event effectively in the Satara Hill and to avoid chaos, the organizers accept not more than ~5,000 registrations every year. While doing the registrations, it is important to note that they ask for completion certific...
Chapter 1: Planning of a Solo Trip Approaching long weekend of November, 2018 with Holidays of Milad-un-Nabi & Guru Nanak's B'day and getting to know that my wife has an official tour during these dates, made me to think to go for a solo trip. However, never taken such decision in the past of going solo, I reconsidered and approached my friends to accompany me for a small trek in Himalayas - but nobody, on such a short notice, agreed to join me for this trip and finally, after doing much research online, I chose Nag Tibba in Uttarakhand as my first trekking destination since it was close to Delhi & was ideal for beginners as well. Moreover, I can spend some "me only" time at Mussoorie which is the closest Hill Station from Nag Tibba. I googled random trekking agencies and asked them, for my travel dates, if some group is available for this trek. One of them told me that there will be a small group joining, who have booked tents from the agency, in the ba...