Day 1 / 15: Kathmandu to Machakhola
We start the first leg of out hike, by taking a 12 hours bus ride filled with unexpected adventure.
Date: 10 May 2025
Day 0 / 15: Permits and Thamel
We Spend the day in Thamel getting permits and roaming the streets
Date: 9 May 2025
Building Robust Systems
A personal system is a set of activities that I do because I want to achieve a certain goal OR because I like doing it.
I have convinced myself that the goal is a worthy goal, and now I shall play by the rules that I have set up for myself. I am generally good at sticking to a system once I build it. This time, I want to write about it in an attempt to reason through what is going on.
New Ouchie; Who dis — 2026
8 days ago I managed to twist my left ankle (you may know of this ankle as the good ankle). :(
It was a Saturday and I was super excited because I was integrating cycling back into my training regimen. I picked out a good spot for running and decided to cycle my way there. This would hit two goals at the same time: long distance cycling and easy zone-2 workouts.
Neovim Again
After almost 5 years of using Vscode, I am again seriously giving Neovim a shot.
A bunch of folks in my immediate circle use Neovim which was the main trigger for this.
Update on Principles
The recent post about hypomnemata, gave me a lot to think about this.
This post came at a time when I am trying to get into mediation. I've been quite regular at this and the idea of looking a principle to ruminate on while meditating is new.
Manaslu Circuit - Reaching Kathmandu
This is a series of follow-ups after the ManasluCircuit2025
Date: 8th May, 2025 (I am posting this after almost a year)
Sinhagad Epic Trail 2026
I ran the Sinhagad Epic Trail - 30K on June 27th. This is the second trail run under my name. My First Trail Run was the datum, which was quite decent in my opinion (as far as datums go).
The experience at Sinhagad Epic Trail was markedly different.
You can just do things
A good friend said this to me when I was afraid of failing.
He followed it up with the pigeons in the park are free; you can just take them home.
Swap harsher standards with higher ones
Lets write a series of statements; all of which are true. One of these statements is unideal and that can be fixed. Try to spot it: