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India’s ace climber grabs silver at Paraclimbing World Championship

India’s ace climber grabs silver at Paraclimbing World Championship

Manikandan Kumar has just won silver at the 2014 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championship, in Gijon, Spain. This is his fifth medal in an international event in three years despite almost no support from the Indian government. The Bangalore-based climber made India proud by winning a silver medal at the International

The India Kayak Road Trip – West to East

The India Kayak Road Trip – West to East

Shibu tended to respond to most of our questions with the same reply: ‘Okay okay okay’. The reply was no different when we asked if he could drive for over 10 hours from Calicut to Bangalore with six kayaks. With that, a five day race from Kerala to the northeastern

Eyeing gold, India’s Mani in final round of Paraclimbing World Championship

Eyeing gold, India’s Mani in final round of Paraclimbing World Championship

Manikandan Kumar, paraclimbing world champion-2012 is aiming to repeat his record as he qualifies to the final stage at Paraclimbing World Championship 2014 in Gijon, Spain. Bangalore-based Manikandan Kumar, India’s only paraclimbing world champion is through to the final round at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Paraclimbing

The India Kayak Road Trip - About the paddlers

The India Kayak Road Trip - About the paddlers

Since you last heard from us, we've been clocking up the miles in the eastern states of India. We've kayaked fantastic new rivers in Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand and soon we'll begin the long drive to Meghalaya and beyond. But in all this excitement,

The India Kayak Road Trip: Chasing the Monsoon, Episode 01

The India Kayak Road Trip: Chasing the Monsoon, Episode 01

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How I train for the Ironman-distance triathlon: Part 4

How I train for the Ironman-distance triathlon: Part 4

In the fourth post of our Ironman blog series, Vasu talks about nutrition; her search for the right diet, her experiments with different foods, and her love for blueberry cheesecake. I have experimented with a bunch of diet plans. About a year ago, I tried the Eating Right for your

The Indian Kayak Road Trip 2014 - first descents across the nation

The Indian Kayak Road Trip 2014 - first descents across the nation

Powered by Ford Endeavour, five paddlers from the UK and one from India will travel across the country, exploring new whitewater rivers to descend while following the monsoon rains from the southwest to the northeast. For decades paddlers have been flocking to India to kayak on its high quality whitewater.