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Chhattisgarh - An undiscovered whitewater paradise

Chhattisgarh - An undiscovered whitewater paradise

A kayaker visits the whitewaters of Chhattisgarh for the first time and writes about an epic river run on the Indravati - with steep rapids below and a stormy sky above As far as first impressions go, Chhattisgarh was hard to beat. We passed the police checkpoint and caught our

Coastal Rowing: An Introduction

Coastal Rowing: An Introduction

Sagar Sen, rower from Norway who participated at the 2014 world coastal rowing championships in Thessaloniki, Greece, gives an introduction to coastal rowing. In the summer of 2006, during my first séjour in France, my friend Nicolas Parquic asked me, “Sagar you want to go to Brest to row on

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering: Inside India's School of Rock and Ice

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering: Inside India's School of Rock and Ice

While enrolled in a basic course for women at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, an adventure enthusiast tries to figure out what got a motley group of students on the vertical path. “Welcome to the camp; I guess we all know why we’re here”. The Who, playing out loud on

Exclusive: Meet World Record Marathon Swimmer Chloë McCardel

Exclusive: Meet World Record Marathon Swimmer Chloë McCardel

Chloë McCardel swam 126km within two days, solo and unassisted in open water to etch her name in aquatic sports history. On a balmy night on October 22, in the dark tropical waters of the Bahamas, the 29-year-old Australian swimmer made her last few strokes to enter Nassau, the capital

5 Best Surfing Spots in India

5 Best Surfing Spots in India

Surf photographer Rammohan Paranjape combed through almost every beach in the country to list out the best places to ride waves. For decades, India went unnoticed as a surf destination. In the Asian context, the surfing world never looked beyond destinations like Indonesia in the 70’s and later Sri

Cycling nomads look to pedal the whole world

Cycling nomads look to pedal the whole world

Katya and Mirko are determined to ride through lesser known routes across the globe. Till now, they have pedaled through most of Europe, Middle East and Central Asia to South-East Asia and into India on their mountain bikes since 2002. TOJ caught up with them when they were in New

Fat to Fit to Ironman - All In a Year

Fat to Fit to Ironman - All In a Year

This is a first-person account of a fitness enthusiast's journey from being an overweight entrepreneur to completing his first Ironman in a span of a year. Beep beep beep. It’s 04:45 AM and the ring of my alarm is sounding me to battle yet again in