K2K - Whats that?

“You should write a log of activities, why don’t you start a blog, tweet, make a video, campaign, approach media..”  and many more suggestions were given by dear friends. I respect them. But I am lethargic. I have never tried writing, forget columns or logs, I have not even written a meaningful SMS. I asked myself, why should I write a log? I know for sure that even I will never read what I have written, how can I expect others to read my undergraduate write up? 

I am giving it a try. Its 36 hrs before my legendary trip is about to begin. Why do I call it legendary? Thanks to Barney. Adjectives always fail me, so I copied this line. I am about to embark my desire to accomplish K2K, but I am not completely confident. It’s an amazing feeling to be wishes by friends and family (?).

How it all began?

Chapter 1: Siddharth Ramalingam:

Siddharth Ramalingam, aka Sid, aka Rama, a good friend of mine working with me, suggested we should do a great biking trip. I don’t really know when he said this. I wasn’t drunk, well that’s because he said this when we were in office. I think meeting Sid is second best thing that has happened to me in Hyd. Best part about Sid is he is pragmatic. He doesn’t care to impress anyone. He is dependable and trustworthy. Truth be told, he is my moral support number 2. Adi (Aditya Rao) is numbero uno.

In fact, K2K was Sid’s proposal. I was desperate for a very memorable event. Fine, we decided we will do K2K. Sid asked me at least 4 times in span of 15 min if I am sure (actually its shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure, stretch ‘sure’ it for 3 seconds, typical Sid when he is serious in life) of doing this. I am glad I said what came to my mind first. I agreed to do K2K.

Chapter 2 Bhongir Fort in March 2011

I was bored of my life. On March 6^th, Guru, Karthik and I went for a small trek, to Bhongir fort. Before that Mom had stayed with me for more than a month, I weighed 93kgs. During out ascent to the fort, Karthik said few words that proved me. I tried to write what he actually said in my words, then in quote-unquote. Nope, its not happening. My memory is very poor and I can’t recall what he actually said. But what he meant was (what I comprehended as) with each step uphill, we will produce lot of potential energy. Ok, forget it. I am writing this paragraph for more than 17 min. I want write what he told but I am unable to put them in words. Bottom line, he said we should lose weight.

Next day onwards, I hit gym. My both writs are broken in two separate bike accidents. I am overweight. I have not done any workout in last 1 year. Not engaged in any outdoor activity either. I wanted to get fit. I love running. I ran, every day. I started with 2km and in four months, I was able to run 6km. I weighed 93 on March 1st. 81kg on June 30th and 79 today, Aug 12th. I have lost lot of fat from my body. I sure call myself fit for the trip. I have struggled to gain stamina. Its not just physical fitness but also training the brain not to give up. The feeling of losing 14 kg is hard to express in words. It can only be felt


Chapter 3: Preparing the check list.
This task is critical to success. Preparing a comprehensive list of things we need to carry, including survival kit, first aid kit, personal gear, bike accessory and many more items falling into need,want and luxury category was a great experience. I am attaching my check list. This can be used to pack things that one would want for short and long trips. Be sure to carry only those things that you require. Always travel light.

Chapter 4: Preparation