http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/ Iris & Ink http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss pixelpost Copyright 2013 http://www.irisandink.com/publish/, All Rights Reserved http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=336 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816233114_1.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:31 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=336 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=335 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232939_2.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:29 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=335 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=334 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232838_3.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:28 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=334 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=333 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232637_4.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:26 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=333 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=332 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232529_4a.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:25 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=332 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=331 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232431_5.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:24 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=331 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=330 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816232336_6.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:23 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=330 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=329 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816231921_6a.tif"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:19 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=329 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=328 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816231754_6b.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:17 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=328 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=327 <img src="http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/thumbnails/thumb_20120816231644_7.jpg"><br/> Nothing stays hidden from Googlemaps’ all-seeing eye -- not even on a route in Garhwal’s Dev Bhoomi that Shiva himself carefully concealed. The God had ordered Neelkanth to rise, and sprinkled high fields of snow and crevassed ice to make a crossing between Badrinath and Kedarnath impossible. <br />It was this legend that, in 1934, drew Shipton and Tilman to explore the area. They, and other explorers much after them, failed to find a route through the mountains. Some were never heard of again. <br />Panpatia and Parvati, the two 5000-metre passes guarding the route, kept their secrets well up to 2000, when Martin Moran and his team claimed the first successful crossing. Success for Indians came in 2007, courtesy Debu da and Googlemaps. Five years after that, we walked the route from Badrinath, and over the passes, to Ransi. <br /> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:16 +0550 http://www.sankarsridhar.com/publish/index.php?showimage=327