Adventure / Travel Archives | Srikanth Perinkulam

Serpentine Trail

Jan 13, 2019Srikanth Perinkulam3 CommentsAdventure / Travelchatter, Hike, Hiking, Hiking weekends

An impromptu and beautiful 2 mile hike with Sharath near the Soldier's delight Natural Environment area. Winter storm Gaia wasn't as severe as they projected it to be (in this area). This is definitely one of those trails that I would love to get back to on a full moon night!

Gun Powder Falls Hike

Dec 30, 2018Srikanth PerinkulamAdventure / Travelchatter, Hike, Hiking, Maryland Hikes

Had my eyes on this trial ever since I saw the 'Gun powder falls state park' sign on I95. Drove over for about 30mins with Sharath to get here this afternoon. Pretty surprised not to find many folks on this trail. The weather was just right and this short 5 mile round trip hike was…

Liberty Dam Hike

Dec 23, 2018Srikanth PerinkulamAdventure / Travelchatter, Hike, Hiking, Maryland Hikes

A bright December weekend calls for a quick hike with the brothers! Here for the third time this year, and it still mesmerizes me!

Billy on the Potomac

Dec 3, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam25 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend notesBilly goat, chatter, Great falls, Hikes, Hiking, Maryland Hikes, Potomac

I've had my eyes on the Billy goat trail for a while now. With a beautiful foggy forecast, this Sunday was a great day to head to the woods. We reached the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historic park in about an hour's time, only to realise that the Billy Goat section A and B trails…

Honnold attempt

Oct 23, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam26 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend noteschatter, Hikes, Hiking, Liberty Dam, Maryland Hikes

Scrambling near the Liberty Dam

Acadia

Jul 4, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam24 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend notesacadia national park, chatter

First crack from the east

Mt. Moosilauke Backpacking

Jun 24, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam33 CommentsActivities, Adventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend notesBackpacking, chatter, Hiking, Mt. Moosilaukee, NH 48 4000 footers, NH48

Ain't no moose...

Mount Garfield Hike

May 12, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam17 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photochatter, Hiking, Mt. Garfield, NH 48 4000 footers

Photo taken at: Mount Garfield First hike with the AMC. Four hours climb up to the summit with icy conditions in the last 1000ft. Microspikes saved the day! Under tree line pretty much all the way till the end. The peak does open up to a 360 degree view. Could spot quite a few other…

The sky captain’s school

Mar 19, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam27 CommentsAdventure / Travel, PhotoAirborne, chatter, Lugazi, Mabira Forest, Musamya, rainforest, SCOUL, Uganda, ziplining

Photo taken at: Mabira Forest, Uganda. A classroom in the wild with a make-do black board.

WFA Certified

Feb 27, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam24 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Milestones, Photochatter, NOLS, wfa, Wilderness First Aid

Over the last 12 or so years that I've been hiking now, I've learnt a ton from my goof-ups. I believe in taking calculated risks and am reasonably okay with 'winging' a hike as long as I have the right gear and know what the game-plan is. Still, every hike that I've been on and…

No morning blues!

Feb 19, 2018Srikanth Perinkulam10 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photochatter, Daytona beach, florida 2018, Rainbow springs, Silver Springs State Park

Silver Springs State Park, FL

Anthem!

Oct 28, 2017Srikanth Perinkulam10 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photochatter, Dartmouth college, Dartmouth greens, Diwali 2017

Diwali celebrations by the night at the Dartmouth college campus in New Hampshire.

Cunningham falls

Sep 3, 2017Srikanth Perinkulam11 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend notesCatoctin Mountain State Park, chatter, Cunningham Falls State Park, Hikes

Nik turns 10 and we decided to spend the day outdoors. Head to Cunningham falls for a hike instead of Shenandoah. The falls by itself wasn't any impressive. Took less than 30 minutes to reach the tiny cascade standing all of probably 80ft. Was expecting Maryland's highest falls to be much higher than this! Looped…

Return visit

Aug 29, 2017Srikanth Perinkulam10 CommentsAdventure / Travel, Photo, Weekend notesBananagrams, chatter, Chicago Triathlon, Chiya chai, Gettysburg, Hopewell Brewing Company, Lake shore trail, Return visit, Seward Johnson

Seward Johnson's - Return visit A quick weekend trip to Chicago to meet Neeraj and Kanu. Took this opportunity to explore Chicago a bit. Chicago downtown felt like an eclectic mix of Boston and NYC. Spent some time walking around the city on Saturday covering the regular spots leading up to Navy pier and back.…

Ferry crossing beach State Park

Aug 12, 2017Srikanth PerinkulamAdventure / Travel, PhotoBoda, chatter, David, Ferry crossing beach state park, Green Elephant, Hiking, Rafting, sea kayaking

Torn between the Baldface trail and the Ferry crossing beach State Park, we decided to head to the latter. Proximity to water made it an easy decision. A short 2 hour drive from home and we reached the state park around 09:00am. The trails turned out to be much shorter than anticipated. Covered the whole…