One Month of Hope Down the Toilet

After not coming down with some sort of chronic gastro condition in the first week traveling in India, I conceived this pipe dream that maybe I could get away with not being sick. Given my recent bowel history in South America I know that was fool hardy. Hell, I still had to walk the ecoli/gardia/Delhi Belly gauntlet for a whole 3 weeks more, but the dream had taken seed and every day there after I grew in confidence. But I didn't dare articulate the thought out loud. That would have been the end of me.

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India Update- Safe and Sound

Just a quick to note to bring the itinerary up to date and let you know we are safe and sound in India. Yesterday a terrorist attack on Sri Lankan criketers in Pakistan made headlines here in India, but thankfully we are far away, at least far enough away, from the incident for it to be an issue for our safety. But it certainly is scary.

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I am quoted in the "Rising Kashmir" Newspaper

I discovered today that I was quoted and the central character to an article in the Rising Kashmir news. A journalist had interviewed the three of us while we were in Gulmarg and this is the result.

Disclaimer- Everything quoted might be true or was said, but the context is completely fundled, I mean muddled.

Read it and enjoy it because the writer's intentions are well meaning, but it makes me cringe at myself.

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Pahalgam POV

A quick update on the last week. Lots of thoughts, photos, etc to come, but here is a POV vid from our trip.

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Line of No Control- Steep Chutes in Gulmarg

Gulmarg has reveled itself to me far beyond my expectations. The last week has been blue skies and with the Avalanche Advisory at Low, we ventured a little further and were rewarded with 3 incredible descents, not to mention the epic descent the sun made, casting some of the most incredible light over the mountains and ourselves as it set.

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Gulmarg POV

After playing the waiting game, a few false starts and the stars aligning, we were granted access to the upper gondola in Gulmarg for an uber bluebird day and copious amounts of creamy powder.

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Kashmiri Clarification Through Clash

Arriving in Srinagar, Kashmir, we were greeted by soldiers shouldering AK-47s who escorted us across the tarmac into an airport still under construction. While that is a completely unfair portrayal of the Kashmir we have since witnessed, it is the landscape we encountered first.

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India Introduction

I am going to freestyle here becasue it is late (again) and I need to get to bed to get a(nother) flight early in the morning. What I did want to post before I disappaear off the grid for a while, was post 2 pictures that are stuck on Stevie's camera. The first is from Tokyo and is of this Shibya girl—picture blonded hair, designer clothes and fancy boots, rounded out with sparkly glasses, all attitude—riding a Harley Davidson. The second would be either an entire family of 4 riding a coughing and spluttering moped/scooter, or a haggard man pedaling a tricycle rickshaw with boxes stacked on the back. You get the picture.

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Yotei POV

The most commanding peak outside Kutchan, Yotei, allowed us to savor some pow on it's flanks.

It wasn't the deepest day of our stay in Niseko, but probably the most fun and most gratifying.

Yotei POV from Anthony Bonello on Vimeo.

VIO POV camera courtesy of Helmet Camera Central

Hirafu POV

Here is a little helmet cam edit from the last few days skiing here in Niseko. The snow isn't what Niseko is known for, which is to say deep, but the most significant things to note are the clear skies and visiblity.

Hirafu POV from Anthony Bonello on Vimeo.

Today we ski toured on the lower flanks of Yotei and it was probably our best day skiing here in Japan. Not becasue it was so deep, but the most fun and gratifying. Ill have a POV edit from today shortly. Hopefully...

VIO POV camera courtesy of Helmet Camera Central