Over and Out

Finally its documentary over (Atleast the filming bit). The edit is scheduled in April and hopefully the documentary will air sometime towards the end of the year.

The final shoot was quite tough. Had to walk up and down Eravikulam National park with all the heavy gear on my back. Sometimes I ended up walking more than 35 KM a day. The night temperates touched sub zero (Never imagined I would experience -6 C in south india) and the days were hot and sweaty.

Also finally managed to climb up Anai Mudi, the tallest peak south of Himalayas. The view from the top is breathtaking. On one side you can have the birds eye view of the whole Eravikulam National park and parts of Valparai in Tamil nadu and on the other side, the jaded peaks of Western ghats.

More photos coming soon …

28 Comments

  1. Anonymous · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Great Kalyan

    Hi Kalyan ,

    This is Anil here from Bangalore .

    Congrats on your recent Achievement . Its another feather in your already crowded cap 🙂

    Superb Photo.

    Is the photo taken from the top of AnaiMudi ??

    Waiting for May this year , when I am planning to do the climb

    Bye,
    Anil.S

  2. admin · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Re: Great Kalyan

    This photo was taken just 15 min before the actual peak.

    All the best for your climb. Did you get permit to spend the night up there ?

  3. Anonymous · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Re: Great Kalyan

    Hi Kalyan ,

    Yes …I could stay in the Hut for the night before the actual climb.

    Hope you upload many more pics…waiting for the pics man….

    Bye ,
    Anil.S

  4. shivakumar_l · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Welcome back dude 🙂 Good to know that everything went on well.

    35kms a day with all the gear on the back — ouch it hurts 🙁

  5. prashanthks · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Kooo!!!(It reads ‘cool’) Welcome back. Take a well deserved rest and do let us know when the show will be on air and where. 🙂

  6. Anonymous · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Hi Kalyan,

    Waiting to see the pics and also the documentary.

    Prasad

  7. Anonymous · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Nice to know your adventures. Looking forward to see the documentary.

    All the very best.

  8. deponti · February 4, 2008 Reply

    So nice to see you back on LJ, I often see you online on YM but hesitate to ping, since I figure you must be busy….

    Waiting for more pics. I should be back by mid -Feb.

  9. praveenkumarg · February 4, 2008 Reply

    thats great news! waiting for your documentary.

  10. vivek_nag · February 4, 2008 Reply

    beautiful photos

    Hi kalyan

    You have taken some very beautiful photos in your trips to forests

    i am also an nature entusiast in bangalore. My hobbies include trekking and photography

    can you suggest some good sites to hone our photography skills

    also please suggest good places to trek in 2-3 days

    vivek

  11. pramodviswanath · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Superb man! Congrats on completing the documentary, would love to see the image from the peak. Please share it across! Also, am waiting for the backlogs as well :))

  12. Anonymous · February 4, 2008 Reply

    Setting ?

    HI Kalyan,

    Do you mind sharing with us the lens you used and the settings ?
    That would help newbies like me.

    Cheers
    Chin

  13. Anonymous · February 5, 2008 Reply

    What about the Nampdha photos??
    Waiting for that.. long time now!

  14. Anonymous · February 5, 2008 Reply

    Keep us posted

    Kalyan,

    Welcome back. Do inform us about the documentary when it is due.

  15. jace · February 6, 2008 Reply

    Nice pic.

    You do seem to have a lot of non-LJ folk tracking your journal. 🙂

  16. wild_guy · February 6, 2008 Reply

    Welcome back. Eagerly awaiting to see your documentary and of course b4 that some pics from your trip.

    -Krish

  17. ashwin67 · February 6, 2008 Reply

    That’s great news sir.
    I’m waiting to watch the documentary.
    And, the anai mudi photo is definitely worth a magazine cover.

  18. sumasutaha · February 7, 2008 Reply

    Great to see you back!

    Amazing image Kalyan… Great to see you back… will wait for the rest of the images…

    – Ashwini Kumar Bhat

  19. Anonymous · February 7, 2008 Reply

    Kalyan,

    Lets us when it airs or much better post a recording in youtube. Pic as usuall looks awesome

    –Sridevi

  20. suhas · February 8, 2008 Reply

    Never imagined I would experience -6 C in south india
    Totally agree 🙂

  21. Anonymous · February 9, 2008 Reply

    anticipating your pictures.

    good to hear youve done pretty well and finished the documentary. we’ll all look forward to that.
    cheers

    r/stan
    .ph

  22. Anonymous · February 12, 2008 Reply

    your trip to Eravikulkam National Park

    Kalyan,

    Of late I am following your blog closely.
    Nice to see your ventures. You shoulkd bring out all your wonderful pictures of nature into a book.

    All the best

    Sivaram T

  23. Anonymous · March 8, 2008 Reply

    Awesome feat, Congrats

    Hi Kalyan, Congratulation to you and your team on successful completion of filming.So when do we get to see a trailer of the documentary..hope to see it very soon.

    Prashant

  24. Anonymous · July 10, 2008 Reply

    Hi Kalyan,
    This is Madhavi from Mumbai.
    You have taken very nice photograph.I like it.

  25. marketahilyv · July 16, 2008 Reply

    That’s what I was waiting and waiting and waiting for that to happen. He didn’t even get to co-direct the first film, he didn’t get to co-direct the second film, he didn’t get to co-direct the last film, then he was going to make this film “Mimi” that he describes, but he ended up getting into fights with producers and DPs.

  26. sandytifev · July 16, 2008 Reply

    How i wish i was in delhi would love to meet everyone hey any one coming to the usa do make it a point to visit canada also, ajay where are your pictures waiting to see them on the site.

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