Tail Baila, arms wideTail Baila, arms wide

Tail Baila is two enormous rock pillars in the Sahyadris, and the trek up is exactly as steep as it looks. Monsoon had everything green, cloudy, and slightly out to get you.

You climb, you doubt the plan, you climb some more — and then the valley opens up under a sky full of moving cloud and the whole thing makes sense. Arms wide, no notes.