Auden’s Col Trek: Sep 2019 by Ambika
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Lack of trained search and rescue teams and constraints on use of technology are hurting India’s tourism industry and putting lives at risk. India’s leading adventure tourism experts prescribe their solutions for a safer mountaineering experience. In October this year, two adventure enthusiasts decided to set off on a trek to the Kalihani Pass in…
For reasons including dense forests and Class IV rapids on the river, the Upper Siang region of Arunachal Pradesh has remained largely out of bounds for visitors. Last month, Radhika Tandon was on the rare commercial rafting expedition on this stretch of the mighty Siang, and returned to tell this tale. We follow the roar…
6 Reasons to Run the Siang by Vaibhav Kala A Few Reasons Why You Should Run The Siang.. For those not already familiar with this north eastern river, the Brahmaputra flows for hundreds of miles across the upper reaches of Tibet, before it enters India. It commenced its journey perhaps a millennium ago as the…
In the interest of tourists and the environment, we need tighter regulation in the adventure sports industry, says Vaibhav Kala Statistics say that the outdoors is now nearly 70% of all leisure, vacation-based travel, globally. This has massive ramifications in a country like India–where guidelines are available, but actual regulation, monitoring and implementation are abysmal. Cause…
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When the natural world talks to us, it is usually in whispers that are often lost in the din of our own noise. But sometimes, if you listen very closely, the unmediated drumbeat of nature’s heart resonates so loudly in your own being, that you experience an intangible life-altering moment. I count myself fortunate to…
The fact that this trek starts from a village called Chilling is an indication of things to come. With freezing temperatures of minus 30 degrees and a precarious walk on the frozen Zanskar river, the Chadar trek promises an experience like no other.
It was about seven years since my last trek into the mountains. Yes, I had gone whitewater rafting down the Brahmaputra but then other than it being an outdoor adventure, there was nothing in common with a trek. A trek is different. Mountains have a different aura about them. There’s an aloofness, a solidity, a sense of permanence about them that nothing else in nature provides.
Cloud-piercing peaks, dense forests and roaring rivers make for heady adventures