{"id":28725,"date":"2020-06-08T16:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquaterra.in\/?p=28725"},"modified":"2020-06-09T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T11:09:50","slug":"the-relentlessness-of-the-audens-col-trek-by-ashok-nair-chaistops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquaterra.in\/the-relentlessness-of-the-audens-col-trek-by-ashok-nair-chaistops\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relentlessness of the Auden\u2019s Col Trek by Ashok Nair | ChaiStops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Article by Ashok Nair<\/a><\/h2>\n

I was missing the mountains.
\nBadly.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A trek is different. Mountains have a different aura about them. There\u2019s an aloofness, a solidity, a sense of permanence about them that nothing else in nature provides.<\/p>\n

I wanted to see the mountains, walk up its steep inclines, breathe the clean fresh air, feel the snow, enjoy the solitude and love the physical challenge that they give you.<\/p>\n

But, I think, most of all, I just wanted to recharge my batteries and nothing does that better than a trek in the mountains. Work was at its most chaotic state for the last couple of years and I really needed that recharge.<\/p>\n

Work again dictated a very narrow time frame for me to plan my break. That tiny gap when one quarter\u2019s business is done and the real action for the next starts ( ah, the life of a salesman ! ). If I stretch it a bit, I could squeeze in about two weeks.<\/p>\n

There was one trek that fitted in to my narrow schedule perfectly. The Auden\u2019s Col trek. And, of course, I went with Aquaterra.<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]