Mountain trotters dairy
Mountain Trotters Dairy and high places have always attracted people from different walks of life to test endurance as a personal challenge like a magnet. For some, it's just a walk to express feelings or be in the wild. Over the years as we started to explore and travel it was known that dwelling is also possible on mountains. Be it a snow-clad mountain or hilly terrain. Even in the 21st-century mountaineering is a fascination. I believe soon it will take over football as a favourite sport. Hiking, trekking or mountaineering if you actually check the dictionary meaning there is a similarity with a difference.
Mountain Terminology
No matter how we choose to interpret and understand the terminology trekking, hiking, mountaineering for me it's just being in and around these high places exploring. Blessed that I born in a place that has in abundance places to wander and explore. For some it's just a past time or a temporary passion, some it's a seasonal hobby, some its worship and their livelihood depends on it. For me, there is 4th category mountain trotter dairy runs deep in my blood.
Know our own limits.
Based on my personal experience it always helps to know our own limits. Makes me humbler than yesterday and I know there is a force that's far greater and stronger than me. It's an invitation that's always irresistible and I keep going again and again.
Mountaineering Institute
On a serious note if there is an inclination during trekking and exploring then it can be manoeuvred into a serious professional. Also, there are various clubs and trekking association formed all over India conducting adventure and trekking activity. India has some premium institutes offering these courses such as Basic and Advanced Mountaineering, Search and Rescue, Skiing courses.
Some of the institutes are listed for your reference:
NIM Nehru Institute Of Mountaineering - www.nimindia.net
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Darjeeling www.himalayanmountaineeringinstitute.com
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports - www.adventurehimalaya.org
Getting professionally trained will always give a different perception towards the way we trekking be it in the Himalayas or in the Sahyadri. Things that you learn to like team bonding, time management, leadership qualities, equipment management, and lastly a responsible mountain traveller is worth every penny in gold. These lessons help us in our daily lives to create opportunities and seek a resolution.
Chief Organizing Officer at Treks and Trails, India
