How I got infected by trekking bug?
Trekking was never a part of hobbies list on my CV until last year. I am in Pune for last 7+ years for education and then for job but never was I impelled from within to go on a trek. I visited Sinhgad for many times but on bike. So living in Pune and not passionate about trekking will not suit, if you've that X factor in you. Most of the trekkers hail from these metros like Pune, Mumbai and you'll find trekking as their hobby, at least what I find on most of the CVs that I've gone through till day and from what I've heard from many of my friends. I was always surprised to know why all these guys are so crazy about trekking. It was hard to find point in draining out physically in worst conditions, that too risking your precious life and be there on edges, cliffs. Whenever someone from my friends used to ask me to join any trek, my general answer was who has told you to exhaust so much when you can have it on any easily available site to check. Many of my other friends were trekking occasionally, some of them were die hard trekkers and we used to tease them for being so mad at forts and valleys.
So with all this flashback about my not-interested-in-trekking life, if someone would have told me anytime before last week of year 2012, that I'll be doing treks on every weekend for next 8 or 10 weeks, I could not imagine what would have been my response.
But it turned true. It's very much bollywood style but as they say - "har baat ka ek waqt hota hai".
All things timed so well that till today I've completed 10+ treks within span of 3 and half months, that means 3 forts per month. Isn't that a good strike rate from nothing to 3 per months?
[Nov'2019]
And, now I have many stories to tell about trekking, but I would write them in separate post.
Trekking was never a part of hobbies list on my CV until last year. I am in Pune for last 7+ years for education and then for job but never was I impelled from within to go on a trek. I visited Sinhgad for many times but on bike. So living in Pune and not passionate about trekking will not suit, if you've that X factor in you. Most of the trekkers hail from these metros like Pune, Mumbai and you'll find trekking as their hobby, at least what I find on most of the CVs that I've gone through till day and from what I've heard from many of my friends. I was always surprised to know why all these guys are so crazy about trekking. It was hard to find point in draining out physically in worst conditions, that too risking your precious life and be there on edges, cliffs. Whenever someone from my friends used to ask me to join any trek, my general answer was who has told you to exhaust so much when you can have it on any easily available site to check. Many of my other friends were trekking occasionally, some of them were die hard trekkers and we used to tease them for being so mad at forts and valleys.
So with all this flashback about my not-interested-in-trekking life, if someone would have told me anytime before last week of year 2012, that I'll be doing treks on every weekend for next 8 or 10 weeks, I could not imagine what would have been my response.
But it turned true. It's very much bollywood style but as they say - "har baat ka ek waqt hota hai".
All things timed so well that till today I've completed 10+ treks within span of 3 and half months, that means 3 forts per month. Isn't that a good strike rate from nothing to 3 per months?
[Nov'2019]
And, now I have many stories to tell about trekking, but I would write them in separate post.
