Beyond The Limits: Trekking The Trails

For six months of the year, Aman G., 44, a marine engineer by profession, sails on the high seas and goes wherever his tanker or cargo takes him. Of the remaining six months he is on land, Aman spends at least a month in the mountains, which he calls his second home. Passionate about mountaineering and adventure sports, he did a Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, a premier mountaineering institute in India, in March 2017. A few years later, he climbed Mt Kun (7,077 metres) in the Zanskar valley in Ladakh. Any adventure sport, especially mountaineering, is not for the faint-hearted. You need to overcome the fear of heights. Besides, ice climbing and glacier navigations require skills that are best learned at mountaineering institutes. But developing the right attitude and skills is only a part of the story. To pursue a hobby like...