by Shantanu | Feb 25, 2025 | Experiential Education, Hiking In The Himalayas, Natural History, Outdoors & Insights
The story behind a painting “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau I once had a wonderful opportunity of working a short duration NOLS course – an outdoor management development programme for a bank...
by Shantanu | Aug 14, 2023 | Consultancy Services, Experiential Education, Hiking In The Himalayas, Hiking in the Indian Western Ghats, Outdoor Leadership, Outdoor Skills, Risk Management
“Control what you can, to face what you can’t” – Shantanu Pandit This article briefly states a few basic level considerations that can guide an organisation’s systematic management of risks in its various programmes. Risk management in adventure...
by Shantanu | Oct 6, 2021 | Hiking In The Himalayas
In nature’s infinite book of secrecy, a little I can read. – William Shakespeare Four of us – my friend and I guided by two route guides – were climbing a very steep snow slope to gain the ridge between Mounts Gangotri-I and Rudugaira. We had decided to pitch...
by Shantanu | Jul 14, 2021 | Consultancy Services, Hiking In The Himalayas
* There must always be room for judgment, but judgment aided – and even enhanced – by procedure. – Dr. Atul Gawande in ‘Checklist manifesto’ * “Critical incident related to hypothermia: involving the assistant leader (AL) of a two-person leadership team leading a...
by Shantanu | May 18, 2021 | Consultancy Services, Hiking In The Himalayas, Outdoor Leadership, Wilderness first aid
* Education, Planning & Prevention are key in aiding acclimatisation * The first time high altitude affected me with an impact that made me sit up and take notice was just at around 14,000 ft., an altitude in the Himalaya touched by thousands each year. It was...
by Shantanu | Apr 17, 2021 | Hiking In The Himalayas
* Clothes make the Hiker! * There is neither a single set of clothes nor a given system of layering that can be recommended to one and all. So how does one go about choosing one’s layers of clothes which depend on multiple factors like expected weather conditions,...
