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 | Apr 10, 2021 | Outdoors & Insights
OP-Series The OutdoorPersons (OP) series is my attempt at writing about, and perhaps understanding the everyday person who has stumbled upon the joys of outdoors and undertakes those activities where ‘what you might lose seems out of all proportion to what you gain’....
by Shantanu | Jan 6, 2021 | Consultancy Services, Outdoor Leadership, Outdoors & Insights
Risk Management is often just doing the right thing at the right time. “Why do people live in cages here?” This question was by an American, a fellow NOLS instructor, who was visiting me in Mumbai. Most if not all flats in Mumbai and its suburbs (and I guess in all...