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 | Dec 4, 2020 | Hiking In The Himalayas, Wilderness first aid
* There is strength in stories * This one is from the archives. On every wilderness first aid course that I teach I remember this incident, and narrate it sometimes as a ‘case study’. This incident is also noteworthy because I am sure it has influenced me...
by Shantanu | Dec 2, 2020 | Experiential Education, Natural History, Wilderness first aid
* And some wasps we did upset… – Meghan Pandit * Imagine walking into shrubbery and disturbing a wasp nest, and you coming to know about it only when the tiny insects swarm around your legs! It happened to me when I was walking in the woods surrounding our...
