by Shantanu | Mar 22, 2022 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Leadership, Risk Management
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead It was in 1986 that I joined a group of hikers, rock climbers and mountaineers in Mumbai, as a young and naïve enthusiast in his mid-twenties. And sure enough, I...
by Shantanu | Feb 5, 2022 | Pundit – Fun & Time-pass!, Risk Management
Hazards can be exciting challenges and a lot of fun! It was in a Wodehouse that I first came across the word ‘repose’ and I still remember how I immediately liked the word. Some words spark off an affinity for them in me. They just sound right, have a ring to them or...
by Shantanu | Jun 23, 2021 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Skills
* Your feet are but followers of your imagination * The OutdoorPersons (OP) series continues with some thoughts expressed by my son Meghan. I started taking him out in the hills right since when he could hardly stand. Then came a time when I left it to him to ‘take...
by Shantanu | Jun 12, 2021 | Experiential Education, Hiking in the Indian Western Ghats
* The silent and meditative world of climbers * The Sahyadri landscape is characterized by a distinctive feature: pinnacles! Many of these stand typically isolated next to flat topped bulks that signify the flat basaltic flows that formed the Deccan traps of...
