What: Trek is one of the greatest exercises that helps one to
improve both mental and physical strength. That is why walking at home or
walking on road up to bus stop/office/bank is not trekking(It is a normal walk
that just helps to reduce some calories).
Trek means walking, climbing to achieve higher altitudes, it
symbolizes the heights we reach in our strengths.
How: To do trek, we select a hill, reach to the base village of
the hill and then start walking towards the top of the hill(ascent), reach the
top and return to base(descent). Both ascent and descent together constitutes
for a trek.
Why: Once the trek is complete, we get confidence, sense of
achievement, become strong, stamina increased, refreshed, realize and learn to
overcome our fears/worries.
Learning Curve: To complete a trek successfully, we need to plan
very thoroughly like what to wear, what to carry, what route/path to follow,
what to eat, study the climate conditions on that day, what safety kit one
needs to carry, what adverse things can happen and how to overcome them(what
backup to take). Planning and execution is very important as we need to ensure
that we are safe and sound after the trek. So trekking will help us to learn
how to plan, execute a certain activity in our every walk of life.
Value Add: Simply doing a trek for one's own purpose
(satisfaction, strengthen, passion) does not make it any special/great. Along
with self endowment also do something for environment, for people around us
like conservation, cleanup drives etc on the hill, educate the villagers in the
base, and create awareness. This is what makes a trek very worthy and very
special.
Opinion: Keep Trekking, be safe and do your part to save environment and
improve the lives of the villagers.
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