Hiking And Trekking Captions There isn’t a lot of difference between hiking and trekking.  Hiking involves a long walk in the natural environment on a trail.  Trekking on the other hand involves a long strenuous hike in the wild natural environment and can be cross country (as in, off trails). So in short, hiking is medium difficulty, long-distance walking, while trekking is more arduous, adventurous, and in general a tougher type of moving through the natural environment on foot.  So, hiking is easier than trekking.  My Personal Best Mountain Quotes . “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir   “Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “It is necessary to go back to nature every once in a while.” “Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we b...

I am 56, if not now then when? "If I can, anybody can". India has become the capital of Obesity, Diabetes and Osteoporosis  due to lack of motivation for Outdoor activity. "If you Desire change, change yourself first". I used to advise patients to opt for a active outdoor life. But nobody listened. As a Surgeon at 56, aspiring to be a role model for wellness and fitness I participated in the Polar Fjallraven 2018 contest. Few years back on reaching 50s, I had lot of problems. Syndrome X, Midlife crisis, Mid WAIST crisis, Mid leg crisis and what not. I had the option of taking the Stick – wooden, aluminium, medicine !! I opted for two sticks instead of one. The stick of Running and Hiking. Over the past five years I have played Squash, Lifted weights done a few Half Marathons,Skied and Trekked. Local treks ( Ghatkopar Tekddi, Mulund Tekddi, Sahayadri Ghats and Forts and then high altitude mountain treks in India and Nepa...

New Zealand spoils you for choices, but is best explored on foot by Paula Ray Mountaineer twins Tashi and Nungshi Malik give expert advice on trekking in New Zealand, and beyond in Share Image: Stuart Black / Robertharding/ Corbis The Routeburn Track going through Mount Aspiring National Park in the South Island T here are lands that are meant to be explored on your feet. New Zealand is one of them. With an immensely diverse topography, it can spoil you for choice. Whether it is one of the Great Walks, an epic multi-trek around the country, or just a walk around the scenic countryside, there is something for anyone who loves the outdoors. It is no surprise then that Tashi and Nungshi Malik, the 24-year-olds from Dehradun who made history last December by being the first siblings and twins to scale the Seven Summits—the highest peaks ...

Al fred Kroeber’s 1944 book, Configurations of Culture Growth, is a masterpiece in the field of anthropology. He was a 68-year-old professor at the University of California in Berkeley when his 882-page book came out. Youth favours mathematicians and mobile phone app writers but not anthropologists. They have no way of bypassing the decades of reading and research and deep synthesis it takes to become good in their field. And so what did the great Kroeber conclude after all his work? First, that individual geniuses in the arts and sciences tend to rise from advancing cultures, not declining ones. The peak period of a culture is signalled by a spike in genius contributors in the sciences and the arts . (We could add technology.) The best Greek tragedies and comedies were written within a 100-year period when ancient Greece was at its peak. The peak in Germany’s music culture lasted less than 200 years. Of longer duration was England’s peak creative period in science and ...

The wild, wild east A booming middle class is creating the world’s most dynamic consumer market ·  Sep 12th 2015|  Economist China s middle class is growing explosively.  In 2010 mainstream consumers—those with enough money to buy cars, fridges and phones but not Rolls Royces—made up less than a tenth of urban households. In a new forecast, McKinsey predicts that by 2020 they will make up well over half. BCG reckons that  urban private consumption will rise from $3.2 trillion today to $5.6 trillion in 2020 . Apple expects China soon to become...