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00:30How did you do the trekking without a map?
00:37I'm doing almost 8 years.
00:40My main work is that there are trails on ground, but they don't have a map.
00:45That's why it's difficult to go to other people.
00:47So I go to those landscapes.
00:49North India, South India, etc.
00:51I put the trails on the map.
00:53The Seahadi mountain range in Maharashtra,
00:55there are so many unknown trails.
00:58In the last 4 years, this is the epic Seahadi trail project.
01:02Every year, I map 300, 400, 650 km.
01:07After that, I think of the Seahadi mountain range as well.
01:11How can it become a trekking route?
01:15In which you hike village to village.
01:18This is the first long distance hiking route.
01:21The idea is that all people will find that there are many tracks.
01:25There are only two tracks where we can go.
01:28Because when we go to those two tracks,
01:30there are so many footfalls,
01:32that there will not be any natural.
01:34That area will be exploited.
01:36So this project is the aim to show everybody
01:38that in our country, in terms of natural landscapes,
01:41there is no lack.
01:42And what I'm doing in 2000, it is also scratching the surface.
01:46After that, there are also thousands of kilometers.
01:49So if there will be another community,
01:51then we can do other projects.
01:53Because we are seeing that there are 2,000 kilometers long.
01:58How much time do you feel?
02:00How much time do you take the estimate?
02:02My estimate is 70 to 75 days.
02:05So every day, you mean 25 to 30 kilometers of hiking.
02:08There are also ups and downs.
02:09There are also 1400-1500 meters of elevation gain.
02:11And in 70 to 75 days, it will be completed.
02:15And if there is only distance,
02:17I will give you an example.
02:18It is the distance from Delhi to Goa.
02:20But it is not on the highway.
02:22It is through the forest.
02:23At the same time, if you look at Everest,
02:25the average is 8,848 meters.
02:28So the average is very difficult to climb.
02:30It is difficult.
02:31But it is only about height.
02:32If I climb up the sea level,
02:34then I climb up the average every week.
02:37So this is close to 70 to 75 days.
02:41When did you come to this idea?
02:43When did you come to this adventure?
02:46When people think of this age,
02:48you want to explore it,
02:51but for others.
02:52So how do you think about this?
02:55I have a sports background in my childhood.
02:57And then when I came to this field in 2017,
03:00I realized that many people
03:04see the lack of infrastructure.
03:07There is no road here.
03:08There is no road here.
03:09Which is the right thing.
03:10For those people,
03:11they are very important.
03:12And they should not stop the work.
03:13But because I am in such a state,
03:15where there is no forest,
03:16I have seen opportunities like that.
03:18When I climb up the forest,
03:20there is no discomfort or problem.
03:23I thought, wow, this is so nice.
03:25It is so nice.
03:26And I have to do this.
03:27So when I went to these trails,
03:28I started hiking and trekking.
03:29And I started to do long distances,
03:31I realized that there is no resource
03:33where I can study and go.
03:36If I want to travel to our country,
03:38you can put a map on our country.
03:40And you can go anywhere.
03:41You can travel to Kashmir from Kashmir
03:42and Kashmir.
03:43You can travel to Kashmir from Kashmir.
03:45Because Google Maps exists.
03:47The same work I am doing for trails.
03:50So you can clearly see that
03:52if I have to go to trekking,
03:53then I will do all these things.
03:55So when I saw this problem
03:56that this is the biggest problem,
03:57I started working on this.
03:59And Hikex,
04:00which is my company,
04:01its aim is this.
04:02Hikex full form is
04:04Hiking Information Knowledge Exchange.
04:06There is no information or knowledge
04:08that people have to reach
04:10so that they are prepared
04:12to go to those landscapes.
04:13So that they don't get scared from Mother Nature.
04:16As we say,
04:17we are our mother.
04:18But we are afraid
04:19that we will eat a animal.
04:20I will die from hunger.
04:22If I don't get water,
04:24then what will happen?
04:25And this is a genuine fear.
04:26But when we address these fears,
04:29that fear can be converted into a skill.
04:32And I think
04:33there are very few people
04:34who will say that
04:35we don't want to go to nature.
04:37So what you are saying
04:38about job and stress
04:39is that
04:40I think
04:41trekking, hiking
04:42is a profession
04:43or experience
04:44that everyone should do.
04:46So the idea is...
04:47Budget.
04:48Budget is a big issue.
04:49So how do you manage that?
04:51So,
04:52I have done all the things
04:54that I have done myself.
04:55And I am studying my courses
04:57as well.
04:58So that is a revenue source for me.
05:00People come to Himachal
05:01and attend a week
05:03and attend those skills.
05:04But for this project,
05:05I am very thankful
05:06that many like-minded individuals
05:08came to me
05:09and supported me
05:10like Green Moor,
05:11Reccy Outdoors,
05:12Sensibiotics,
05:13Jumping Gorilla.
05:14These are all
05:15related to this field
05:16and I am very thankful
05:19that they have supported me
05:20and supported me
05:21that this is very nice.
05:22We would want to be on board.
05:24So,
05:25what is the impact of your career?
05:26What is the impact of your family?
05:28Because you are a father
05:29and you have taken a different field.
05:30You have changed the land
05:31too.
05:32So,
05:33there was a lot of friction
05:34in the beginning.
05:35There was a lot of friction
05:36and I understand
05:38what their point of view
05:39is.
05:40But I want to say
05:41that I am still
05:42in a privileged section
05:43in the society.
05:44I mean,
05:45my family is an upper-middle-class family.
05:47There was no pressure
05:48financially.
05:49So,
05:50two parents
05:51didn't come in the beginning.
05:52Now,
05:53they are on board.
05:54But,
05:55if my situation is like
05:56that I don't know
05:57what I am going to eat tomorrow,
05:58if my family is poor,
05:59I can't even think
06:00that hiking and trekking
06:01I am.
06:02My focus is that
06:03you have to lose money
06:04and provide you at home.
06:05So,
06:06parents had a lot of friction
06:07but,
06:08I will say that
06:09at least
06:10they have
06:11made it so much
06:12that I could think
06:14of this risk.
06:16What do you need
06:17to keep hiking
06:18and trekking
06:19because you are also
06:20doing a trend
06:21too.
06:22you want to take inspiration
06:24from you.
06:25How can you start?
06:26How can you start?
06:27The start is like
06:29that,
06:30first of all,
06:31you have to do small
06:32small trekking.
06:33Like,
06:342000 km
06:35just want to show
06:36the possibility
06:37that the sky is the limit.
06:38But,
06:39when you have to start
06:40something,
06:41take a bite-sized approach.
06:42First of all,
06:43people do the mistake
06:44that they decide
06:45first of all
06:46and then
06:47try to fit
06:48the nature
06:49and fit
06:50the nature
06:51in December.
06:52Now,
06:53I will go to a particular place.
06:54But,
06:55we have to understand
06:56the nature cycle.
06:57When nature
06:58you are calling
06:59you to come,
07:00there is a very good season.
07:01For example,
07:02if you want to go to Japan,
07:03you will never say
07:04that you will come in June.
07:05So,
07:06the biggest problem
07:07is that
07:08in the mountains,
07:09the same thing.
07:10First of all,
07:11you understand the mountains
07:12and learn about it.
07:13What is the right season?
07:14After all,
07:15the holidays
07:16you have to try
07:17to do
07:18the best time
07:19to go to the landscape.
07:20So,
07:21there are thousands
07:22of basic things.
07:23If you start
07:24here,
07:25you will be able to introduce
07:26you very comfortably.
07:27How big is the fitness role?
07:29I will definitely say
07:30that it is a big role.
07:31As soon as you are fit,
07:32you can enjoy the outdoors.
07:35But,
07:36at the same time,
07:37in our country,
07:38there are enough outdoors for every fitness level.
07:41If someone has 2 hours
07:43to go to this place,
07:44you don't need to travel
07:46for 10 days.
07:48But,
07:49all these things
07:50I want to do
07:51through Hikex again.
07:52I want to provide
07:53that information
07:54accessible,
07:55accurate,
07:56they will be able to get
07:57all the information.
07:58So,
07:59when the Hikex platform
08:00will be developed,
08:01you will need to get information.
08:02Good luck.
08:03We hope that
08:04you will be able to do
08:05when you are
08:06doing this work.
08:07So,
08:08we are going to do
08:10that,
08:11you will be able to tell us.
08:12I will take you
08:13to go to the Hikex.
08:14We will get to the Hikex.
08:15this time,
08:16this time,
08:17we will be able to do
08:18the things
08:19with you.
08:20and you will be able to do it.
08:22This time,
08:23I will be able to find
08:24a new life.
08:25I will tell you,
08:26I am going to be able to do it.
08:28This time,
08:30I will tell you,
08:31I will tell you.
08:32It is the only way you can do it.
08:33This is a good thing.
08:34It is a good thing.
08:35Please, please, please, please.
08:36Please, please, please.
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