10 Major reasons why you should go for Trekking

27-08-2023 | 688 days

Written by: Ridhima Kamal

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Why Trekking is important?

Trekking is the stroke of inspiration which encourages a trekker to endure all the oppositions and fights that come his way.

The sense of independence and deliverance of human beings is justified and comprehended when they succeed to conquer the summit as well as themselves. A nature enthusiast is often torn between the profound pleasure in the execution of the trek itineraries and amusement of the struggles that inspired them.

I subjugated my very first trek right after the completion of my University exams and I was fairly overwhelmed with the inkling of the escapades.

A whirling ballet of notions and thrills, notes and dreams make a trekker live a life of a hedonist. A trekker’s love for adventure, exploration and voyaging aids him to stand out in the crowd. It is just not a saying but a well-proven fact that trekking gains us clarity, precision and intelligibility.

Eloquence of the time for self is the world’s greatest gladness and trekking proposes it in abundance. The lavishness of the hours spent in the lap of widely spread mountain ranges, watching spectacular nightfall & crack of dawn and gawking at the stars and luminaries cannot be rendered in words.

Feel it!

Trekking in India has always been the souvenir to the naturalists and travelers.

How was my first experience of trekking?

A person who goes out for trekking frequently can effortlessly make a To-do list and can reveal all the implicit and unspoken truth about the benefits of trekking. But being an inexperience new comer to the art of trekking, I learnt many things. A destined moment of the kind that happens by chance and only once or twice a year when you decide in the fleeting moment and let the ecstasy hover over you. It was like a spell, an incantation anticipating a magical effect on me as soon as I stepped into the pastures, woods and snow cladded mountains.

I knew this is where my soul refreshes and revives. I realized that the mountains do call your names and you respond in return, to experience the bliss of cloud nine. Challenges are the part and parcel of life. Accept one and devour yourself to win it.

10 reasons why you should go for trekking at least once in a year

1. Ease is not worth the risk-

Comfort zone is not where you are meant to be. You are believed to do bigger things in life. What we lose is never in the future but in the past when we denied stepping out of an easy life and refused to take chances on risk factors. To overcome your fear, nothing can be better than trekking to distant places and forget the outer world for couple of days.

Press the refresh button and start afresh.

2. Has your life become monotonous? Trekking is the answer.

If you are extremely tired of attending your job from 9 to 5, or if you are jaded of studying in libraries for days and not getting enough rest, or if you want to take a break from your hectic schedule, trekking has to be solution to all your worries and dilemmas.

Plan a trek.

3. To measure how long you can sustain.

If you want to test your strength and capabilities regardless of the age group you belong to, go for trekking. You are always much more than what you think you are. You can walk for miles without any exhaustion. You will find yourself as energetic and enthusiastic as you were at the commencement of the trek. Nature boosts you to an extent you can not imagine.

4. To treasure the humility of the Mother Nature.

Sometimes a trek adds some important lessons to the journal of your life and you can praise the existence of your individuality that you might have erased from the history after being delved in the hustle-bustle.

Imagine a lost man returning back to vivacity.

5. Transparency in lifestyle

Trekking does not offer a luxurious time but it comes up with efforts and exertions. End has to be better than the means. You acquire to embrace local traditions and cultural ethics of different places that you visit. The warmth and friendliness extended by the local people melt our hearts and faith is restored in the kindness that we have been forgetting for some time.

6. Face off with the historical significance

You do not have to be connoisseur of History to undertake a trek. Wherever you go, a part of pages of the chronicles follow the trail. Be open to receive the glorious past of our nation. Take a moment of pride.

7. Photo books? Intriguing enough?

Some like to keep it private, some like to exalt and flaunt. At the end of the day, everyone needs pictures they have captured during the journeys. Click ample number of pictures and boast. I do that quite often.

8. Clarity in life

There are times when you have to take life changing decisions and you know no place to go and ask your queries. That’s when you run away to quite place, close your eyes and meditate.

Can you do it in your city life? No! A little change in the insights can have a long-standing impact on your life.

9. Meet new people

Sounds like a great idea? Socializing does not have to be confined to social media. Real talks matter. Going around the new places, exploring like-minded people and making new friends ever run out of fashion.