My Trekking Adventures!

For me being adventurous was always a part of my life. Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to do something diverse which would pump in adrenaline rush. I was involved with many such activities and always found trekking & hiking irresistible. When I was in the school, I used to go out with my friends to discover new places. Monsoon used to be the perfect time for us. Lush greenery, awesome landscape used to thrill us. With very little knowledge of trekking techniques & no equipments we amateurs use to conquer great heights, literally! We never understood the risk of life, just went on ahead with what we liked.

And no it was not an easy bargain, climbing steep slopes & sloppy mountains had all thrills but sometimes used to fetch us a bad wrangle with our parents. No, it isn’t their mistake; we should understand that our parents are concerned about us. Many a times I used to get good bashings from my parents for not attending classes and roving out with my friends without informing them.

My real encounter with trekking came when I joined college in Navi Mumbai. The place where I stay from past 5 years has everything to offer for trekking and hiking. The first time I came here, I just loved the surrounding. The area is covered by huge mountains and creek. Beautiful waterfall is the main attraction here. Moment new friends were made; everyone decided to go on for a trek there. It was a Sunday and was raining heavily. What more needed on a trek! It was just awesome and mostly cherished.

Since then I had hardly any opportunity to go out for a trek anywhere. Studies, my project & work kept me busy. You may call it my fortune or my destiny but my work provided me with a prospect for trekking and going places and I just love it. The first trek organized by our group was “Cleanliness Drive at Mahuli Fort”. To arrange a trek for a cause was on our prime agenda. It was a new experience as I have always been to trek for fun, but this was the first time we had been out with some moral responsibility.

They say that one should have all experiences be it good or bad and in my case I had both and can say that I have just traveled a little distance but I truly believe that the best experience is yet to come.

Becoming An Entrepreneur!

Ever since we have come out of our colleges, we have been thinking of what to do next. Though we had already made plans when we were studying, but then we all understand that whatever we plan does not necessarily happens. Thankfully it wasn’t the case with US! Now you people must be wondering whom am I talking about, US means our Team that comprises of “Myself – Sachin Patil, Harshal Joshi, Rahul Poonia, Celia D’Souza, Balwinder Singh Bhandechha, Gomtesh Lagare & last but not the least Madhu Nair.

We were working on a project on Adventure Sports and keeping in view that we need to form a venture we came up with our company “Geoscape Leisure Private Limited” which we incorporated in the year 2005. Since then we have been very busy with our venture and our upcoming Project.

What is curious to know about our team is that none of our parents come from business background. So it was a new boulevard all together for us. It was not an easy path for us. At every stage we were stuck with difficulties but what was appreciating was that with every difficulty our aim to achieve success became more concrete. We fell down many times but we believed in ourselves, we got up and worked even harder and learned from our mistakes.

Since we started our company it was a difficult task at every step but again what is appreciable here that we all have never lost hopes. We had promised ourselves that we will all ensure that we will make a difference and improve the quality of Tourism in India.

My point in telling you people all these is that if anyone of you has a dream, please pursue it. For God sake atleast make an attempt. Age is never a bar in success. It is always your determination and hardwork. Facing difficulties is a part of the game, the big game which will ultimately make you taste success. Always Dream & Dream Big! It is only these dreams which will make your life more meaningful. Never let go any opportunity in life, even if it does not fetch you any result. Keep on trying till you succeed.