adventure and wildlife magazine articles
Ajeet Bajaj – Adventurer and Explorer
First Indian skier to complete the Polar Trilogy of North Pole, South Pole and Greenland. There is almost no adventure activity that Ajeet hasn’t pursued. Certainly, one would have to search hard to find another chap with a
A day at the cleanest village in Asia Mawlynnong, Meghalaya
Mawlynnong won the status of being the cleanest village in Asia, in 2003.I have lived my entire life in an urban jungle. The opportunity to get away to the mountains and stay at a village for a night was like a cherry on the cake.
20 Backpackers Hostels In India That Every Traveller Should Know.
Low on budget but love travelling? Step aside, hotels from the days of yore! With crunched timelines and the high costs of hotel bookings, backpackers’ hostels in India are growing to be a very popular concept among
11 Indian Triathlon Athletes Who Have Won The Ironman Title
The internet basically lost its composure entirely when 50-year-old Milind Soman managed to complete the Ironman triathlon at Zurich earlier this year. It was partly his age and partly his celebrity status that got him to collect the
10 Nautical & Sailing Terms To Know!
Terms used in sailing confusing you? We’ve compiled this short list of 10 beginners. sailing terms that everyone should know. If you’re just learning how to sail, these handy terms can provide a helpful overview
7 Helpful tips on how to pack for a long Motorbike Ride
1.Create A SystemHaving a system will help you save a lot of time during your bike journey as you will know
exactly where the thing you need is and you can get it whenever and wherever you need it. Compartmentalization
Personal Anchors for Climbing
A personal anchor system allows you to secure yourself at the anchor stations during single pitch climbs or multi pitches. While using a PAS (Personal Anchor System) you can secure yourself by building a SRENE (Strong Equalised Redundant Efficient No Extension) anchor
Wingsuit Flying Record in India
An Indian will attempt a High Altitude Wingsuit Flight from an altitude of 20,000 feet and fly as far & as long as possible till he opens his parachute at 4,000 feet.He will use a Hot Air Balloon to reach the altitude of 20,000 feet and DRDO is supporting by provisioning High Altitude survival equipment (Oxygen system) through Defence Bio-Engineering and Electro-Medical
Laboratory (DEBEL).This, first of its kind attempt in India, will establish four new Asian records in Wingsuit Flying1. Longes
Wild Encounters – Bandhavgarh
When I was invited recently to be a part of the Madhya Pradesh Travel Mart,I had a tough choice to make – to visitany one of the two famed National parks of the state – Bandhavgarh or Kanha.I finally decided on the former and soon I found myself outside the Park on a chilly morning on the last day of October. In spite of having been on numerous safaris for the last 13 years, tigers had still remained elusive to my sight.The safari I did before this in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench was a no show as far
Waging war on the poaching trade
Hero dogs skydiving 7,500 ft out of helicopter into danger zones to snare hunters slaughtering elephants and rhinos in the African bush. Sounds right out of a script from Hollywood, doesn’t it?Conservationists waging war on the multi-million pound poaching trade have employed a new breed of operatives to help them catch poaching criminals.Equipped with goggles, harnesses, muzzles and earmuffs, dogs are being trained to skydive from 7,500ft into danger zones and snare poachers.Giant, Killer, Ve
