BlogHide Resteemsresteemedits.parth.hey (57)in fitness • 7 years agoHow I Am Training For Mount Everest Expedition (29,035 feet) - My Physical Training Regime!Greetings to everyone! As some of you might know, I am training for Mount Everest expedition and I hope to attempt it in 2019. Attempting something like Everest requires immense physical as well as…resteemedarjunvajpai (51)in travel • 7 years agoEverest Diaries #3 - Trek To Everest Base Camp (17,500 feet)Namaste! This blog covers my journey to Everest Base Camp (EBC) for my Mount Everest Expedition in 2010. It takes around 10 days to just arrive at the foot of Everest at 17,500 feet before the…resteemedarjunvajpai (51)in travel • 7 years agoEverest Diaries #1 - Power Of a Dream!Namaste! I have decided to start a series of blogs consisting of some memorable stories and pictures from my Mount Everest expedition. I couldn’t think of anything better to start off with than to…resteemedarjunvajpai (51)in travel • 7 years agoMountain Dew TV Commercial Based On My Story- Feat. Hrithik Roshan.Namaste! This is my first post after the introduction post and the timing couldn’t have been better to share very exciting news with all of you! I have been a professional mountaineer since the…resteemedarjunvajpai (51)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoMy Introduction - How I Climbed Mount Everest At The Age Of 16Namaste from India! My name is Arjun Vajpai and I am a mountaineer who dreamt of climbing Everest at the age 16 and I achieved it! On the 22nd of May 2010 at 6:18am, time stopped for me. Where was…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in dtube • 7 years agoSkiing Down Phase 1 In Gulmarg, Kashmir - HimalayasGreetings Steemians! This video is from one of the most beautiful Ski destination in the world, Gulmarg, India. Last winter, I went to Gulmarg for a Skiing course and fell absolutely in love with…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years agoThe Obsession and Goal Of My Life - Climbing Mt. EverestNamaste Steemians! I stepped into the world of mountaineering and trekking 8 years ago. It was in 2010, after my 10th grade exams during my vacations, I was doing nothing productive. One fine…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#6 Backpacking Through High Altitude Deserts of Ladakh - Surviving Deadly High Altitude Sickness at 20,000 Feet AloneGreetings Steemians! This blog talks about the most important and life changing event that has ever happened to me, which was during the summit push of Stok Kangri Peak (20,080 feet) I was…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#5 Backpacking Through High Altitude Deserts Of Ladakh - Trek Upto Stok Kangri Peak Base Camp (16,200 feet)Greetings Steemians! In my previous blog in this series, I mentioned about my daily schedule of high altitude training regime that I had been doing in Ladakh in order to prepare for a solo attempt…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years agoWalking Up on Kang Yatse Peak at 20,000 Feet - Himalayas.Greetings Steemians! I finally made a Dtube account to post some of the footages I have shot on some of the craziest mountains on the planet. This particular video seemed like a perfect first post…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#4 Backpacking Through High Altitude Deserts of Ladakh - Training For a Solo Himalayan Peak Expedition (Stok Kangri, 20,080 feet)Greetings Steemians! It had almost been 2 weeks since I came to the high altitude desert of Ladakh and I had this wild dream in my mind from the first day I arrived - to climb the peak Stok Kangri…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#3 Backpacking Through High Altitude Deserts Of Ladakh - A Road Trip to Nubra Valley.Greetings Steemians! In this part of my backpack trip’s blog, I will take you guys through my road trip into the beautiful Nubra Valley in Ladakh. The highlight of this trip on a personal level was…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#2 Backpacking Through The High Altitude Deserts of Ladakh - Road Trip to Pangong LakeGreetings Steemians! In the second part of this series, I will take you guys along with me to the world famous Pangong Lake in Ladakh situated at 14,270 feet above sea level! Pangong Tso is…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years ago#1 Backpacking Through High Altitude Deserts of LadakhDear Steemians, in this new series of blogs, I would take you guys along with me to one of the most spectacular destinations on earth, the high altitude deserts of Ladakh in India. I was fortunate…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years agoWhat Is Acute Mountain Sickness? (High Altitude Sickness)Hikers, skiers and adventurers who travel to high altitudes can sometimes develop Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). It typically occurs above 8000 feet or 2400 meter above sea level. What causes AMS…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in travel • 7 years agoThings You Need to Know About Acclimatization'Acclimatization’, we often hear this word in the field of high altitude mountaineering or trekking but what does it actually mean and why is it so important? In one sentence, acclimatization is a…resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in photography • 7 years agoLeaving Behind My Footprints - Winter ExpeditionI absolutely love the footprints that crampons leave over a layer of powder snow on frozen river. Picture taken on the double winter expedition in Ladakh.resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in photography • 7 years agoBeautiful Roads - Sahyadri'sBeautiful roads alongside trees between the mountains of the Sahyadri range in Maharashtra, India.resteemedits.parth.hey (57)in photography • 7 years agoA Journey to RememberSunrise from Mumbai - Dehradun flightresteemedits.parth.hey (57)in photography • 7 years agoThis is how my exams were - HimalayasThis is how our exams were taken amidst Himalayas during our basic mountaineering course in Uttarkashi, India.