On most treks, even as we complete one climb, we are already planning the next, one which is invariably higher and more difficult. It is here that I learn most about myself. I cannot be arrogant or self-obsessed enough to think that the climb is just about broadening my understanding of myself. And it is certainly not about conquering peaks. To us, the mountain is a Goddess.
We take her permission to use her for our own benefit. He went on to explain that this was why Garhwali guides would never place a flag at the peak of the mountains they climb. If we think we have conquered the mountain, our Goddess has a way of teaching us unpleasant lessons on the way back. I feel each step on the mountain is an act of devotion and submission. I suspect that this, more than anything else, enables me to endure much more than what my modest physical abilities would otherwise allow me.
You have to train physically as well as mentally. You also have to learn to appreciate the risks and dangers, and how to mitigate them.
Tough pre-trek training always pays off when you are in a particularly difficult position on a climb. You need to know that you have successfully tackled it before and can do so again. You train so that in testing situations in the mountains, your rational intellect can immediately co-exist with the mind, which perceives dangers.
That is when the preparation, the daily conditioning, the acclimatization, the experience and the risk awareness come together harmoniously. Fear is replaced by a fabulous sense of calm focus, abundant lucidity and drive. My training has been severely compromised — in terms of intensity — in Mumbai, where it is very difficult to find either open spaces or training playgrounds essentially, easily accessible trekking tracks.
I do interval training on a treadmill and stair climbs every day for months prior to a trek. On some weekends I also undertake treks to nearby hills around Mumbai. But preparation is crucial. You just cannot attempt a serious trek without the preparation. You have to feel the pain. When I begin training before a trek, I try to run up 25 flights of stairs, starting at five climbs, and doing as many as 10 climbs as I get acclimatised to the exercise. The more you train, the faster, quicker, easier it gets.
Often, boredom kicks in. But I persist. Earlier, when I trained early in the mornings, the cleaners, the newspaper boy or milkman — the only other people I see using the stairs at 5am — would look at me, all covered in sweat, and ask why I was doing this. If the preparation is wrong, I believe almost everything is compromised and we end up with a thoroughly sub-optimal outcome. By the end of my preparation for the recent Changabang trek, I had worked myself into doing eight repetitions of 25 floors reasonably easily — sometimes with weights around my ankles or with a backpack filled with weights.
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