This Speed Hiking video series is about a Community Hike in which I covered 287 km from Lonavala to Mahipatgad in Ratnagiri. Each video episode covers the events of one day of hiking.
Day 12 was all about hiking through unmapped forest trails towards Mahipatgad via Phansi Chi Khind. It was a beautiful experience to talk and interact with Baba Bhandarey ji who is 100+ year old.
What are "Community Hikes"?
I (Manav) make a two week long speed hiking plan. The trails chosen are all new to me and I make a realistic plan and further break it in a day to day schedule. Then I invite people to join me for free so that they can get exposure to the outdoors and they can overcome their perceived barriers.
We hike as co-trekkers as the trails are new for everybody (including me).
I teach offline navigation and other crucial aspects related to independent hiking on the go. Once the trip is finished, I put all the trails on the map so that other people can hike in future.
So Community Hikes are basically trips to discover and maps trails across India. I usually do the whole route and people keep entering and exiting each day as per their time availability.
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27 авг 2024
