International Mountain Day: Conquering challenges for love of climbing
Hindustan TimesThe mountains are calling, and I must go,” said naturalist John Muir, and these words resonate strongly with the mountaineers of Delhi-NCR. ‘I practise deep breathing to combat covid after effects’ Gurugram-based mountaineer Vamini Sethi, who has successfully summited peaks such as Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus and Mt Aconcagua, has been finding the process of climbing harder after being impacted by Covid. ‘I used to worry ki Covid test positive nah aa jaye’ Hisar-based mountaineer, Anita Kundu, who had to battle Covid twice talks about tackling the mental stigma that followed. “Covid ki wajah se janta ke dimaag mein darr paida ho gaya,” she says, adding that the love for mountains kept her going and she summitted Mt Lhotse in 2021. Recalling the time of climbing Lhotse, she says, “We were checked several times for Covid, and I used to worry ki kahin test result positive nah aa jaye, ya peak pe pahunchke Covid na ho jaaye, jisse lungs mein problem ho.
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