Trek Leading- Toughest Job ?

Someone asked me "Why trek leading is toughest job"? And here I AM ……………….

My father is serving in Military from last 28 years and from my childhood i was always passionate about his job, I wanted to follow the same steps where he gets opportunity to serve country and travel places. As eldest son of my family i always asked him about his job, daily routine etc. Now, the situation is i always request him to take retirement and stay at home. Every time i approached him, he opposed me and said that he wants to serve till his last breath if not then till 60 years. Tough to hear such courageous and brave words from a man with half bald and half white-black hairs at the age of 50+. He always motivated me with his words, talk and philosophy that “his job is amazing”. He knows his enemies, he knows his teammates. He knows the man next to him is his friend, a warrior, the one who will save him, his life when he will be in battle or danger zone.

At the same time, when i remember my five+ years in corporate job. corporate job is tough. you will never know your enemy, you will never know your friends. the person sits next to you and shares the same cubicle is one who plays another role behind you.

At other end, Trek leading requires micro management. it’s very tough. Things will be never in your favor.  There are things that will happen that no one can predict and when you think of doing something big, you feel like you are surrounded by the odds. To convert those odds into your favor you need leadership, decision making ability, fitness and lot of courage. The fact is when we take our body out of comfort zone it reacts/overacts to the situation/s - brain won’t work or respond properly on high altitudes. Other hand, people around you whom you are leading are also going through same pain, struggle and they will expect from you, if truth to be told most of the trekkers keep money as weightage instead of understanding the situation to the core. you need to be smarter than the people whom you are leading. You need be very humble and you must need to convert negative energies into positive vibes. Now, when i have trained almost 10+ trek leaders to lead the man on mountains. I have realized – “Valour and Bravery has more value than technical skills and experience”, Mountains are the best teacher and people who leads here are true leaders.!!

Let’s respect these extraordinary man/women who do miracles on mountains and fights with unpredictable situations and saves many lives.

Stay Humble, Calm and Fit :) :) 

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