Wednesday, October 15, 2008

First Blog and Intro to Nepal Group

Date: 15th October, 2008

Although it is a bit late to start a blog now, I believe it will help during the trip. Challenge in Nepal is basically about a group of willing students in KGV who want to explore different cultures in very challenging environments. Along the journey, we will experience life as though we were studying there. We aim to develop the lives of students in Nepal. However, this trip is not only about giving. We hope to learn more about their culture. This will inevitably force us to learn more about ourselves. We wish to bond with these students, and each other, and leave positive emotions and memories with everyone for the rest of their lives, using which everyone will enhance their lives.

The second part of the trip will be trekking through the mountainous areas. This part of the trip will be very physically and mentally challenging as none of the students would have competed in anything similar. We hope that this part of the trip will force all of us to bond and work together as a group to overcome this challenge. We will be reaching a altitude of 14,000 ft and will be landing at the "hardest airport to land in the world". These, I can already imagine, are some fascinating aspect of the trek that everyone will look forward to.

Overall, I believe this trip will be very challenging. It will be a new experience for all the students involved and the teachers as not every trip is the same. I hope everyone will be able to say "That was the best trip of my life" when they are 50 (or older for some of the teachers) and telling their friends or family members.

Thank you

Prateek Agarwal

3 comments:

C said...

add me and nepalchallenge08@gmail.com to the blogger author list please :)
u know who I am

Lisa Smith said...

It is exciting to know that the group has arrived in Nepal and the journey is now in progress. I hope you will experience new things and be challenged to think and engage in new ways. Tracking you guys from the United States - Caren's friend. Lisa

Lisa Smith said...

What's happening in Nepal? How is the trip going?