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Unique Experiences of Meghalaya

Pooja Mehra, Reccy's Chief Experience Officer has curated this and many other unique itineraries in India's northeast while traversing through Meghalaya, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh.

A NORTHEAST ODYSSEY
Experience nature, adventure, wildlife, food, and culture in Meghalaya and Assam


Defying the Word Impossible - Pooja Mehra, an Endurance Athlete
Ace runner and ultra-athlete, Pooja is equally adept in the mountains and seas. She has trekked extensively in the Sahyadri hills and the Himalayas and has done scuba diving across the waters of the Andamans, Maldives and SE Asia. Her calling for adventure has also taken her to Grindelwald for canyon swing and to Rishikesh for bungee jumping. But there is much more to her story...

Epic trek to Mardi Himal Base Camp by an All-Women Team
An all-women team comprising Shamin, Sajida and Joyeeta completed the Mardi Himal trek in March 2023. It's a lodge based moderate 6 - 8 day trek from Pokhara, Nepal. The trail goes up to the Mardi Himal Base Camp at 14,764ft, with a clear view of the massive Annapurna range including Annapurna I, II, III and IV, Dhaulagiri I & II, Machhapuchhare, Mardi Himal and more.

Get Outdoors; Get Active: The Best Women's Clothing for Any Adventure

With the evolution of women’s active wear, female adventurers worldwide have been empowered to face obstacles head-on & participate in adrenaline-gushing events. 

The concept of sportswear for women is relatively new. Since women, as a gender, have been always subdued from going out and exploring, that is why women’s active wear have been innovated very later. 

However, GenX has seen the upliftment of adventure women and hence women sport clothes and ladies’ outdoor apparels slowly started to get fashioned from the concept of men’s clothing. 


Unchartered Northeast

Before embarking on the trails of the eastern Himalayas, we had made one thing clear, we would explore all the natural wonders and picturesque sites that Meghalaya - our destination in the North-East, presented.

But why in the North-east, many of our friends had asked before we had started preparing for the tour?

North-East India is an abode of natural wonders - with countless flora and fauna thriving in the region. The climate is superb for traveling during peak seasons, Meghalaya being the abode of clouds where you can touch them and get lost within the cloud-laden sky. It is also the land of festivals - the Hornbill festival, Ziro and Dree festivals, Saga Dawa festivals, etc.


Pull Ups - The ideal exercise to strengthen your upper body
You need to strengthen your pulmonary and cardiovascular systems so you can keep up with the demands of the adventure and stay on top of your energy levels to accomplish the rare feats of completing an adventure to the fullest! Pull ups not only help build your cardio endurance and stamina. It also helps you to maintain flexibility, strengthen the top half of the body including shoulders and arm muscles which come in very handy while following difficult trails during an adventure with sacks and backpacks.

‘Captain Planet’ in the real sense - examining glaciers and the impact of climate change!

Fireside chat with Karn Kowshik, alpinist, glacial expert and climate change explorer 

Karn Kowshik has not only been keen to explore the actions of climate change on the Himalayan glaciers, he has also been instrumental in bringing about general awareness and policy change.

In his own words, he has an ‘intimate’ relationship with glaciers, exploring glaciers in Nepal, Ladakh, Zanskar, Kumaon, Himachal, Sikkim, etc. Karn Kowshik has also published in multiple journals and has been vocal about the struggles that are still faced by the glacial experts and alpinists in the Himalayas.

We caught up with Karn Kowshik, who defines himself as a climate change explorer, and had a detailed conversation on how he is trying to change the attitude of the global population towards snow-clad mountains and glaciers. Karn’s primary aim is to study glaciers and comprehend how they have changed during our lives.


Sleeping Bags: Know how to pick the right one for your mission
You can do stair climbing for easy to moderately difficult to highly difficult adventures. Stair climbing is particularly helpful for your lower half of the body. In every adventure it is mandatory that we use our leg power to pull off the adventure. Stair climbing particularly focuses on the Gastrocnemius muscle - commonly known as the calf muscle.

Stair Climbing: A great way to build your endurance and simulate uphill hike
You can do stair climbing for easy to moderately difficult to highly difficult adventures. Stair climbing is particularly helpful for your lower half of the body. In every adventure it is mandatory that we use our leg power to pull off the adventure. Stair climbing particularly focuses on the Gastrocnemius muscle - commonly known as the calf muscle.

The adventurer who braved all odds and reached the Everest Base Camp

We caught up with Mr. Ujjal Das shortly after his return from the EBC Trek and learnt from him, his experience in detail.

Mr. Ujjal Das has been climbing mountains and doing summit trails since time immemorial. He is a person who has defied age and physical limits to set his course to one of the world’s most famous treks - the Everest Base Camp Trek, also known as EBC to most people. Let’s hear his detailed experience of adventure from the senior trekker himself. Without further ado, let’s read every detail about his EBC trek.


The Trailblazer who loves speed climbing in the Himalayas
Fireside chat with Kieren D’Souza, an ultramarathon runner and endurance athlete apart from being an avid mountaineer and adventure enthusiast. In 2016, he achieved the rare feat of being the first Indian to qualify and finish the Spartathlon - a 246 km race held annually from Athens to Sparta in Greece. Kieren, then aged 23, became one of the 29 athletes worldwide below the age of 25 who had finished the race.

Trekking Poles: Benefits not understood unless used
Trekking poles usually absorb a part of the impact that your body will normally sustain, especially while you are moving downhill. A study conducted in the Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that trekking poles reduce the compressive force on your knees by at least 25%. Thus, your body becomes lighter without a substantial amount of weight on your knees during hiking. Since you will be using your arms more when using trekking poles, there is a better energy distribution that increases your endurance.

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