Competing in opposition to Mother Nature is probably essentially the most difficult process that skilled athletes face. Whether it climbing hills or mountain biking or a triathlon, athletes face the hardest of obstacles and even surmount them with homosexual abandon. Indian skilled mountaineer Arjun Vajpai, skilled on the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, reveals how he has managed to scale a few of the highest mountains on the earth in a particular episode of the ‘Fit India Champions’ podcast collection which was launched on Saturday. The full episode could be seen right here.

The ‘Fit India Champions’ podcast collection is aimed toward spreading the great phrases on wellness via conversations with athletes and well being influencers who’re performing as catalysts for change. The 10-episode collection is in partnership with GOQii, a significant stakeholder within the health sector that proactively manages well being via its digital and multimedia know-how. The episodes are streamed dwell on digital platforms.

Arjun Vajpai is third on the record of celeb athletes who’ve taken half within the podcast hosted by Shrimati Ekta Vishnoi, the Deputy Director General of Sports Authority of India and the director of the Fit India Mission. The episodes began with para archer Sheetal Devi. World and Tokyo 2020 javelin champion Neeraj Chopra was second on the record.

Thirty-year-old Arjun is the world’s youngest to scale six peaks over 8000 metres in 2018. It got here as no shock for a person who summited Mount Everest as a 16-year-old in 2010! The Delhi man now needs to develop into the primary Indian man to climb all 14 peaks above 8000 m internationally.

“It is my dream to climb all 14 mountains above 8000 meters and keep India’s flag flying high. This dream and the tunnel-vision or one-sighted aim keeps me going despite the harsh conditions mountaineering makes you go through,” stated Vajpai.

“As mountaineers, we are not competing against humans. We are competing against Mother Nature. Here, you will be tested against nature’s standards. So, we need to focus both on physical and mental fitness. There have been deaths of our fellow climbers, amputations done but we keep going. It’s our one-sighted aim to be at the top,” Vajpai added.

The Fit India ambassador has been a pioneer in his subject having scaled a few of the most troublesome Himalayan peaks like Lhotse, Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Manaslu and Annapurna.

Praising the Fit India initiative, the skilled mountaineer stated, “The vision of Fit India is something I can relate with as well. Fitness has been an integral part of my life and I’ve spent a lot of time in staying fit each day. I try to motivate younger generation by being outside and teach kids the same. I am very happy to be a part of the movement and thank Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for launching this initiative.”