A-lone traveler
Ever thought of a traveler exploring the world and sharing the experiences with you , maybe you have read alchemist where the protagonist a shepherd shares the tale of his adventure and his quest for something big.
This is somewhat the story of Sushant Singh i.e. Major Sushant Singh to be very precise.
You might haven’t heard about him and his mission but the story that I’m going
to share today will impact your life positively.
Major Sushant Singh is an India
army mountaineer, ex-para sf commando who left Indian army to start his second
innings following his passion as an adventurer to travel around the world. But
the most interesting part of the story is not travelling across the continents
but how he is executing it.
The famous quote in alchemist “when you want something all the universe
conspires in helping you to achieve it” beautifully portrays the journey of
major Sushant.
He in man interviews have told how he is the only person in the world who
is in the expedition to travel across all the 7 continents along with climbing the
highest peak of all the continents individually. Very brave to hear but hard to
execute it in the ground , he started his journey with almost no penny in hand and
savings to fund his travel which cut his budget with the bare minimum and only
essential things he can take along with him. The most shocking part of his story was that he started his expedition
not in a car, bus or bike , not even did
he hitchhiked but finished travelling across Australia , new Zealand and
Africa(currently) only in his cycle .
As of now he mentioned “I am also cycling to the
southernmost tips of these landmasses, namely Invercargill in New Zealand, Cape
Agulhas in South Africa, and Ushuaia in Argentina. By the time I finish, I
would have cycled more than 70,000 kilometres, climbed the highest mountain in
every continent, including Mt Everest and would have cycled to the ends of the
earth. Till now I have cycled to the South Island of New Zealand, across
Australia from Sydney to Perth, covered Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and
pedalled from Chennai to Mumbai in India. I have also climbed the highest peak
in Australia, Mt Kosciusko.” In an interview with outlookindia.
Along with this he also said
“My cycle is my home on wheels. I carry everything important to me, though it
may sound frivolous. Books are essential, and Kindle has made things easier. My
laptop, camera and power-banks are a must. One also needs to carry quite a few
spares for repairs. I always carry a radio, a relic of my army days. It always
brightens up my evening when camping.”
It is very clear that he is more than
just an adventurer who risking it all to follow his heart in such an amazing
but at the same time life threatening expedition.
What motivated me to write this blog
was not just to share his achievement or his journey but how clear he was with
his decision to leave his home and caring wife to cycle around many of the
isolated parts of the world.
The pictures shown above perfectly depicts that the routes were not cake walk and along with such a tough journey came the danger of being so close to the wildlife. Not only ferocious animals but the rumours from the netizens about the ongoing journey to the next country with warnings like “don’t go there, they will kill you” , “they are maleficent and hostile , wont accept strangers in their place”.
Sharing his experience and making new friends .
Cycling
through Egypt .
Major Sushant
Singh in Indian Army .
But major Sushant never looked back instead
kept on going further on , meeting new people and their community , staying in
complete strangers shelter without any hesitation . Most of these communities
were warm and welcoming against the believes of their counterparts and
neighbouring countries.
“It was always the elderly
who were more attracted towards my journey. They very often would stop over for
a chat. Maybe seeing me rekindled memories of their youth, of foolishness, rashness,
and spontaneity? In New Zealand, a car once overtook me and screeched to a halt
by the roadside. An old man came out and had a hearty laugh of disbelief when I
told him what I was doing. He said that he was quite an idiot when he was
young, but thank God, not to the degree that I was. He then sent me off with a
box of chocolates! “
These we few of the glimpse from the
life and philosophy which major Sushant Singh is living and inspiring others to
get out their comfort zones to follow their heart and do something beyond a
successful career or a monotonous lifestyle that we are living in cities and towns
, to go out and explore the world ; meeting new communities having totally different lifestyles and believes about
life .
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