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Guest column: A mountaineer on the challenges of lockdown

ByArjun Vajpai
Jan 16, 2021 06:35 PM IST

For a person who is either climbing mountains or training to climb for eight of 12 months, what was it like to be cooped up inside the house this year?

In 2019, when I failed at my attempt at climbing Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest peak, I had decided that I’d be back to scale it the next year. 2020 was my year of big plans; it marked 10 years of my being a mountaineer, so I wanted it to be a culmination of the 12 successful expeditions above 8,000 metres I had done over the past decade. And in these 10 years, I had seen myself evolve from the 16-year-old who had stood on top of Everest, understanding finally that the world was limitless.

Arjun Vajpai is a Noida-based mountaineer, who summitted Mt Everest when he was 16.
Arjun Vajpai is a Noida-based mountaineer, who summitted Mt Everest when he was 16.
Arjun during the Kanchenjunga expedition in 2018
Arjun during the Kanchenjunga expedition in 2018

“The moment when you are the most scared is when you’re the most fully alive” —Arjun Vajpai

This year, Arjun aims to attempt to summit Annapurna again
This year, Arjun aims to attempt to summit Annapurna again
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