Dev Sri asked:


Trekking often refers to multi-day hiking trips through rural, often rugged territory. Many people who are trekkers engage in longer trips through entire regions of the world, using trekking as a way of getting from place to place. It can be incorporated with a number of other outdoor sports, such as rock climbing or backpacking.

As travellers move on foot through often-rural areas, trekking gives travellers an up-close view of incredible scenery. Many trekkers travel through isolated areas, giving them an experience much different than those who travel in organized groups to more-popular destinations. It often allows them to interact with nature, doing anything from climbing a rock wall to navigating across a mountain or entire mountain range.

Trekking is best attempted initially with someone who has experience or in a professionally-led group. This can help introduce those new to trekking to the special skills required to successfully make an overland journey of significant length. A number of outdoor stores and organizations offer classes and plan trips that can help give an idea of the gear and physical ability required in trekking.

Trekking in Kerala

Walking on good trails with gentle slopes- trekking in Kerala is with days designed to allow you time for wildlife watching, sight-seeing and appreciating the beauty of the mountains and valleys. Trekking in India is popular at Kerala and adventurous trekking training is also available.

Trekking in Kerala is on of the famous adventure sport awaiting the trekking enthusiasts. There is the limitless possibility of the trekking traveller for special points of interest at different destinations of Kerala. The travellers can also explore the rugged beauty of the lofty mountains romancing the shimmering waterfalls.

The trekking tours through Kerala amidst the world’s most beautiful places as Agasthyarkoodam, Chembra Peak, Pythal mala and Thenmala and a lot of other places in Kerala is popular for trekking training and adventurous trekking. Periyar trekking program is mind blowing. Munnar and periyar offers excellent trekking experience.

The periyar tiger reserve and will leave you to an absolutely in awe of the majesty of thetropical jungle and an experience of a lifetime. At munnar you will be at altitudes of over 7000 feet and experience the uniqueness of the shoal-grassland eco systems.

At Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad District of Kerala, experience the awe of being in the most pristine stretch of primordial rainforest of Western Ghats. Different eco systems and tribal populations and a great trek through the deepest rain forests and expedition of spectacular places unreachable by wheels are really stunning in Kerala.

While you trek through Kerala you can experience the authentic culture and essence of the land you visited. Bamboo rafts will take you across the lake for a memorable moment for the life time. At Kerala the trekking not only let you to experience the unexplored trails made by nature, but also brings the visitor directly in touch with the country and its people and help you to enjoy every moment.

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


Rock climbing is one of the rapidly growing sports in the world. The sport has been in practice for years now and several additions and improvements have been added on to the sport to enhance the thrill of the sport.

There are several equipments that are used by the climbers to make their assent up the hill a more relaxed at the same time enjoy the excitements that the sport has to offer.

Al though it sounds a little insignificant the rock climbing chalk tops the list in the very important few things that are needed by the climber.

Magnesium carbonate is a naturally available chemical that is very popular for its water absorbent capacity. This unique property is used up here to remove the dampness of those hands of the climbers that is created by sweat.

Magnesium carbonate that is popularly known as they to improve their grip on the rock use rockclimbing chalk among the climbers cracks. They usually have a bag around their waist that contains the chalk.

It removes the moisture from the hands of the climbers thus enhancing their grip. They blow over their hands after in an attempt to remove the excess powder off their hands.

When climbers climb, holding and gripping their hands on the cracks in the rock there are possibilities that due to the sweat in his hands or due to certain other creations in the hand it might make the climber to slip by loosing the grip.

It can even become even fatal sometimes. To prevent all this climbers use the rock climbing chalk to dry their hands and to improve their grip.

Usually the climbers have wet hands. Then they dip their hands in a bag that contains dried, powdered and sieved magnesium carbonate. This is nothing but the rock climbing chalk.

Owing to the dampness, the powdered chalk sticks on to their hands and in order to remove the excess particles they tap the back of their hands.

Alternatively, they also blow over their hands to remove the excess rock climbing chalk powder. Mostly all of the climbers will follow the above-mentioned technique. However, some climbers would like to keep their hands covered with chalk so they dip their hands in a damp sponge that produces the effect of a sweaty hand and then dip them in the chalk bag.

Several competitive companies in the market offer a number of different qualities of rock climbing chalk at competitive prizes.

To support the carrying of the powdered chalk there are also several companies that have involved in the commercial production of the chalk bags. These chalk powder bags are fastened around the waist of the climber so as not to hinder their climbing.

As it is said that rock climbing is a dangerous sport every precaution has to be taken up by the climber to ensure his safety. Using the rock climbing chalk is one important means that is preferred by all the climbers universally to keep their hands in just the perfect condition that will give them a better and firmer grip. Rock climbing is not possible without the chalk.

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


Originally kayaks were made to be sailed or to be used on till, calm lake water. But with passing year use of kayaks in ocean kayaking is increased and now this ocean kayak is also very popular. Original design of kayak was suitable for calm water but for using it for sailing on sea their design is somewhat modified. To cope up with changing weather of ocean these kayaks are built more wide and their cargo carrying capacity is better than whitewater kayaks.

The best part of this ocean kayak is that they can glide when needed, so ocean kayak can move around without making any kind of noise; this is perfect for who loves to watch nature or love to photography with complete concentration or best thing fishing. Unlike the motor boats these ocean kayak will be quite, an ideal condition for fishing.

Ocean kayaking is not the same as kayaking in lake. You must learn basics of ocean kayaking before kayaking trip. If you are beginner then, it advisable for you take some experienced person with you on ocean kayaking trip. Always check whether your ocean kayak and other gears are in excellent condition before starting kayak trip. Do not forget to carry container that floats with you.

If you are planning to buy one ocean kayak for you they decide if you are planning to use ocean kayak with your family, as ocean kayak needs to be perfectly balanced float on ocean water perfectly. It is very important to check sea worthiness of an ocean kayak.

Getting a perfect ocean kayak is not a problem. There are many websites and online store are there on internet that will give you quite good ocean kayak and gears. Never attempt to use your whitewater or lake kayak in ocean, it could be dangerous.

Basic structure of ocean kayak is completely different. Ocean kayaks are huge; means have longer length than normal kayaks. These ocean kayaks are about fifteen plus feet longer and about 26 inches wider. Cockpit of ocean kayaks can be built as per your specification if you want it large choose larger. Most common size of ocean kayaks is in between 12 to 15 feet and usually kayaks long lengths are built for two paddlers. Ocean kayak usually 18″ to 28″ wide but some special type of kayak like surf skies, which is specially designed for wave surfing are not wide. Longer length of ocean kayaks increases their stability while sailing and keep them in straight line.

Weekend trip with night camping is popular amongst recreational kayakers and you can combine ocean kayaking tour with watching wild life. Contemporary ocean kayak are designed to carry more equipments and things for trip for two weeks. Even expedition kayaks are there, which can be loaded with very heavy load.

With few training sessions of ocean kayaking and you are ready to go for kayak trip that too with your family. These coaching sessions are available on all major beaches and sports clubs. This will defiantly help you to have fun kayak trip.

Angel Dulay asked:


What is it really like to be in a rainforest? It’s hot and sticky. As you eco-trek out of your hammock and go hiking, you’re immediately covered in sweat. Your underwear clings, your pants cling, and things that Eek! aren’t part of your clothing at all cling to you. You’re also instantly covered in bugs. And the wet forest is, as its name would imply, wet. Hence, Whoops! Slippery. You’re immediately covered in mud too.

 

While you’re trying to remove the sweat, bugs and mud off with handkerchiefs, moist towelettes and Off (in the environmentally friendly pump containers), you’ll find insects that look like sticks and frogs that look like leaves and moths that look like birds and lizards that look like anything they sit on. There seem to be problems with identity in the jungle. Among the various things the wet forest needs is, probably, psychiatric help.

 

Every kind of plant and animal has some sort of stringer, barb, thorn, prickle, spine, poison. There’s a fierce competition for nutrients on the ground which is why rainforest soil is so notoriously poor and easily damaged by horticulture. The tremendous hardwood trees of the jungle, rising 120 feet with prodigious buttresses and trunks as big around tract houses are rooted in earth where you couldn’t grow petunias.

 

The wet forest is not, however, scary; not even in the dark. Though it is dense, tangled, and filled with remarkably icky things like bugs, you start looking at the multitude of insects. The astounding number of them. The great smacking bogs and oodles, the scads, the lasings of bugs galore. Why do people spend so little time contemplating the ugliness of nature? How many humans get all the way through even the most fabulous sunset without getting up for a beer or going inside to check the evening news? But you can watch an enraged fruit bat trying to take out a professor’s face. An enraged Malaysian fruit bat looks like a colonel in the RAT Airforce. It has a set of teeth that look like it could perform an appendectomy. If I were a local resident, I’d keep the fruit out in the garage or rent a mini-storage space.

 

Trekking along the footpaths and rocky outbacks of Asia’s forests you come across water camps. Here, really sophisticated efforts at simplicity have been made. The camps are nothing but wobbly, bamboo platforms with a roof of palm leaves. Some camps get balsa plaques carved by previous tour groups. The plaques bear names of travelers and descriptions of some of the highlights of their travels. Some contain poems in the order of:

 

Though the bugs made noise,

Our trip was full of joys,

Because the monkey howls’

And the wise owl hoots,

That it is bad to pollute.

 

So, we all know what awaits us: muggy outcrops, swampy mangroves, river floodplains. In the forest, an unknown number of animal, plant and insect life wait to be discovered. They can be reached by air and land travel. What strikes many tourists’ fancy nowadays is having a taste of life in the rainforest.

 

 

Sites for Nature and Jungle Adventures

 



Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Selangor, Mangrove forest

Templer Park, Selangor, Mountain forest

Ulu Bendol, Negeri Sembilan, Mountain forest

Endau Rompin, Johor, Lowland rainforest

Lowland rainforest, Johor, Highland rainforest

Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Highland & mountain rainforest

Taman Negara, Pahang, Lowland and hill rainforest

Tasik Chini, Pahang, Freshwater swamp forest

Tasik Bera, Pahang, Freshwater swamp forest

Genting Highlands, Pahang, Highland rainforest

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Highland rainforest

Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu, Freshwater swamp forest

Danum Valley, Sabah, Highland and mountain forest

Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Highland and mountain forest

Kinabatangan Floodplain, Sabah, Freshwater swamp forest

Gunung Emas, Sabah, Highland rainforest

Bako National Park, Sarawak, Mangrove and mixed forest

La Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Hill rainforest & limestone pinnacles

Niah National Park, Sarawak, Lowland rainforest



 

 

 

Jungle Adventure Tips

 



Find out as much as you can about the trail and surroundings.



 



Plan your route carefully to allow enough time for you to complete it before darkness sets in.



 



Know you physical limits and only undertake trails that you know you can handle.



 



Inform the park official or other people of your plans for the day, especially if you are going alone.



 



Pack plenty of water and a few snacks to maintain your energy level.



 



It is best to set out at dawn when animals begin to seek food and the warmth of the early morning sun. Move about as quietly as possible to avoid scaring any wildlife.



 



Wear thin, loose, cotton clothing to remain comfortable.



 



Long trousers and long-sleeved shirts protect arms and legs from mosquitoes and thorny plants.



 



Wear sturdy shoes that support your ankles well and allow your feet to grip the ground as you walk Leech socks or long socks prevent leeches from getting at your legs.



 



A poncho, large enough to cover you and your belongings, will provide protection from sudden rain showers.



 



A wide brimmed hat is highly recommended for providing shade from the tropical sun.



 

By ANGEL DULAY