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Shikha Tripathi - Outdoor Writer and Adventurer who has participated in expeditions in the Himalayas.

Shikha is a writer based in Uttarakhand, India. Specialising in stories woven around nature and the outdoors, sustainable living, and those with a cultural insight from the remote mountains of India, Nepal and Bhutan. 

  Her travel stories appear in a wide variety of publications such as the National Geographic Traveller, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, Lonely Planet, and more. 

  Her environmental and social interest stories have appeared in newspapers such as The Hindu, The New Indian Express, and on platforms such as Nature InFocus and RoundGlass Sustain. 

  Born and brought up in the mountains, she is a qualified mountaineer who has participated in expeditions in the Himalayas. Her mountaineering stories have appeared in The Outdoor Journal and online on the Red Bull forum. 

  Shikha is the recipient of a Commonwealth Writers fellowship for her stories on Himalayan ecology, and has also authored an award-winning children's book on Northeast India's first female Everester, Tine Mena, for a literacy NGO, Pratham. 

  Most recently, she authored a series of Lonely Planet pocket guide books on Nepal.

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    Show Notes

Who is Shikha

Growing up in the mountains in India

Her love of exploration

Deciding to become a professional writer

Being curious about the world

Quitting her job to backpack across the Indian Continent in 2008

Her love of writing and not wanting to be confined to an office cubicle

Being drawn to the mountains and wanting to spend more time there

Her year of self discovery

Her childhood and early years

Going into higher education

Making the decision to quit her job and go on a gap year

Planning her year out and travelling on a shoe string budget

Wanting to get off the regular tourist circuit

Heading to the North East of India

Spending time in Nepal and Bhutan

Building her career as a freelance writer

Travelling solo in remote places

Advice and tips for solo travel

Why planning a little ahead can make things a lot easier

Advice for travel writing

Why you need to find your niche

Finding your writing voice

Telling the same story but in a different way

Learning mountaineering skills 

Encouraging more women to gain skills in the outdoors

Challenging times in the mountains

Walking on unmarked trails 

Being underprepared on the mountains and the lessons learned

Dealing with challenging situations and her process for handling it

Staying positive and having a back up plan

How to connect with Shikha 

Putting together her website

Writing her award-winning children's book on Northeast India's first female Everester, Tine Mena.

Wanting to inspire young girls

Advice for women and girls to spend more time in the mountains

Future dreams and goals 

    Social Media

  Instagram: @shikha_trip 

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