The
Hiking Club
Yearbook Report 2009-2010
The year
started off with the selections for the College Climbing Team at the
Eswaran Bharatan Memorial Wall on 29th August. We got quite a
response from the first and even some of the third years, with more
interest oozing (quite surprisingly) from the science students. The
start of the year also saw the selection of a separate Organizing
Committee for the first time in the Hiking Club’s history.
The first event
of the year was a weekend trek to Nag Tibba, near Mussoorie, from
the 19th to the 21st of September. It provided an excellent
opportunity for both first time trekkers and old hats to get a taste
of the outdoors. The trek proved to be a great experience for the
team, being both scenic as well as physically demanding.
The October
break saw the Hiking Club organize a serious trekking expedition to
Gharhwal in Uttarkhand from the 1st to the 13th of October. A team
of 7 students, accompanied by our staff advisor, Dr. Sanjay Kumar,
and Dr. Phookan, attempted to catch a glimpse of the elusive
Chaukhamba peak. However, bad weather prevented them from being able
to view the peak. Still, the trip proved to be an excellent
experience, with several breathtaking sights on the way.
In the second
term, the club organized a natural rock climbing trip to Damdama in
Haryana on the 8th of November. A team consisting of both members
and non-members of the climbing team tried their hand at scaling
some of nature’s mini peaks in a ruggedly beautiful setting,
accompanied by Dr. Barua and the coach of the climbing team, Rohit
Chauhan.
The major event
of the year, however, was ‘Hike-A-Mania’ 2009, the hiking club fest,
and the 5th St. Stephen’s Open Sport Climbing Competition, held from
the 9th to the 13th of December. The five day blitz saw a variety of
events being held with the purpose of giving students a taste of the
Hiking Club and the world of outdoor sports, ending with a national
level sport climbing event. The fest was a huge success, and
provided students with a dose of concentrated excitement and
physical activity as a break in the routine of college life, while
spurring us on to have it on a much larger scale in coming years.
The year 2010
sees the Hiking Club organizing its very popular rafting trips.
Based on the tremendous response for the rafting trips organized in
previous years by the Club, this year will see two trips being
organized on the 20th-21stand the 27th-28th of February. The end of
the year will see the release of the Hiking Club journal,
‘Miscellany’, and preparations for a possible trekking expedition in
the summer break. All in all, it’s been a great year.
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