Need To Be At Peak Of Fitness When Competing Against Mother Nature: Arjun Vajpai

Competing against Mother Nature is perhaps the most challenging task that professional athletes face. Whether it climbing hills or mountain biking or a triathlon, athletes face the toughest of obstacles and even surmount them with gay abandon. (More Sports News)

Indian professional mountaineer Arjun Vajpai, trained at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, reveals how he has managed to scale some of the highest mountains in the world in a special episode of the 바카라�Fit India Champions바카라� podcast series which was released on Saturday.

The 바카라�Fit India Champions바카라� podcast series is aimed at spreading the good words on wellness through conversations with athletes and health influencers who are acting as catalysts for change. The 10-episode series is in partnership with GOQii, a major stakeholder in the fitness sector that proactively manages health through its digital and multimedia technology. The episodes are streamed live on digital platforms.

Arjun Vajpai is third on the list of celebrity athletes who have taken part in the podcast hosted by Ekta Vishnoi, the Deputy Director General of Sports Authority of India and the director of the Fit India Mission. The episodes started with para archer Sheetal Devi. World and Tokyo 2020 javelin champion Neeraj Chopra was second on the list.

Thirty-year-old Arjun is the world바카라�s youngest to scale six peaks over 8000 metres in 2018. It came as no surprise for a man who summited Mount Everest as a 16-year-old in 2010. The Delhi man now wants to become the first Indian man to climb all 14 peaks above 8000m across the world.

"It is my dream to climb all 14 mountains above 8000 meters and keep India's flag flying high. This dream and the tunnel-vision or one-sighted aim keeps me going despite the harsh conditions mountaineering makes you go through,바카라� said Vajpai.

바카라�As mountaineers, we are not competing against humans. We are competing against Mother Nature. Here, you will be tested against nature바카라�s standards. So, we need to focus both on physical and mental fitness. There have been deaths of our fellow climbers, amputations done but we keep going. It바카라�s our one-sighted aim to be at the top,바카라� Vajpai added.

The Fit India ambassador has been a pioneer in his field having scaled some of the most difficult Himalayan peaks like Lhotse, Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Manaslu and Annapurna.

Praising the Fit India initiative, the professional mountaineer said, 바카라�The vision of Fit India is something I can relate with as well. Fitness has been an integral part of my life and I바카라�ve spent a lot of time in staying fit each day. I try to motivate younger generation by being outside and teach kids the same. I am very happy to be a part of the movement and thank Hon바카라�ble Prime Minister of India for launching this initiative.바카라�