September 7, 2008
by Vidyut
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Wide Aware is in the process of designing a three day training programme for training and certification of activity instructors in the outdoors. The current scenario with instructors is that there is no specific training that they undergo. Some instructors … Continue reading
August 30, 2008
by Vidyut
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As I had mentioned earlier, we are doing a Training the Trainer Programme for facilitators in the outdoors. Add value to your outdoor programmes with these skills and tools for facilitating active learning. Empower Activity Camps and Wide Aware invite … Continue reading
July 15, 2008
by Vidyut
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Children naturally enjoy the outdoors. Apart from exercise, and health, adventure education helps children develop natural resilience from experience. Learning through experience is a natural state of being for a child, and while imparting information and training is necessary, it … Continue reading
May 13, 2008
by Vidyut
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One of my more bizarre “potential clients”. I could write an entire book with the entertaining questions I get. Got an email from a Sarita Sharma today asking for a quote for a training programme. Fabulous. I was online and … Continue reading
March 12, 2008
by Vidyut
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Many people attend programmes with shoes that slip, are tight, are too fancy to wreck in the mud……. Trekking in India involves all kinds of terrain. When you are trekking in Maharashtra, warmth is not such a big deal, but … Continue reading
September 15, 2007
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I think this is a rant, but I’m not sure yet what direction it will take as I write. We were casually chatting with a friend/free lance instructor with us, and he was telling us of his experience with another … Continue reading
September 10, 2007
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Account of White water rafting event with employees of cleartrip.com Continue reading
March 1, 2007
by Vidyut
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I came across this article on rafting, which plunged me straight into my must fulfill dreams list. Rafting in Iceland! I can only shiver in anticipation. Glacial melt water that will probably be enough to freeze my poor fingers to … Continue reading
February 15, 2007
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Not much is happening work wise, but life looks good! Planning a set of camps for children in the summer holidays, and this always sets me all fired up with enthusiasm. The variety is quite large this time too. Wide … Continue reading