'Adventure sports much more than just mountain climbing'

So you thought climbing Mt Everest was the ultimate adventure sport? Think again because running a marathon in New York or swimming with the sharks in Tahiti or even snowboarding in the French Alps are some of the other activities that might give you an adrenaline rush.
The recently launched India chapter of adventure magazine "The Outdoor Journal," with a focus on the country showcases exotic stories of people who embarked on voyages from the wilderness of the Sahara desert to the desolate Antartic landscapes, from the jungles of Borneo to the giant waves of Hawaii.
The journal hosted its first speaker series here which saw Mt Everest-climber Susan Hunt, Tenzing Norgay National Award-wining mountaineer Mandip Singh Soin and possibly India's first outdoor journalist Apoorva Prasad narrating tales of courage, exploration and adventure dedicated to pushing the limits in their pursuit of an outdoor lifestyle.

For Soin, who has explored six continents including the Arctic and believes in risk-taking, adventure travel and sports is "all about coming out of the comfort zone to experience moments of bliss".
"I have gone for numerous desert safaris and forest expeditions...But my personal preference is the mountains. My idea is to discover the world," says the mountaineer who participated in the first speaker series hosted by the journal here recently.
Soin says he feels that he has just begun his foray into adventure-travel. "At the end of July I am leaving for a river-rafting trip for two weeks."
Similarly, for 55 year old Susan Hunt who fulfilled her "dream for ever" to summit Mt Everest, the adventure never stops.

"Yes I was scared. Normally I am not the kind to get scared...But at that moment, I was thinking that I could die any moment. Then I stopped thinking about my mortality. And it was my determination that helped me to reach my goal," she says.