The first time I looked into the rating scale on our website, I couldn’t help but wonder why we had to rate the difficulty level of our treks on a scale of 1 to 10. Wouldn’t it suffice to segregate them as simply easy, moderate and difficult?
Recently, I went to Girish, Sushant and Pankaj with this seemingly rudimentary question. Their indulgent answers prompted a second question which urged yet another one and before we knew it, we had whizzed past the memory lane all the way back to where it had all begun.
The story that emerged is one that is deep rooted in nostalgic memories of a friendship cemented in college that has only grown and survived the tests of time afterwards. It is the story of our founders and their little adventure with Bikat Adventures through the years :)
2003: Their story begins here
It is the first day of college in a state run university in Faridabad, a populous city of Haryana. The last hour of class had just come to an end. Near the entrance gate, a group of senior students are holding ‘fun introductory sessions’ (aka ragging) for the freshers heading home.
Keen on escaping the ensemble at the gate, a first year student approaches a fellow classmate of his, one of the very few to own a bike, for a lift. Meet Pankaj and Sushant.
3 days later
Sushant and Pankaj are hunting for hostels close to their college. In one such hostel, they meet Ritvij, a fellow college mate and their roommate for the next four years.
