A Wonderful Gift

I am Bhagwan Chawale, an Everester, a mountaineering coach, a family man and a development officer at LIC. Coming from a humble background- a village called Lavharde, near Pune, I first considered mountaineering as a hobby, but when I went on my first expedition, the adrenaline rush pumping through me made me feel alive and connected to the universe. After this, the mountains became my second home. Over the years, mountaineering has taught me endurance, strength, team-work, leadership and love for the environment. After summiting the Everest two times and being the only Maharashtrian to have sumitted the Mt. Ama Dablam, my next goal is to summit all the 14 Eight Thousanders Peaks in the World.