If you’re searching for the next big thing in your life, here are 15 reasons you should go trekking. Try it – we did – and it became a series of life changing adventures! Our on-the-ground research of talking to fellow trekkers has revealed that these are the most popular reasons to trek, in no particular order:

1. When you need a new challenge and to get out of your comfort zone

2. When you’re reaching a milestone birthday

3. When you want a break from modern busy life, and to enjoy the simplicity of being in the mountains and wilderness

4. When you want to see what you’re capable of

5. When you need a circuit-breaker from daily life

6. When you want a new goal or purpose

7. To meet like-minded adventurers and enjoy some great company with people from diverse backgrounds

8. When you need to get away from it all after a significant event in your life

9. To tick your bucket list

10. To solve problems or puzzles in your life with new perspectives. Ask the mountains questions and they give you answers!

11. To step up to something bigger than single day hikes

12. A great incentive to get fit!

13. A holiday with purpose – a bigger objective than sightseeing

14. A new cultural or spiritual experience in the mountains

15. To see some spectacular scenery and the world’s highest mountains!

So what are you waiting for?

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