Experiences – The Exploring Harolikars

Experiences Travel Destinations October 21, 2025

My First Camino

I had watched the movie The Way, on a flight, probably around 2010. Since then I had always wanted to do the Camino and finally did a 115km stretch of it in Oct-2025. Being new to the Camino, I chose the final stretch from Sarria to Santiago, and did it over 5 days of walking. Day 1 — Dublin to SarriaMy Camino began with a 1:00 pm flight from Dublin, landing in…

Experiences June 24, 2022

My Tryst with High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)

“Descend Fast”. Two words that I heard many times from my father when he would talk about the effects of high altitude on the human body and mind. He had been an instructor at HMI and a commandant at Indian Army’s High Altitude Warfare School, among the many things he did during his long and illustrious military career. The many documentaries I saw about mountaineering also drilled the same message in my…