In this episode, we talk with Asst.Prof. Ganesh Nayak. Ganesh is an explorer a heart. An explorer who started out searching for some answers in the depths of his own soul. In the process of discovering himself, he ended up, quite literally, scaling Himalayan heights!. He completed BE and MTech degrees from MIT, Manipal and started working as an assistant professor there. But the answers he was looking for could not be found in any of the books he read. He ended up writing his own book, "The Uncharted, my journey into the Himalayas" with the learnings from his Himalayan journeys! He's always looking for newer adventures to undertake and newer answers to uncover. He shares his love for outdoors and adventure with the students and anyone who is interested to find their own answers to their questions. In this episode he shares his journey, how he kicked his smoking addiction, his adventurer program at MIT-Manipal among other things. This episode covers: 0:00:00 Intro 0:04:30 The Uncharted - Book 0:06:42 Getting started in cycling 0:09:09 Dealing with Smoking addiction with cycling 0:15:11 Picking up his first proper bike 0:21:10 Tips to kick nicotine addiction 0:27:41 What drew him to the Himalayas and training for it 0:46:27 Some of the memories from the Himalayas 0:57:50 Riding through villages on the way back! 1:05:14 Integrating back into normal life-Taking a new job 1:08:46 The adventurer program at Manipal-Outdoor leadership 1:20:01 Other trips- Iceland, Alaska 1:26:47 What's ahead? 1:29:53 Some tips for working athletes His book on amazon: https://www.amazon.in/Uncharted-My-Journey-into-Himalayas/dp/9382460942 The Website that helped him deal with smoking addiction: https://whyquit.com/ About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

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