Ep 13 - Fighting Nicotine Addiction, Riding In The Himalayas For Months, Helping Students with Outdoor Leadership! Asst. Prof Ganesh Nayak's Journey on The Working Athlete Podcast!

<p>In this episode, we talk with Asst.Prof. Ganesh Nayak.</p> <p>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!.</p> <p>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!</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In this episode he shares his journey, how he kicked his smoking addiction, his adventurer program at MIT-Manipal among other things.</p> <p>This episode covers:</p> <p>0:00:00 Intro</p> <p>0:04:30 &nbsp;The Uncharted - Book</p> <p>0:06:42 &nbsp;Getting started in cycling</p> <p>0:09:09 &nbsp;Dealing with Smoking addiction with cycling</p> <p>0:15:11 &nbsp;Picking up his first proper bike</p> <p>0:21:10 &nbsp;Tips to kick nicotine addiction</p> <p>0:27:41 &nbsp;What drew him to the Himalayas and training for it</p> <p>0:46:27 &nbsp;Some of the memories from the Himalayas</p> <p>0:57:50 &nbsp;Riding through villages on the way back!</p> <p>1:05:14 &nbsp;Integrating back into normal life-Taking a new job</p> <p>1:08:46 &nbsp;The adventurer program at Manipal-Outdoor leadership</p> <p>1:20:01 &nbsp;Other trips- Iceland, Alaska</p> <p>1:26:47 &nbsp;What's ahead?</p> <p>1:29:53 &nbsp;Some tips for working athletes</p> <p>His book on amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Uncharted-My-Journey-into-Himalayas/dp/9382460942"><u>https://www.amazon.in/Uncharted-My-Journey-into-Himalayas/dp/9382460942</u></a></p> <p>The Website that helped him deal with smoking addiction: <a href="https://whyquit.com/