Shikha Tripathi - Outdoor Writer and Adventurer who has participated in expeditions in the Himalayas.

<div>Shikha is a writer based in Uttarakhand, India. Specialising in stories woven around nature and the outdoors, sustainable living, and those with a cultural insight from the remote mountains of India, Nepal and Bhutan. </div> <div> </div> <div>Her travel stories appear in a wide variety of publications such as the National Geographic Traveller, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, Lonely Planet, and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Her environmental and social interest stories have appeared in newspapers such as The Hindu, The New Indian Express, and on platforms such as Nature InFocus and RoundGlass Sustain. </div> <div> </div> <div>Born and brought up in the mountains, she is a qualified mountaineer who has participated in expeditions in the Himalayas. Her mountaineering stories have appeared in The Outdoor Journal and online on the Red Bull forum. </div> <div> </div> <div>Shikha is the recipient of a Commonwealth Writers fellowship for her stories on Himalayan ecology, and has also authored an award-winning children's book on Northeast India's first female Everester, Tine Mena, for a literacy NGO, Pratham. </div> <div> </div> <div>Most recently, she authored a series of Lonely Planet pocket guide books on Nepal.</div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>To support the tough girl mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media -  visit <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1649119530517000&usg=AOvVaw3wyseok1kx8xfwOEMGkjAP">www.patreon.com/<wbr />toughgirlpodcast</a>. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Show Notes</strong></div> <ul> <li>Who is Shikha</li> <li>Growing up in the mountains in India</li> <li>Her love of exploration</li> <li>Deciding to become a professional writer</li> <li>Being curious