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Anusha Subramanian

Anusha Subramanian is a seasoned independent journalist, Chevening Scholar, and passionate advocate for inclusive adventure sports. With extensive experience trekking and cycling with the blind in high altitudes and the Sahyadri ranges of Maharashtra, she has made significant strides in promoting inclusivity. She led India's first Inclusive Climb to Mt. Kilimanjaro with three blind men and ten sighted individuals and recently guided a Parkinson's patient to Everest Base Camp. Anusha is dedicated to raising awareness about the transformative power of the outdoors for individuals with disabilities. Her work emphasizes the importance of inclusivity and accessibility in adventure sports, inspiring many to overcome their limitations and embrace the spirit of adventure.

She is a two time recipient of Press Club’s Red Ink National Award for excellence in journalism in 2012 and in 2017 for her investigation into how environment clearances are given out for projects by the Environment Ministry and for an investigation into how two Police Constables from the state of Maharashtra faked their Mt Everest Summit in May 2016 respectively. She is a British Chevening Scholar in South Asian Journalism Programme and a Common Purpose Leader.

Today, Anusha has trekked across the Uttarakhand, Himachal, Arunachal and the Ladakh Himalayas.

Apart from India, Anusha has also trekked and cycled in the US and the UK. She has trekked the Grand Canyon and done the lake 3000er, which is a climb across the four highest peaks of England – Skidaw (931 mts), Sacfell (964 mts), Scafel Pyke (978 mts) and Helvylyn (950). She climbed all four in three days in 2012.

  • Masters in Economics
  • PG in Mass Communication & Journalism

  • Basic Mountaineering Course, NIM
  • Advance Mountaineering Course, NIM
  • Basic, Intermediate, Advance Skiing Gulmarg Snow School
  • Wilderness First Responder from Hanifl Centre
  • Outdoor Education & Facilitation from Outward Bound India Himalaya

  • Kalsubai – 1648 mts
  • Salher -1567 mts
  • Ghanchakkar-1532 mts
  • Alang- (1479 mts) – Technical peak – Requires rock climbing and jumaring skills
  • Kulang (1471 mts) – Highest climb in Maharashtra from base village situated at 1250+ mts
  • Harishchandragad- 1429 mts – Exhaustive climb of a minimum of 14 kms to maximum of 35 kms uphill
  • Telbaila – Pinnacle climbing of 250 mts
  • Harishchandragad via Nalichivat- Difficult climb and requires rock climbing skills.
  • Apart from these she has trekked the Sahyadri range in almost its entirety, including Waterfall rappelling and 1000ft Canyoning.

  • Uttarakhand: Valley of Flowers – 14000ft (2005)
  • Ladakh Parangla-2006
  • Uttarakhand: Nandadevi Outer Sanctuary –High altitude trek via Dahransi Pass 4250mts/13940ft (2007)
  • Arunachal Pradesh: Trekked to the Indo-Bhutan Border (14000 ft) – Snow trek (2006)
  • Ladakh: Nubra Valley and Lasermola Pass (18000ft) in 2008
  • Ladakh: Winter-Ice Climbing and trek to Lamayuru, Alchi (2009)
  • Uttarakhand: Mt Draupadi ka Danda – Height gain of 16000ft during basic Course in 2009
  • Uttarakhand: Mt Rudugaira (5819m) – Summitted the peak during Advance Course in 2010 and again in 2013
  • Trekked to Everest Base Camp in 2015 and 2017
  • Uttarakhand: Mt Thelu (6001m) in 2016
  • Himachal Pradesh: Chadrakheni Pass, Triund and Indrahar Pass
  • Cycling Expedition from Manali to Khardungla in 2017, an inclusive cycling expedition with the differently abled and the abled.
  • Successfully led India’s first inclusive climbing expedition to Mt Kilimanjaro in 2018. She guided 3 (2 Indians and 1 Israeli) blind and 10 able bodied persons to the top of the highest mountain in the African continent.
  • Ladakh: Mt Stok Kangri (6153m) in 2019.
  • She has also been part of 3 rescue and relief operations in the Himalaya. In Uttarakhand in 2013 after the floods, in Kashmir in 2014 after the floods and in Nepal in 2015 after the earthquake.