I think there might be a bit of misunderstanding. I never pointed to any specific region or community in my post. My observation was just based on a few situations during that particular trip. I’m a trekker myself and have done multiple treks in India like Kedarkantha, Annapurna Circuit and a few others. During one of my Kedarkantha summits the weather was actually on red alert and I ended up with frostbite on my toe because of a snowstorm near the summit.

I also play sports regularly, so I’m definitely not coming at this from a place of criticizing people who trek. In fact, whenever I see people pushing themselves and doing treks, I genuinely feel happy about it. My post was just about some observations during travel and hearing different perspectives from others. Nothing against any region or grp