Gowri Varanashi has been a wilderness educator for over 10 years guiding in the jungles of the amazon rainforests and 5 years of teaching nature connection in the US.
 

Having grown up in an alternative school named Centre For Learning, she became obsessed with nature at a young age
and went on to study environmental studies and biology in the US.

One of the most accomplished Indian climbers, she has been at the forefront of the rock climbing movement in India and is the founder of Climb Like a Woman (CLAW). Through Wilderness Ways, Gowri aims to create awareness of India’s rich natural biodiversity, so we can learn to all love and care for our natural surroundings.

Nikhil Bhandari has completed his Basic, Advance, and Search & Rescue mountaineering courses; he is also a
certified NOLS Wilderness First Responder (WFR).

A mountain guide in the Indian Himalayas, he was part of a 4- man alpine climbing team who opened a new route on the 6,000 meter peak Kang Yatse III in Himachal Pradesh.

Experience of life and death scenarios has given him one of the calmest heads.

An urban explorer, Nikhil spends much of his free time documenting the oldest members of our cities, trees!

Creative by nature, from film, illustration, to sounds or games. Through Wilderness Ways, Nikhil hopes to continue to meet and learn from a variety of people, while
facilitating outdoor experiences, keeping alive the treasure of knowledge of our
natural world!