Ady is a singer songwriter based in Landour, Mussoorie, India. Living in the foothills of the Himalayas, he draws his inspiration from the mountains and the simplicity of life in the hills. A Hindi folk fusion and English songwriter, Ady's music and song construction is mostly acoustic based. Cultivating a genre-blending mix of acoustic folk and pop, his music usually explores themes of compassion, hope and motivation.

Whether it is an unplugged setting for a intimate audience or an acoustic loop pedal dynamic sound for a festival audience, Ady is able to enthrall the audience with his simple yet catchy tunes. He has not only performed all across the major music venues in India but has played at popular music venues in US, London, Malaysia and Nepal. His recent performance at Ziro festival of music 2018 was highly lauded by the audience.

Ajeet Bajaj is a mountaineer, adventurer, explorer and entrepreneur. He is the first Indian to have completed the Polar Trilogy by skiing to the North Pole, the South Pole and across Greenland. With over 30 years of experience in adventure sports, he is the first Asian to have rafted and kayaked some of the most challenging rivers of the world spanning six continents. In May 2018, Ajeet Bajaj & his daughter, Deeya, became the first Indian father-daughter duo to scale Mount Everest. On January 1, 2019 Ajeet and Deeya summited Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica.

Ajeet was conferred the Padma Shri in 2012 by the President of India. He has also been felicitated with the Hall of Fame award by the Adventure Tour Operators' Association of India (ATOAI) for his contribution to the growth of adventure tourism in India. He has summitted Mount Elbrus, Mount Aconcagua, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kosciuszko which are the highest mountains in Europe, South America, Africa and Australia respectively. He is the founder Managing Director of Snow Leopard Adventures Pvt. Ltd., a National Tourism Award winning organization promoting innovative and sustainable adventure travel since 1990. He was chairperson of ATOAI Safety Guidelines Committee and authored the guidelines which provide the standards for safety for adventure sports in the country.

An alumni of Jadavpur University, Air Force Academy and IIM Ahmedabad, Amit Chowdhury is a general management consultant by profession. He developed an interest in adventure activities when he joined college in 1976 and soon was climbing the crags of Bankura and Susunia pioneering new routes. He led the successful expedition to Mt Jogin (6456 m) in Garhwal, in which he climbed the hitherto virgin Mt Jogin II in 1980 and the team managed to bag all three Jogin peaks (I, II and III), a feat that has not been repeated since. He trail-blazed several expeditions including Jaonli (6632 m), Sudarshan (6507 m), CB 54 (6094). Commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1982, he participated and led more expeditions among others to Kamet (7756 m), twice, Satopanth (7056 m), twice, Kedar Dome (6832), Deo Tibba (6001 m), Hanuman Tibba (5928 m) and Everest (8848 m).

He was the Principal of the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg from 1992 to 1996 and set up the first training course for paragliding in the country. Besides being a Paragliding and Paramotor Pilot, Amit is also a parachutist with more than 500 free-fall descents. For his lifetime contribution to Adventure Sports, he was awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2014. He is President of the Safety Commission of the UIAA and a member of the Governing Council of IMF.

David started Aerie Backcountry Medicine in 1995 with two fellow medics and believed then, as now, that providing medical care and teaching others to do so is both a privilege and a responsibility. Aerie trains 2,500 students a year in wilderness medicine and risk management throughout the US, Central America and India. He is the Training Officer for an advanced life support ambulance in Missoula, Montana, where he has worked as a critical care paramedic for 28 years. David is adjunct faculty at the University of Montana, where he received his MS in Biology.

Dr Jonathan Long has a wealth of experience in education and learning after more than 30 years working in schools in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and India. Prior to his arrival at Woodstock in January 2012, Dr Long was Principal of Mahindra United World College India, an international school in Pune, which he joined in January 2009.

Before that, he was Associate Director of Columba 1400, an award-winning charity on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, which works with young people from underprivileged backgrounds to develop their potential for leadership and change. Dr Long sums up his personal philosophy in the words of the famous Scottish historian and novelist, John Buchan:

Our task is not to put the greatness back into humanity - but to elicit it - for the greatness is there already.

Kuntal Joisher combines the distinction of being both an accomplished mountaineer and a high-end, computer science professional. He is an alumnus of Vivekanand Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles. His insatiable passion for mountaineering has led him to climb mountain ranges across the world, including the Western Ghats, the Northern Ice cap in Chile, and the Nepalese and Indian Himalaya. Joisher is the first dietary Vegan in the world to stand on the very top of Mt. Everest, and Mt. Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world), and the only human in the world to have climbed to the top of an 8000 meter mountain - Mt. Lhotse (4th highest mountain in the world) as a true 100% Vegan (diet as well as mountaineering gear). He is a well-respected photographer, and his work has been published in National Geographic, BBC Earth, Space.com, Himalayan Journal, The Outdoor Journal, Time Out, Traveler Trails, Indian Mountaineer, and several other newspapers and magazines across the world. Joisher regularly travels across India and the world to speak about his life transforming journey of climbing Mt. Everest in hopes to inspire his audience to pursue their dreams and passions. Joisher continues to train hard both mentally and physically and dreams of leading an all Vegan expedition to the top of Mt. Everest in near future. In addition to his dedication to climbing, Joisher is passionate about three causes: raising awareness about the disease of Dementia, spreading the message of Veganism, and education of the underprivileged in Nepal.

Maninder Kohli was drawn to the mountains at an early age inspired by his father, Captain M. S. Kohli, who led India's first successful expedition to Mt. Everest in 1965. Maninder's favourite adventure sport is trekking and he has participated in over 50 treks in the Himalaya with the intent being to look out for exploratory treks or areas less frequented. Maninder has previously worked with Citibank for 20 years, where, as Senior Vice-President he officiated on the Managing Committee of the Consumer Bank. In 2010, he founded Juniper Outdoor Pursuits Centre based in New Delhi, through which he motivates people into the world of adventure. Maninder volunteers with multiple organisations, which include the Himalayan Environment Trust where he is Managing Trustee, the Indian Mountaineering Foundation where he officiates as Director of the IMF Mountain Film Festival, and the Himalayan Club where he is Hony. Local Secretary for New Delhi.

Mark Vermeal is the Senior Safety and Risk Management Executive for Fred C. Church, Inc. As one of the leaders of the Outdoor + Adventure Practice, Mark is located in Golden, CO, and works with a team of professionals dedicated to serving the unique safety, risk management, and insurance needs of the outdoor and adventure industry. A nationally recognized expert in the field of risk management and safety with 20 years of experience as a senior-level administrator, Mark led the Outward Bound USA Safety Department, where he oversaw the safety management systems for Outward Bound's $44 M national network of eleven regional schools. He has implemented strategies that have enhanced a culture and climate of safety at two of the nation's largest outdoor organizations: OBUSA and the Student Conservation Association. As the Director of the Wilderness Skills Program at the White Mountain School, Mark developed a ground up, nationally recognized outdoor education program that integrated experiential education and wilderness skills instruction with a rigorous academic program. He is a Wilderness EMT and also has a Master's degree in education. He is a certified American Mountain Guides Association Rock Instructor and Single Pitch Instructor Provider with rock, ice, and alpine guiding experience, both abroad and domestically. Currently he serves on the Outward Bound Canada Board Risk Oversight Committee and the American Alpine Club Education Task Force. Mark has also served on the Steering Committee for the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) from 2007-2017 and has been a presenter at the WRMC since 2007.

Prerna Dangi is a National Champion in rock climbing, with roots from Uttarakhand. An overall climbing powerhouse, she climbs on both rock and ice. In climbing she has found a purpose for life - to explore the limits of the human capacity in the wild and inspire others to chase all things scary and hard. She works as a mountain guide and her 5 years of climbing and mountaineering experience pans across the world including Alaska, Scottish Highlands, Russia, Slovenia and India. When she is not in the field, she spends most of her time seeking out personal climbing objectives and training for them. She is actively contributing to foster a strong climbing culture and community in India, with special focus on getting more women into the sport and outdoors. Prerna is a Literature graduate from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

Sandeep Kumar Maity is a professional climber since a decade and has represented India internationally. He started out as a competition climber focusing on following the competition circuits around the globe but is now driven by the sheer joy of exploration. He has done some of the hardest boulder climbs in India including Hampi, Suru Valley, Leh, Kareri and Mumbai. He has established several traditional routes in the Ladakh region and also tackled a few big walls. Presently he is spending a lot of time in the mountains honing his alpine skills. He wants to be able to explore all aspects of the vertical terrain be it rock, ice or snow. For Sandeep, to become a truly great athlete means not only training hard, but also sharing this spirit of climbing with others.

Sandeep is an alumnus of Hanifl Centre having done his Wilderness Advanced First Aid & Outdoor Leadership Course.

Dr. Seth Collings Hawkins holds dual board certification in Emergency Medicine and EMS. He has worked for over twenty years in wilderness medicine and out-of-hospital emergency medical care. He is the founder of multiple wilderness medicine organizations, including the Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team, where he is now Chief. He is Executive Editor of Wilderness Medicine Magazine, co-author of Vertical Aid: Essential Wilderness Medicine for Climbers, Trekkers, and Mountaineers, and editor of the textbook Wilderness EMS. He is a Master Fellow of both the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and the Adventurers & Explorers Guild, and is the first physician in either organization to be awarded this designation.

Shantanu grew up in a suburb of Mumbai, India, and today lives in another which is surrounded by thick woods which harbour a couple of bouldering sites. He has been hiking & rock climbing since college days, and has been part of a few peak climbing expeditions in the Himalaya. In addition to having the experience of running an adventure travel company - which gave him a chance to visit various Himalayan regions - Shantanu also worked as a NOLS instructor for more than a decade. Currently, he facilitates outdoor management development programmes for business organizations and offers consultancy to outdoor & experiential education organisations in areas like programme content, risk management and staff training. He is also involved in a voluntary effort by a group that functions with the purpose of enhancing safe practices in outdoors; some of its initiatives include evolving safety guidelines, creating training platforms and forums for increasing public awareness, and fostering appropriate interaction with government authorities.

Shikha Tripathi is a journalist based in Binsar, Uttarakhand, specialising in outdoor writing and active travel with an added interest in Himalayan ecology and social stories. Her stories appear in a wide variety of publications such as the National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Lonely Planet, Jetwings and more. Her environmental and social interest stories have appeared in newspapers such as The Hindu and DNA and platforms such as Nature InFocus. Born and brought up in the Himalayas, her love for the outdoors is evident in her travels, be it hiking solo to the Everest base camp, trekking over the frozen Zanskar river, traipsing across the Canadian Rockies or diving in Lakshadweep, and most recently, in experimenting with climbing. She is a qualified mountaineer from NIM, Uttarakhand, and JIM, J & K, and has participated in mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas. Her mountaineering stories have also appeared in The Outdoor Journal and online on the Red Bull forum.

Stuart is the Program Director at Chadwick International School's Outdoor Education Program in Incheon, South Korea. He has a background in Outdoor Leadership and has guided and instructed mountaineering, skiing, and paddling across the western United States, Chile, Mexico, and South Korea. He also worked as an avalanche forecaster in California and in the Andes Mountains of Chile. In Korea, Stuart's journey began in helping to build an outdoor education program with Chadwick International. Chadwick is an independent, Pre-K through grade 12 International Baccalaureate World School, with a sister school located in Los Angeles, California. Chadwick's Outdoor Education Programs are compulsory for students and are accredited by the Association for Experiential Education. The programs seek to develop a sense of self and place, through a progression of outdoor competencies.

He is also a thesis candidate at Prescott College in the Master of Art's Adventure Education program. His research interests are at the intersection of social justice and risk management in adventure programming. Through approaches grounded in system's thinking, he is seeking to understand how western assumptions in adventure programming contribute to emergent risk. As a passionate educator and avid outdoorsman, Stuart dedicates himself to sharing outdoor experiences that offer personal empowerment and a lens toward global citizenship.

Tine Mena is an adventurer from Arunachal Pradesh who holds the distinction of being the first female Everester from Northeast India. Achieving success early, Tine won a gold medal at the Manipur Mountaineering and Training Association in Imphal and another later as best student at the basic mountaineering course at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling. Tine has inspired many youngsters in the Northeast, including her cousin Ruby Lombo who is a cycling athlete. Tine continues to be a role model for adventurous girls everywhere.

Traffic Jam is a 4 - piece band with a message. With all members from the North East of India, living under similar circumstances, and meeting up far from home in the grounds of Delhi, the band strives to pay tribute to the Rock Gods and Anthems they grew up with in their homeground. Heavily influenced by life, love and Rock their name speaks for itself, something everyone faces in every aspect of their life. As an all-genre band, the band's roots go down to the basic strong foundation of each of the members who are all passionate laureates of music, constantly learning and teaching. The band performs at various restaurants in Delhi - Hard Rock Café, Geoffrey's, Lutyens and more.

Guiding since the beginning of organized and serious adventure travel in the country, Vaibhav has been at the forefront of conceiving, planning and executing trips that were considered too audacious to run. He is responsible for opening up remote Himalayan valleys to adventure tourism, and has helped open up Indian river running like none before. He is the Founder Director of Aquaterra Adventures.

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