Trekking is undoubtedly of value to physical fitness but its aim is not to produce athheletes. It is an activity which should develop real love for the mountain regions and appreciation of their grandeur. Trekking leads to a closer interest in plants, trees, birds and animals, indeed in all form of nature study. It inculcate the virtue of sacrifice, the value of physical exertion, somtimes to the limit of endurance, and above all, the spirit of comradeship. A sense of adventure adds excitment towards the fulfilment of the goal.

        Trekking is an art which any healthy and young minded person can learn at any age. But it is best to start early in life to get the most out of it. Trekking does not demand great strength or immense wealth but merely a desire and willigness to accept certain rough with the smooth. Once initiated into trekking, one soon learns that in order to enjoy one must minimise his wants on the trek. Yet there is no compromise with safety. Mere survival is not the freedom of the hills. There is no greater oppressor than wild nature in the raw.

        A sound trekker is mindful of  his own minimum needs. Trekking inculcates qualilities of self-reliance, keeping fit and willingness to help. A trekker therefore, carries on his back-in miniature-his entire home, bed, kitchen and other needs on the trek. To achieve a sense of freedom the trekker must give up certain comforts and avoid burdening himself with the non-essentials. For, the trekker has no other power of locomotion but his own legs. He learns the campcraft to make himself comfortable outdoors.