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2017: another year in aimless wandering

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The morning of 31st December, 2017 makes me wonder yet again- what if I never wandered off the beaten path? How different would my life have been if I had stuck to the syllabus laid down before me by my society and economics? After all, what is the use of living this wanderer's life; if in the end of all my adventures, I have to come back repeatedly to the society for its recognition and beg for its support?  The freedom I find through my adventures loses all its sanity instantly when I try to sell it. But nevertheless I keep going, in hope, that someday soon my society will respect an adventurer and will not deem his or her stories aimless or pointless anymore. The year 2017 saw me bike across the Sahara desert by its Atlantic route. Here is a YouTube link to the story: And here is my full Sahara story broken down in two different blog posts: Inception and Execution The Route and Description Later this year (July) I helped a group of young aspiring Indian mounta