backpack outdoors

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing” said - HELEN KELLER.


Some people believe that adventure is not just an extreme & dangerous experience that one could find existing. On the contrary, they believe that it is an attitude that helps us to face the obstacles present in our daily routine; the challenges we deal with, the new & different option life offers. And it is in this adventure that the human beings discover themselves. The word adventure has different meaning for different people. Generally Adventure implies thrill & excitement, risk & danger. The Adventurous people are always on the look out for things that will evoke new feeling & sensation. We are here interested to take this term as a sport; adventures sports or outdoors like trekking, repelling, valley crossing, rock climbing etc. In this edition of inside story, we have covered a story of Pune based outdoors event management company BACKPACK OUTDOORSBACKPACK OUTDOORS—Adventure and leisure Tourism Company was started by Mayur Khivasar in 2007 with aim to take people close to nature with awareness of fitness. Backpack was not built for earning revenue or profit. Mr. Khivasara wanted to do something for the society. He wanted people to come close to nature and peace and to stay fit and healthy. BACKPACK OUTDOORS organizes various adventurous activities like Trekking, River crossing, Repelling, Rock climbing, Rifle shooting, Archery, Bird trail, Star gazing, wilderness camping, beach camping, zumaring, valley crossing and many more.

"These activities need lot of strength and concentration; and it is not only entertaining but also helps one to stay fit and healthy. Now-a-days we find Human beings are like machine, they have become so mechanical in their life that they give very less importance to their health and therefore they turn old at a very young age. So why not improve physical fitness with fun games like outdoors."”



About Mayur Khivasar (The Director and co-founder - Backpack outdoors)

Mayur Khivasara, 24. Born and brought up in Pune, he has always been a sports person. He was a sprinter of 100 & 200mts Running events in the school. He completed his schooling from Bhonsale Military School (Nashik.), his graduation from MIT Pune in Pharmacy and Masters in Pharmacy from Sinhgad institute Vadgaon Budruk (Pune).He started trekking when he was in 4th standard. The first Himalayan trek he did was after his 10th Board exams and that is when he realized that he is in total love with the mountains and its beauty. After which he did many local treks across the Sahayadri range and a few Himalayan treks. Completed essential training program for mountaineering & camping courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Prior to NIM he learned it at NEF, Pune and volunteers at Eurodo III, yearly adventure sports race conducted by NEF. How Backpack started

-Exploring places of historical value was not just Mayur’s hobby, but his passion too. According to him there is always a satisfaction to spread the facts of our culture & history which remains ignored by most of the people. He thought of starting an outdoor company with this noble motto. He shared this idea to his friends, everyone around him appreciate this idea, and become part of this company. In September 2007, they organized Rajmachi trekking trip and that’s how backpack comes into existence.Name Backpack

First thing they were looking for this company is a good name for it. Group decided that they will name the company after outdoors gear or prop. After much brainstorming they agreed with BACKPACK, as it is most essential gear for every outdoor event to carry your world along with you, it contains the basic equipments required for one’s survival required throughout your journey. So company got a name – "Backpack Outdoors"Early Days

In lack of finance, company were facing problem of how to buy equipment to organizing trip. Without gear existence is impossible. So they start to take equipment on rent and organizing events in this way only. For first year no member withdrawn any salary or profit out of this venture rather they worked as volunteers and all earning were utilizes in buying equipment and establishing it. With time the sweat turn in to result and now it is a well established organization. Expansionplan (Dream destination)

BACKPACK OUTDOORS mission is to bring people close to nature, culture and Peace. And their vision statement too do not talk about revenue, their target lies in to activities. Backpack aims to add new activity in to their portfolio. They measure company’s growth by activity and geography covered. Their immediate aim is to cover whole Sahayadri range and then Konkan range. Once they complete it they will like to cover Himalayan mountain range.



Some People usually take these activities for fun, and doesn’t like to follow any rules and regulation, and this can cause harm to their own life.

At present backpack outdoors is busy designing beach camping activity in Konkan region: This type of camping includes camping close to the sea cost. These camps may include some added water sports activities along with all other Adventure activities. The stay can be in tents and lots of Water sports Activities can be enjoyed.



Adventurous people will love to take part in such innovative camps and adventurous activity, and D2I editorial team wishes backpack, that they grow exponentially and spread their noble message–