Deeya likes challenging herself!
Her expedition across the Greenlandic Icecap in the summer of 2011 time and again demanded that she dip into her physical and mental energy reserves. There were days when the conditions were so tough that she felt like giving up but she kept pushing herself to go that extra mile, literally.
They would ski for 8 hours a day (around 30kms) with small 15 minute minute breaks every hour and a half.
Deeya says these kind of extreme expeditions require good teamwork and though the rest of the expedition team members were much older than her, she got along very well with them.
In total there were 8 people - Deeya's father, two Belgians, an Australian, an American who was their guide, two Greenland natives, also called Inuits, who took care of the huskies (dogs that were carrying all the group's equipment).
There would be days when the group's energy levels would be low and Deeya would offer to lead the team. The responsibility of guiding the team towards the goal with the use of GPS was immense but satisfying. There was a sense of achievement which is hard to describe recalls Deeya.
The Greenlandic icecap is very beautiful - white all around - and there is 24 hours of sunlight, which feels weird sometimes! For food, Deeya says, they would pour boiling water into dried food and melt ice for water!
Deeya is glad that she used the Greenland expedition to collect funds for a girls’ orphanage in Haridwar with the help of her school - The Shri Ram School Moulsari Avenue. Today the project has been launched with 12 girl residents!
Way to go Deeya!
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