The Indian expat, an engineer by profession and a resident of Dubai, was part a group of eight
trekkers who ventured out to the Galila Mountain in Jebel Jais area, said the group member.
But the section where the
trekkers trekked is a "moderate" one, because of its terrain and the lack of water in the area.
Guides working for the low-cost agencies are being told to make up the shortfall by getting
trekkers rescued by helicopter: one guide told AFP on condition of anonymity that he was given a quota for the number of
trekkers he should have "rescued".
For example, the
Trekker backpack was mounted to a boat for a trip down the Siuslaw River near Mapleton, it took a spin on the back of a bicycle for the Row River Trail in Cottage Grove, and it got a ride on top of a dune buggy at the Oregon Dunes in Florence.
Battling inclement weather, ITBP teams flew low in helicopters and spotted six stranded
trekkers near Chanderkheni pass at an altitude of 12,000 feet and evacuated them to safety, Hans Raj, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, said.
With the Google
Trekker - a 23kg backpack device - and an appliance which supports 15 cameras above their heads, staff and volunteer wardens from the park authority have been recording images.
Fellow
trekker Chris, a young actor who grew up near Blackwood, walked ahead of me, and all the way down the mountain he was there to lend a hand when things got tricky.
Northumberland National Park GIS Officer Ed Hudspeth said: "We are very excited to be able to share the Google
Trekker imagery, which will give the viewer the next best thing to being out in the National Park for real.
The
Trekker, a camera system on a backpack, will let them take snaps of some of the capital's hidden gems.
Convaid Products, Inc., a Torrance-based manufacturer of custom-made, compact lightweight adaptive-assisted wheelchairs recently announced that its
Trekker has received its CE Certification qualifying it as having met the requirements mandated by the European Union (EU) for products officially imported into the EU nations.
So Silverman designed a lighter system, called the
Trekker, that a person or an animal can carry.
TABLE Demographics of each
trekker and balance performance measured by the standing time on one leg with eyes closed.
Damian Smith and fellow
trekker Joe Chapman will climb a total of 49,000ft
Armchair explorers around the world would be able to trek along the path from the comfort of their own homes if Google's
Trekker technology, which has already been used to capture walking routes in remote locations like the Grand Canyon, is used on the Wales Coastal Path.