62 years old Hiren Hasmukhbhai Patel is a farmer and Real Estate Entrepreneur from Gujarat, who loves biking, trekking, and new challenges.
He has biked from Ahmedabad to London, from Ahmedabad to Tawang, Bumla border in Arunachal Pradesh, Kathmandu, and return to Ahmedabad; from Ahmedabad to chaar dhaam yatra in June and snow biking to Badrinath in January traveling up to 7000 kilometers, trekked to Everest base camp, done Holy walk parikrama of Mount Kailash, climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and also experienced the Chadar trek. Bitten by travel bug, he has travelled to 26 countries.
Hiren Hasmukhbhai Patel’s motivation is staying connected to nature, bringing awareness amongst the people about problems like air and water pollution, deforestation, and cleanliness.
He feels that attempting the unprecedented Mudman parikrama and associating with Atulya Ganga’s pledge to hand over a clean Ganga to the generation next, is the best way of paying his obeisance to the Holy river Maa GANGA. After taking the pledge on 24th January 2020, he started training seriously, walking approximately 24 kilometers daily, and has completed walking 4,600 kilometers so far.