Travel for travel's sake | Tareq Onu | TEDxBUET

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • Have you ever dreamed of being a traveler? Ever wanted to walk down the streets of various countries and meet the people of diverse cultures? May be you always cherished this dream, but never managed to fulfill it. Now meet someone who really did it. Meet Tareq Onu, who traveled almost 100 countries and 6 continents, scaled mountains!
    Listen to his story of conquering the improbable journey, which is yet a dream to many!
    Tareq Onu is an explorer, hiker and mountaineer, Tareq Onu is the first person to visit the North Pole from Bangladesh along with Enam Ul Haque in 2007. This daring adventure-lover is also the only climber from Bangladesh to ascend upon Mt. Blanc, the highest peak of the Alps. He, along with fellow mountaineer M A Mohit, were the first from Bangladesh to climb 8,188 meters up on top of Mt. Cho Oyu, the sixth tallest peak in the world.
    Tareq Onu is also a travel-writer having published three books including the first Bird-field guide in Bangla.
    Currently he is the vice-president of Bangladesh Bird Club and working voluntarily for conserving the natural ecosystem of Bangladesh.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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