Amarjeet Singh Chawla

Going by the name ‘The Turban Traveller,’ Chawla's passion for travel took root in 1979 when he became friends with a backpacking couple from Holland.

“When someone asks me how old I am, I confidently tell them 13 years. Because I wasted nearly 50 years of my life doing nothing,” says the first visually impaired person to complete the 19,000 Dolma Pass in Tibet.