Garry Weare has had a long-standing relationship with the Himalaya, since
leading his first trek in Kashmir in 1973. After a two-year stint in the
Australian outback, Weare returned to Kashmir where he pioneered many classic
treks. He also met the co-founders of Australian Himalayan Expeditions, now
World Expeditions one of the worlds leading adventure travel companies, with
whom Weare still maintains a close working relationship.
For 13 years Weare had an idyllic lifestyle organising and leading
treks from the comfort of his houseboat in Kashmir. Following the outbreak of
political unrest in Kashmir in 1990, Weare returned to Australia. However he
travelled regularly to Kashmir and other regions of the Indian Himalaya,
leading exploratory treks or researching his Trekking in the Indian Himalaya.
He also wrote A Long Walk in the Himalaya,
an account of his epic five-month trek from the source of the Ganges to Kashmir
Weare is the Australian Secretary for the Himalayan Club, a fellow
of the Royal Geographic Society and has been awarded for his outstanding
contribution for promoting adventure travel in the Indian Himalaya. Weare is
also a founding director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation. He has a daughter
and two stepdaughters and lives with his wife Margie Thomas in the Southern
Highlands, NSW, Australia.
