Anthargange Chronicles : The episode of 'Adventurous Seven'
Here are some snippets from the 'Adventurous Seven' front:
Me: what's the fun in going by the road... I think we can climb this hillock instead, what say Mohit?
Mohit: chalo .. tell me Sudeep, where do we have to go for rappelling?
Sudeep: Ya, you can go by this way also, we have to reach the top for rappelling, though I have never climbed it myself!! (actually the two hillocks were totally different ones, as we found out when we saw the 'non-adventurous' team rappelling far away after reaching the top.)
And so the seven of us started to climb...
Halfway up the hill, we started having second thoughts on whether there is a way to the top through the steep rocky surface or not. This was where we rested a bit... (More of Siva's Oranges in picture here... though he rued he left the rest in his bag)
About this time only, Kamlesh decided to follow Gurudev Tagore's preaching (Ekla Chalo Re) ... and parted ways with us. The last we saw of him, he was perched atop a cliff, standing on one leg and hands flowing (aka Zayed Khan in Main hun Naa)
Next we faced a block, having a small cavern to the right side and thich thorny shrubs to the left, not to mention the overhanging ledge:
Me: OK, I'll try to climb up... (got scratched on my hands)... OK, we cant climb this.
Ram: Tu hat, let me try.
Finally Alok managed to overcome the bushes and pass over to the next level. I followed next. Now the two of us are supposed to tell the others whether there is a way ahead (I could see none). Mohit was impatient ("Arey yaar tell us we can go further or not")
With sustained efforts, all of us crossed the bush barrier, and the faced the flat wall (about 80 degree incline, no place for handhold / foothold barring a thin crevice running along the length). Beyond the wall, was a small cave.
Alok climbed the wall till the edge of the cave. Rest of us followed suit. It wasn't easy... once my foot got stuck and Ram had to pull it out from below for me to progress further.
Mohit: There's light at the end of the tunnel (cave)... lets go.
Me: OK, I am light in weight, I'll climb.... (too steep !!).... OK, we cant climb this .. (deja vu?)
Mohit: Just remember, we have come to a stage where we cannot go back, so the only way is forward.
This time Ram came to rescue ...("I have longer legs").... and led the way.
Into the cave .. and then through a side passage out of it we went.Pretty soon we were at the top pf Hillock, elated at our achievement.
Time for another video session:
Mohit: Kitne aadmi the sambha!!
Siva: YOOO...HOUUUUUU!!
Alok: Jo dar gaya, wo mar gayaa!!
Kishore: I'm still a v!r$!n.. (OK, can't complete this!!)
We followed the downward trail to the nearby settlement, and had Ginger-lime under tree-shade. Then we moved on to join the 'non-adveturers'.
Alok had a bigger adventure later on, when he discovered his engagement ring missing during Rappelling... thankfully he found it in his kit itself!!
Piyush
Me: what's the fun in going by the road... I think we can climb this hillock instead, what say Mohit?
Mohit: chalo .. tell me Sudeep, where do we have to go for rappelling?
Sudeep: Ya, you can go by this way also, we have to reach the top for rappelling, though I have never climbed it myself!! (actually the two hillocks were totally different ones, as we found out when we saw the 'non-adventurous' team rappelling far away after reaching the top.)
And so the seven of us started to climb...
Halfway up the hill, we started having second thoughts on whether there is a way to the top through the steep rocky surface or not. This was where we rested a bit... (More of Siva's Oranges in picture here... though he rued he left the rest in his bag)
About this time only, Kamlesh decided to follow Gurudev Tagore's preaching (Ekla Chalo Re) ... and parted ways with us. The last we saw of him, he was perched atop a cliff, standing on one leg and hands flowing (aka Zayed Khan in Main hun Naa)
Next we faced a block, having a small cavern to the right side and thich thorny shrubs to the left, not to mention the overhanging ledge:
Me: OK, I'll try to climb up... (got scratched on my hands)... OK, we cant climb this.
Ram: Tu hat, let me try.
Finally Alok managed to overcome the bushes and pass over to the next level. I followed next. Now the two of us are supposed to tell the others whether there is a way ahead (I could see none). Mohit was impatient ("Arey yaar tell us we can go further or not")
With sustained efforts, all of us crossed the bush barrier, and the faced the flat wall (about 80 degree incline, no place for handhold / foothold barring a thin crevice running along the length). Beyond the wall, was a small cave.
Alok climbed the wall till the edge of the cave. Rest of us followed suit. It wasn't easy... once my foot got stuck and Ram had to pull it out from below for me to progress further.
Mohit: There's light at the end of the tunnel (cave)... lets go.
Me: OK, I am light in weight, I'll climb.... (too steep !!).... OK, we cant climb this .. (deja vu?)
Mohit: Just remember, we have come to a stage where we cannot go back, so the only way is forward.
This time Ram came to rescue ...("I have longer legs").... and led the way.
Into the cave .. and then through a side passage out of it we went.Pretty soon we were at the top pf Hillock, elated at our achievement.
Time for another video session:
Mohit: Kitne aadmi the sambha!!
Siva: YOOO...HOUUUUUU!!
Alok: Jo dar gaya, wo mar gayaa!!
Kishore: I'm still a v!r$!n.. (OK, can't complete this!!)
We followed the downward trail to the nearby settlement, and had Ginger-lime under tree-shade. Then we moved on to join the 'non-adveturers'.
Alok had a bigger adventure later on, when he discovered his engagement ring missing during Rappelling... thankfully he found it in his kit itself!!
Piyush
posted by Piyush at Monday, March 13, 2006
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