Once in a year we go for a company sponsored outing. It used to be a 2 – 3 days trip before recession but now it has been reduced to one day. This time we planned to go for an adventure camp near Sawan Durga.
It lies around 40 km from Bangalore, famous for the biggest monolith in Asia. Cox and Kings arranged the tour for 45 members from a team of around 73. The buses picked up all from various points in Bangalore and started for the destination. It looked promising from the feedback we got and from the proposal he had sent. Jummering, Rappelling, swimming, rafting, kayaking sounded good and the distant memories of sharavati were reignited.
With old memories we reached sawan durga by 10 in the morning. Breakfast was ready, with idly, wada, seera, upma, banana’s and tea and coffee. Everything was marvelous, tasting something like sharavati. We filled our water bottles, switched the cell phone off and left for the campsite. It was a half an hour trek through the jungle. We reached the base of a straight 100ft high rock, perfect for rappelling. First we tried our hand at Jummering. It’s a technique used by cave explorers to move up. It was a wonderful experience, as we had never done this thing before. Then we all gathered courage and went uphill to try ourselves in rappelling. It was scary at first, but with beautiful instructors, the experience became memorable. The safety was given prime importance and no deviation was accepted. Checklists were filled before anyone was allowed to move down the hill. It somehow brought the unwanted office memories, but we warded them off in making fun. After the adventure we marched towards the river. It was also a half an hour trek, this time through a more dense forest. Finally we reached the riverbank. The rafts were ready to take us to the other side but we didn’t want to waste even a second of fun in water. So wearing our life jackets we jumped into the water to swim to the other end. Even rookies like Mayank and Tanmay preferred to swim than to go by raft. After an hour of water masti and annoying the French instructor we came out of the water. Lunch was ready and others (not fond of water) were playing the fools game (cricket). We had our lunch and lay there relaxed, far from the worries of the world. At around 4 in the evening the instructors gathered us all to play some team building games. We had started only when rain started pouring, not just pouring but heavily pouring. For some it was a spoil sport, but for us it was the best we could have asked for. We played volleyball and throw ball in the rain. Finally it was time to leave the place. With a promise among ourselves to visit it again in a small group we trekked our way to a nearby village where our busses were waiting. The last ride of the trip was filled with songs and laughter. Had dinner on our way in a country club resort and returned home by 11 in the night.
A day of adventure and joy came to an end, with memories frescoed deep in our hearts.
It lies around 40 km from Bangalore, famous for the biggest monolith in Asia. Cox and Kings arranged the tour for 45 members from a team of around 73. The buses picked up all from various points in Bangalore and started for the destination. It looked promising from the feedback we got and from the proposal he had sent. Jummering, Rappelling, swimming, rafting, kayaking sounded good and the distant memories of sharavati were reignited.
With old memories we reached sawan durga by 10 in the morning. Breakfast was ready, with idly, wada, seera, upma, banana’s and tea and coffee. Everything was marvelous, tasting something like sharavati. We filled our water bottles, switched the cell phone off and left for the campsite. It was a half an hour trek through the jungle. We reached the base of a straight 100ft high rock, perfect for rappelling. First we tried our hand at Jummering. It’s a technique used by cave explorers to move up. It was a wonderful experience, as we had never done this thing before. Then we all gathered courage and went uphill to try ourselves in rappelling. It was scary at first, but with beautiful instructors, the experience became memorable. The safety was given prime importance and no deviation was accepted. Checklists were filled before anyone was allowed to move down the hill. It somehow brought the unwanted office memories, but we warded them off in making fun. After the adventure we marched towards the river. It was also a half an hour trek, this time through a more dense forest. Finally we reached the riverbank. The rafts were ready to take us to the other side but we didn’t want to waste even a second of fun in water. So wearing our life jackets we jumped into the water to swim to the other end. Even rookies like Mayank and Tanmay preferred to swim than to go by raft. After an hour of water masti and annoying the French instructor we came out of the water. Lunch was ready and others (not fond of water) were playing the fools game (cricket). We had our lunch and lay there relaxed, far from the worries of the world. At around 4 in the evening the instructors gathered us all to play some team building games. We had started only when rain started pouring, not just pouring but heavily pouring. For some it was a spoil sport, but for us it was the best we could have asked for. We played volleyball and throw ball in the rain. Finally it was time to leave the place. With a promise among ourselves to visit it again in a small group we trekked our way to a nearby village where our busses were waiting. The last ride of the trip was filled with songs and laughter. Had dinner on our way in a country club resort and returned home by 11 in the night.
A day of adventure and joy came to an end, with memories frescoed deep in our hearts.
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1 comment:
Big B u used to be really good at story telling and elaborating ur experiences but DAMN..!!
u are even better now..!!
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