Never Stop Exploring: Rishikesh – An Adventurous Journey.

There is no certainty; there is only adventure – Roberto Assagioli

Gateway to Himalayas – that’s what Rishkesh is called and it totally befits the description. The majestic Ganges flowing down the valley shows the spirit and energy that the city command.

Wow!! This was the most happening day. We started late but we did the most daring adventurous stuff with full of thrill this day.

We reached Bungee Jumping venue about 2PM (Jumpin Height). With some formalities in their office, we moved to Bungee Jumping platform. Since it is normal to give lot of thought about such adventurous activity before conquering it, I had clearly decided to not to think about anything till the time I reach at jumping platform. I was very much successful in controlling my thoughts to that extent.

Ahmed jumped first since is he belong to Green Zone code me and bhayya belongs to Red Zone… lolz… let the color code be the secret, we could hear him screaming, that was enough to increase my heart beat… then two other guys then it’s time to change the code for Red Zone ,

KAKKA ALL SET TO JUMP

Bhayya opted for the first jump and I opted for the second turn. Platform has a passage of around 60 meters and Crew allow only three people at a time to go up to jumping platform. Bhayya and I reached at the platform. That was the time when I realized about what I am conquering today. . First Kakka Jumped, , Bhayya was put on all Harness and locks and was asked to move ahead. He sat for a while when harness and all locks etc were put on to me as well, it is hard to describe the feelings when I was getting ready to jump..

I looked at Bhayya and he looked alright, not at all nervous he was too excited. That added more spice into what I was undergoing. He was asked to move till the end of platform and Crew guy told something to him and he dive smoothly, there was no sound, when I looked down I saw he was enjoying and as per the Jump Master “Best Jump of the season”

BHAYYA CHECKING THE HEIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE....

Hardly half a minute and Crew asked me to come forward and sit for a while. Two Crew guys cross checked all the locks three times each and then I was asked to stand up and move forward slowly towards the edge of the platform. A rope was tied on my ankles and I was standing on the edge of jumping point. Before reaching to the dead end I was normal and did not felt what I am going for. But when I looked down I thought to come back. It was like committing suicide from 100 feet of height. Then I remembered “ Fear is temporary but the regret is forever”

IM .. TWO MINDED .. LOLZ

The experience after that showed completely different aspect of my personality. As I started moving forward towards end of the platform I was nervous and scared , crew guided me to move towards the end of the platform stood there for a while tried to calm down myself.

A Free fall and your mouth is just open and you see yourself falling down extremely fast. Then in few seconds you get a smooth shock of rope and gets a rebound towards upper side and then second and third. It is all about thirty seconds and you are done. By the time I stabilized in Air, I was shouting and I was really happy that I did not give up. And I could see kaka and bhayya down waiting for me.

when I was hanging from the rope. I could see river flowing down my head and I could see the blue sky and green mountains while hanging in the sky. Slowly they got me down and one person was standing on the ground asked me to hold the stick. After attempting twice finally I got hold of the stick and they pulled me down on the bed which was lying on the ground.

As soon as I got up from the bed he gave me a bottle of mineral water and put a badge on my chest written “I’ve got GUTS!!”. Now that was proud moment. They also gave us a certificate of Jump. Once we reached the office we had seen our video of jump. After relaxing for half an hour, we returned to our hotel.