Anyways, a lot has happened since the last time i wrote anything, the more recent thing is i was able to vote for the first time in this election, and I'm still feeling a lot more confident and responsible. :)
I completed my month long (28 days to be precise) Basic Mountaineering Course in Nehru Institute of Mountaineering , Uttarkashi. (apparently the premiere mountaineering institute in Asia).
The course was great, very physically demanding besides being mentally tough, and was a much needed break for me.
The course was mainly divided in 3 parts, Rock craft, Snow Craft & Ice Craft.
we trekked for total 3 days to reach base camp, at 12300 ft. though we found lot (and i mean a lot) of snow a camp before base camp at 11000 feet.
we spent 14 days at base camp doing ice craft and snow craft and map reading and last day as height gain (reached 15000ft).
Anyways that's that, course has ended, & I am back to the grind. The first thing that i felt after coming back was the HEAT !!! it was SWEATY and YUCKY !! and Mumbai definitely stinks.
After living for 15 days in zero and sub zero temperatures, it was difficult for couple of days to get adjusted, but once the inner Mumbaikar came out, then no issues at all.
The course was great, very physically demanding besides being mentally tough, and was a much needed break for me.
The course was mainly divided in 3 parts, Rock craft, Snow Craft & Ice Craft.
we trekked for total 3 days to reach base camp, at 12300 ft. though we found lot (and i mean a lot) of snow a camp before base camp at 11000 feet.
we spent 14 days at base camp doing ice craft and snow craft and map reading and last day as height gain (reached 15000ft).
Anyways that's that, course has ended, & I am back to the grind. The first thing that i felt after coming back was the HEAT !!! it was SWEATY and YUCKY !! and Mumbai definitely stinks.
After living for 15 days in zero and sub zero temperatures, it was difficult for couple of days to get adjusted, but once the inner Mumbaikar came out, then no issues at all.
Its been 2 months since i came back from my course, and damn it was a roller coaster ride, for some reason, work just keeps on pouring...
Ohh yeah and did i tell you that we rigged up cool stunts for a dance reality show "Dance India Dance" on Zee tv.
It was the most craziest week of my life till now, it was some 7 hrs of sleep in 62 hrs so effectively, we slept for 7 hrs in 3 days, 2nd day was all nighter, we actually worked for 24hrs straight, first day slept for 3.5 hrs and last day slept for 3.5 hrs. after that last 2 days we managed to get sleep of about 4 hrs each day, but in the end it was a great show, flawless execution of all the stunts from our side. Everything was well done.
Ohh yeah and did i tell you that we rigged up cool stunts for a dance reality show "Dance India Dance" on Zee tv.
It was the most craziest week of my life till now, it was some 7 hrs of sleep in 62 hrs so effectively, we slept for 7 hrs in 3 days, 2nd day was all nighter, we actually worked for 24hrs straight, first day slept for 3.5 hrs and last day slept for 3.5 hrs. after that last 2 days we managed to get sleep of about 4 hrs each day, but in the end it was a great show, flawless execution of all the stunts from our side. Everything was well done.
( 4th day also happened to be my birthday, where i switched of my cell phone for whole day so that i wont get disturbed while i was working, and boy did i get fired left and right from everyone, i finally went around calling everyone who had tried to get in touch with me unsuccessfully, and asking them to wish me :P ).
but all's well that ends well.
Will keep you posted about the rest of the happenings.
Adios Amigos
