life flashin by...

Well so how many of us have experienced near death situations in their life ever before? I mean seen life flash thru ur mind in a jiffy !

Well not many like I thought… Well u r lucky & I am too 2 be livin today & telling u this tale..a short & favourite pick from the adventures of my life… - it happened when I was TREKKING… so itz a fine Fri evenin & we (me, Aditya & Kevin) were all set to leave for our adventure @

We reached the base @ arnd 6:30 am.. & I was kinda shocked to c that there was no1 else…those of us familiar with trekking in Maharashtra would certify this to be odd as we were in the thick of the trekking season…Mid August this year.. we trek enthusiasts pray d 2nd most for rains btw… 1st d farmers & den itz us :-p

So yeah..where was i… now I wasn’t familiar wid dis trek but Aditya was.. & since he was so sure of himself (having been here before) we decided to opt out of a guide or paid directions from any local… We began our ascent @ abt 7am & were greeted with some lovely showers…Now this trek viz. supposed to be jst a level above “Nature Walk” turned into quite a trek.. Treks are generally classified into – Nature walk, medium grade & tough grade”… So, here we were following in the footsteps of our able leader Aditya who we later realized had no clue of the trouble he was getting us into..


I had by now got a feeling that maybe we are on the wrong track.. but Aditya…being the arrogant guy he was refused to budge…there were no tracks visible… no course outlined but jst a really rough path..few more mins into the trek I complained again only to be boood & ushered ON like goats being led by a shepherd. This time he even added that we are almost there…only a few mins away…that’s the problem with confident people..in fact he fell in the over confident bucket..


Post trekking another 5 mins or so… we reached a point where we cud c d fort walls & thatz it jst d walls.. dis time der was definitely sumthin fishy bcoz even Aditya was lost..he was sweating profusely & acting nervous…we looked arnd & der was no entry point visible…we looked back & were astonished 2 c wat we had jst accomplished…there was a steep hill goin down @ d back… it luked impossible 2 go back that way & 2 make matters worse it even started pouring making the grnd under feet slippery…we jst had a few branches to hold on to & things were really messy @ dis point…


So, here we r me, the gr8 Aditya & Kevin…oh btw I’ve been holding back 1 ini miny secret from u guys… Me & aditya r jst normal humans (Indians 2 be precise) but Vola – Kevin..he was from Singapore (an intern with TCS)..for those of us unaware of this amazing fact – every Singaporean citizen has got to undergo compulsory military training upon completion of his college & they make u tough… so while me & Aditya were both seeing moments of our life flash by us, praying to god & almost peeing in our pants Mr Kevin here was analyzing the situation & figuring out how to get over this.


We cud hear sum noises from the other wise of the walls…there was quite a gathering from all the commotion we made.. Sum just screaming, Sum abusing wat on planet earth did we guys jst do… & sum more yellin… 2 sum it up all wanted to prove we were crazy & fit for Thane mental hospital…luckily there were no wardens arnd .. :-p


Whilst all this drama Kevin decided that the only way out was that some-one had to jump over the small cliff & then scale the wall… no guesses for who that was ! B4 we knew it he already lept over the cliff & onto the wall (the only support me & Aditya gave were prayers from all gods across boundaries, geographies  )He was carrying appropriate trekking gear on his & quickly tied a rope arnd him & flund the other end @ us.. now he was strong but we were still picking sticks @ who wud jump next…finally Aditya agreed as he was d 1 who brought us into this mess in the 1st place..

This way all 3 of us trudged onto the wall…Kevin quickly got over it with some support frm the locals on the other side… & we finally scaled the wall.. once over it we almost killed Aditya… but he was so shaken we pitied the poor chap…



We all breathed a sigh of relief having lived an extra life… among all the racket going on… Till date I celebrate my b’day twice.. 1 the day when I was actually born & 2nd the day I was re-born…I’ve given up on all sins that day ON… & yeah Kevin is my official Godfather. No matter where I m on this planet I make sure to call him on that day 



& I promise to visit Singapore once as well 2 salute their country for creating such heroes !