Rappling- A Few of the 'Adventure' Stuff I Have Done
Rappling Down a Rock, Sankari, Har-Ki-Doon Base Camp 2004I had clicked this picture for our camp leader (and who turned out to be a good friend too, he visited us more than once when he has been in Delhi) on the Har-Ki-Doon trip. I too tried this activity and came down the rock without too much of a sweat. Then my younger nephew tried it and he slipped, got up and then came down. Unfortunately there are no pictures of ours.
That reminds me, during this trek, I had a very nasty Yashika film camera that used to jam the film at will. And you guessed it right, when we started walking from Seema to Har-Ki-Doon, the most most beautiful day of the walk, that damn camera jammed. That is when our camp leader handed us his digital camera for the rest of the trek. I mean that was really large hearted of him and whenever I remember this trek, I do think of his gesture with a lot of fondness.
That reminds me, during this trek, I had a very nasty Yashika film camera that used to jam the film at will. And you guessed it right, when we started walking from Seema to Har-Ki-Doon, the most most beautiful day of the walk, that damn camera jammed. That is when our camp leader handed us his digital camera for the rest of the trek. I mean that was really large hearted of him and whenever I remember this trek, I do think of his gesture with a lot of fondness.
Labels: Har-Ki-Doon, Photography, Trek, Uttrakhand, Uttranchal
posted by Mridula at 12:59 AM
6 Comments:
The British call it abseiling, I believe. :)
I've done it only once, somewhere in a jungle in Maharashtra, inside the Melghat tiger reserve. It was good fun!
wow..adventure sports keep the adrenalin levels up ..cameras always have a way of packing up during the best trips..I remember when I had gone to australia,in the 90s as a 21 year old..my camera completely packed up and I have no record virtually of the trip .
my har ki dun trip was cool also - just sharing the blog post and pics as you said you didn't have any
http://vinu.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/the-himalayan-trek-har-ki-dun/
On longer trips, we generally carry our older camera with us just in case something happens to the primary one, we have a back-up.
I have heard horror stories even with digital cameras - one of my friends accidentally deleted all the pictures of the trip half way during a 14 day vacation.:-(
was just browsing thru and was immediately captivated by this posting. thot i should share with you - water rappling is awesome!!! you should try it.
here's my first attempt (in a foolish manner):
http://penelopegan.blogspot.com/2008/04/waterfall-rappelling.html
Sidhu, when you are safely down, the memory surely is good fun :)
Backpakker, when I came back from Ladakh, I had not backed up the pictures and the comp crashed. Only 50 or so survive that I had uploaded on the webshots, as I keep saying, I have to go back to Ladakh.
Vinu, I have a lot of pics from this trip but taken on my friend's camera. Thanks a lot for the link, your pics are really good.
Pooja, I too treat the 'delete all' button with a lot of respect as it is too close for comfort to 'delete' button.
Penelope, thanks for sharing. That sounded like some adventure.
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