“ We look before and after
and pine for what is not ;
Our sincerest Laughter with some Pain in Fraught
Our Sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought ”
Our sincerest Laughter with some Pain in Fraught
Our Sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought ”
These words of Poet P.B Shelly got bedded in my soul ever
since I heard ,
Man is most afraid of the FALL in
life. Ego, Fear of Defeat or the fear to
fall is what gives Pain to us all.
Keeping this in mind I decided on the last month of October 2012 that I would kill this fear , which also implies the fall which we all are afraid of. I packed my bags and left for a journey which my parents little know about. Born in a Marwadi family I knew if I disclose my desires to do Adventure sports, I would not only be stopped leaving the house but also slapped for even thinking of risking my life.
Keeping this in mind I decided on the last month of October 2012 that I would kill this fear , which also implies the fall which we all are afraid of. I packed my bags and left for a journey which my parents little know about. Born in a Marwadi family I knew if I disclose my desires to do Adventure sports, I would not only be stopped leaving the house but also slapped for even thinking of risking my life.
So, without making much of fuss I reached Rishikesh on the 1st
of November 2012 .
It seemed the winters had arrived the place in the flight before me, cold breeze, foggy here and there , Creeping Birds, the silent but firm noise of the River Ganga flowing below the Laksman Jhula. After admiring the Gorgeous Nature I WENT 15 KM further upward to Mohan chetti a small cluster of small houses between the cliffs some 300 feet above the Ganga Bed.
It seemed the winters had arrived the place in the flight before me, cold breeze, foggy here and there , Creeping Birds, the silent but firm noise of the River Ganga flowing below the Laksman Jhula. After admiring the Gorgeous Nature I WENT 15 KM further upward to Mohan chetti a small cluster of small houses between the cliffs some 300 feet above the Ganga Bed.
The Adventure Sport Zone in Mohan Chetti ( Rishekesh) is run
by “ JUMPIN HEIGHTS” a company run by a
ret. Army officer , monitored by Miss Martina from Switzerland, Mrs. Ebby from
Austria , Matthew from New Zealand and
a very well trained crew from India.
After signing up the
Bond , which states that I am doing the Bungy jump and the Giant Swing on my
own wish and a Disclaimer of my good health condition . The expert there check
if I am fit enough to jump or not. Finally around 10.30 am I was given a Fit to
jump certificate , they took my weight n wrote in with a Marker on my right
wrist, now this act of weighing and then writing it boldly on my wrist don’t
know why frightened me , I started feeling small jolts of shivering some where
within me.
I reassure my self, reconfirmed myself that its just nothing but a Jump which is controlled by some of the best experts and its just a SPORT.
I reassure my self, reconfirmed myself that its just nothing but a Jump which is controlled by some of the best experts and its just a SPORT.
I walked till the
elevated Iron Bridge which was 100 mtrs away from the Office, I was accompanied
by Raja a Local resident and a crew
member at the Jumpin Heights.
I kept smiling at myself and to others but my heart gradually started beating faster as if my idea of fooling it with a smile had failed miserably. I entered the bridge whish is designed by the Jumpin Heights , they call is “Jump Sight” , I was greeted there by Mathew, Martina, and Ebby, they introduced themselves , trust me if u try to look down from there you would know what fear is, I pretended to be super cool and went on listening to their instructions . Each one of them were dressed in sporty casuals , with a safety jacket on and a rope from there waist was tied to the top of the bridge as a safety measure as the bridge shakes even with small steps. These ropes are must for the crew safety, in breezy conditions it keeps the crew focus on Our safety .
Mathew , made me wear a jacket, which had couple of hooks, then I was given a band like belt which was attached with the jacket and my waist and upper body tied up well. Ebby , Tried my feet with a “Hardner” , a hook was attached to it, now I was thoroughly checked by two other crew member , further I was taken forward , near the edge where Martina hold me n fixed a Big Fat Elastic Rope to the hook attached in my feet. Now , this is the rope which will safe my life, now the heart beat went on to beat faster , my eyes could not see down anymore , still I managed to smile to the camera placed on the tip of the bridge to catch my Jump. Finally, the moment came when I was on the edge of the bridge, the entire crew was behind me n I could just see the sky in front of me, little was I interested in what is below me, Martina went on advising me how to jump, I guess she read my face well and cracked a joke or two which obviously I dint hear, my ears turned deaf, my heart had paused, my eyes could hardly see when Someone shouted “ONE” TWO THREE “ Bungeeeeeeee” n I jumped,………..
for few seconds I don’t know what had just happened, then I saw I am bouncing on the rope, head down and feet up , few seconds latter I felt I will bang in to the hills but in fact it was very far away, the bounce stopped, I could see the Jump is successful, there was a team of boys to help me land safely , they managed to pull me down , I was so thrilled not because I was alive but because I had beaten The Fear within me and Now I know why Men fear of the Fall, be it the literal Fall or the Fall from the top of your life…. Nothing is more joyous in life than life, I realized it , Men fear in life and make it a Sad life, instead if one can win over the fear you realize Life is a “ Gorgeous Lady”
I kept smiling at myself and to others but my heart gradually started beating faster as if my idea of fooling it with a smile had failed miserably. I entered the bridge whish is designed by the Jumpin Heights , they call is “Jump Sight” , I was greeted there by Mathew, Martina, and Ebby, they introduced themselves , trust me if u try to look down from there you would know what fear is, I pretended to be super cool and went on listening to their instructions . Each one of them were dressed in sporty casuals , with a safety jacket on and a rope from there waist was tied to the top of the bridge as a safety measure as the bridge shakes even with small steps. These ropes are must for the crew safety, in breezy conditions it keeps the crew focus on Our safety .
Mathew , made me wear a jacket, which had couple of hooks, then I was given a band like belt which was attached with the jacket and my waist and upper body tied up well. Ebby , Tried my feet with a “Hardner” , a hook was attached to it, now I was thoroughly checked by two other crew member , further I was taken forward , near the edge where Martina hold me n fixed a Big Fat Elastic Rope to the hook attached in my feet. Now , this is the rope which will safe my life, now the heart beat went on to beat faster , my eyes could not see down anymore , still I managed to smile to the camera placed on the tip of the bridge to catch my Jump. Finally, the moment came when I was on the edge of the bridge, the entire crew was behind me n I could just see the sky in front of me, little was I interested in what is below me, Martina went on advising me how to jump, I guess she read my face well and cracked a joke or two which obviously I dint hear, my ears turned deaf, my heart had paused, my eyes could hardly see when Someone shouted “ONE” TWO THREE “ Bungeeeeeeee” n I jumped,………..
for few seconds I don’t know what had just happened, then I saw I am bouncing on the rope, head down and feet up , few seconds latter I felt I will bang in to the hills but in fact it was very far away, the bounce stopped, I could see the Jump is successful, there was a team of boys to help me land safely , they managed to pull me down , I was so thrilled not because I was alive but because I had beaten The Fear within me and Now I know why Men fear of the Fall, be it the literal Fall or the Fall from the top of your life…. Nothing is more joyous in life than life, I realized it , Men fear in life and make it a Sad life, instead if one can win over the fear you realize Life is a “ Gorgeous Lady”
I climbed the mountain and came back
to the bridge for the Giant Swing, which was even more thrilling, legs were not
tied body was and you swing in the air , between the valleys over the Ganga and
you are in air for 80 long seconds…… Life is God’s beautiful Gift , cherish it
by Living it not by Fearing it………you read this today because I am happy and
alive….. for more details on Bungee jump, Swing do write in to me @ sumitbhattsb@gmail.com, call me at 033
24033492.
Stay happy, stay fear free……
Stay happy, stay fear free……
Swing Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixBJfF4fx-8
