Craziest thing i did : Waterfall Rappelling

Its pretty weird..i got a feeling as if i was missing something..and then i realized what it was when i actually visited this scrub wall of mine..So first of all kind apologies and warm regards to all those who visited this blog in the times when i was soooooooo passive...Well i have my reasons which i'll share with you but the biggest news is that I'M BACK!!

A lot of things have happened since i last scribbled here..celebrated by b'day abroad for da first time, did sand bashing in an Arabian desert, met a lot of wonderful people and yeah the usual fun-filled masala times continued all the way..Now lemme tell ya somethin new-something abt what i did last weekend-and i'm sure u'll like it preety much!

6:00 PM-Friday

Yeah thats the time when a weird thought crossed our minds to do something adventurous (OUR-myself and my pal –Tushar Hande....now u can very well understand the state of our minds :P) We came to know that a bunch of folks from our company were going for Waterfall Rappelling and we made an instant decision that we'll join them the next day. They didn't have seats available in their vehicle but that never was going to be a problem since i have my beast ready all da times ;) Well i'm a bit hesitant when it comes to long drives on a bike in a turbulent rainy season that too around a place like Pune..but somehow the adrenaline gush took control over my nerves and there i was raring for the dawn to break the next day!

7:45 AM-Saturday

Just what was expected-the sky was pouring down the heavens and the skies looked like a bag full of wet cotton balls dripping water all over. But once decided devils never take a back step and so i 'vroooomed' my bike-picked up Hande and started our journey..The rains were heavy-the droplets were hitting the face like a needle poking at the soft toy-but the views were breath taking on the old Mumbai-Pune highway as our bike went sailing-cutting through the low lying dense clouds at higher altitudes..70 kms was exactly what i was able to drive and then i decided that the time was right for a hot cup of tea; and as i rested my bike on the side stand i realized my fingers had gone numb and i was shivering with cold-and that first HOT sip made me feel like tasting paradise :)

I rarely trust on other’s driving (sorry Hande :P ) but i had become numb so hande took over and we covered 30 more kms before we reached the spot(Kondivade). To our surprise the other folks hadn't arrived yet so we took off on our own trekking our way through to the top of the peak where the biggest waterfall originates..that walk was awesome..the rocks were slippery and algae on top of those didn't help in the wet environment-plus my brand new woodland shoes didn't help my cause as the soles were not rugged enough to grip the slippery surface and hence i did slip a couple of times(phew!!)

But we reached the top in about 45 odd minutes and we found the rappelling professionals had arrived from mumbai and they were ready with the equipments-that place is awesome-the waterfall originates from the top and 200 feet below there is a cave underneath the falling water-and this place is about 2800 ft. from the sea level! Whooho!! As we geared up after reaching the top tension started to build-our life was dependent on one single piece of thread-if it broke then there was no way to survive but as i said before-NO TURNING BACK!!

The adrenaline rattled my head as i started rappelling down the waterfall-and the peak of the moment came when i could no longer feel the rock to place my next step-i realized that now it was just air-water-and ROPE for me to survive-i took a moment and swiveled around to see the view and believe me that was tremendously awesome! If heaven was somewhere then that had to be the place-where there was no sand beneath my feet-but only water gushing over my head in the mid-air!! I shouted "whooooo hooo!!!" and now i realized why Tarzan had that grouchy sound every time he flew!! But my God it was mind blowing-super dooper-simply awesome-enjoyed it to the foolest-i mean fullest!! :)

Now the next task on agenda is river rafting-heard its done on kundalika river and that sounds exciting-so dont be surprised if next time you find about that when u visit my wall!!

Adios!


PS: For the benefit of those who haven't seen this amazing creature called Hande-here's his snap taken while coming down the top. Enjoy devil's paradise ;)