The Chills and thrills of adventure

  A TREK IN THE LAND OF PARADISE- KASHMIR The Hustle bustle of the second wave and paradigm shift of media attention from the pandemic Covid-19 to Taliban attack on the Kabul, many of the trekkers who showed interest initially, later backed out apprehending an attack in Kashmir too. Though Kashmir has been a disturbed area for more than two decades but nevertheless a few from Mysore city and Bangalore city took little extra courage and went on a trek to the Great Lakes of Kashmir from 24 th -31 st Aug 2021 says Mr Purushotham M a contractor of Mysore. As I had been in this region way back in 1988 when the situation was cool and calm but now it was little apprehensive to go to as there was a sword hanging on the head about any time gun fire can happen due to various factor but nevertheless we twelve members from the state decided to go come what may ever and face the challenges with grit determination says Ms Jagadamba of Bangalore. It was wonderful season to see the flowering time

  Dream Come true!!!   It was in 2006 when my friends did the bungee in Mysuru as part of Dasara Adventure Sports and we were doing a trekking program and the lucky trekker will get a Bungee jump and in the lucky Dip. It was a girl Miss Anannya Balasubramanya of Kendra Vidyalaya, Mysore who got the chance and we never thought it would be such an adrenaline rush.   She was overjoyed by the experience and nevertheless the burning desire to do it myself was there in me. But we got to earn it, says my mentor who is no more in this world now.   The desire in me to do it, but this was the fantasy in life and I had no money to part for the activity like this during those days. Even I dared not to ask money at home for activities like this.   Though the organizers were my friends dared not to ask them to give me a jump for the experience and I pay later when I have it. As they were also just new entrant in the field, so it was not fare enough to ask them too.   But I had the gut fe