| ashu |
Posted
on 25-Dec-00 11:45 AM
Hi everyone,
If you want the ultimate thrill, the last great
adrenaline rush, go for bungy jumping at The
Last Resort -- an adventure garnay place on the
way to Tato Pani in Nepal-Tibet border in
Sindhu Palchowk Zilla . . .about 3.5-hour
drive from Kathmandu.
The ast Resort has what is supposed to be the
highest and the most spectacular fixed place on
the planet to bungy jump from.
Three friends (Salil, Neeraj, Bhaskar) and I spent
last Saturday bungy jumping from the Swiss-made and
New-Zealand-mangaged suspension bridge atop the
roaring, swirling, gurgling, swishing naked
Bhotay Koshi River.
Our bungy masters were two gregarious Kiwis and one
former Israeli commando . . . all with a sense of
adventure and a dollop of fun.
The jump experience, though scary at first, was out
of this world.
The height each of us jumped from was: 500 feet or
160 meters. (The Statue of Liberty is 301 feet tall;
a 25-story building is usually: 250 feet tall).
From the jump platform, set up in the middle of
the bridge, all one could see was the electric
blue sky above, and foamy white running water
underneath.
Staight ahead were the mighty green hills and
stern craggy rocks -- silent witnesses to the
madness we were about to undertake.
The jump itself was smooth and soft. You get to the
edge of the jump platform. You jump into the river.
You fall down, head first. You scream. You say to
yourself, "Man, I am actually falling and I am
going to smash my head against that big boulder in
the water there."
And you begin to see everything in soft
blurry liquid form.
All within a shred of a minute.
Soon, you feel yanked up. You bounce in the air.
Once.
Then twice.
Then again.
You look up. You see your pre-jump friends waving at
you from the bridge. You wave back, and shout with
joy.
Soon, you feel your cords being lowered for a
safe landing by the river.
Your post-jump friends cheer, and you do a
high-five with the gang.
And all along, you marvel at how safe, how smooth,
how soft the whole jump experience was.
Later, over mugs of San Miguel by the camp fire,
you relive the experience all over again . . . in
the company of those who are all as excited/stunned
and numb as you are on having jumped from the
suspension bridge into the Bhotay Koshi River, with
nothing but rubber cords tied to your legs . . .
The ultimate adventure indeed.
For details,
check out: www.visitnepal.com/thelastresort
oohi
"ready to go bungy jumping anytime now"
ashu
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