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Everyone has their own phobia. Well,Mine is height. Since My childhood,Everytime when I get called by my friends for some trekking or mountain climbing adventure, I will be the first one to come up with so many sick excuses. Thinking about height gives my anxiety and nervousness. My brain stops thinking and I forget to breath. But my recent adventure broke all the paranoia which I have been carrying till now. I am sure ,somewhere my story will link up with yours. It was a long weekend.so my friends planned for trekking to a local famous place which is 2 hours car drive from Mumbai. In the beginning of 2020 when I was reading out loud some of my bucket list, I didn't know that will happen so soon. I didn't have a choice to say No. I plucked up all my courage inside the washroom and decided to join my friends in this adventure. We left the city around 3 in the afternoon but it took us 5 hours to reach our camp instead of the usual time. Mumbai is known for its traffic and population so reaching at any place on time is a dream. It was dark and we had only four torches with us.we were 10 people including me. We had to walk for an hour from the vehicle parking to our camp. So many thoughts inside mind. I was just looking for an excuse not to travel but all in vein. I told my self, I can do it. I am strong, I do workout everyday and as an artist I need to change this thought. I have to over come this fear. What can happen in the worst case. I am ready to face whatever happens but I will keep walking. Thinking out loud I turned on my mobile torch and kept walking. I successfully reached our camp side. It gave me a bonus of confidence, like cherry on top of the ice cream. We started our bun fire and finished dinner. But it doesn't end here. Everyone started talking about their ghost story experiences and all of them know that I am afraid of horror stories as well. While everyone was trying to narrate their story,I was imagining my favorite food so I don't have to hear it. Somehow I passed this test again. Next day, I woke up to watching a beautiful sunrise at the top of the mountain. It was so fresh and full of life. We all started doing our photo session and I went to communicate with some locals to know about their life style. I love interacting with new people, know their culture,food and life style. After a while we started the big trekking which was a real challenge to me. Its do or die. All the time I kept saying me, I can do it . I was so afraid to look down. We had to continue climbing those rocky mountains for two hours. In between I was holding my small lauggage in my back thinking that it will give me some support. So after two hours of journey I reached the peak of the mountain. I remember dragging myself through out journey while holding those small rocks and scared as hell. But I made it. The journey overwhelmed me. It brought me tears in the end. It's just not me but my friends constant effort and support helped me today to conquer the fear of height. The view from the mountain top was inexplicable. It's a life time experience which I will never forget. After coming back, I decided to pass this experience. One thing I learned from the adventurous journey is fear is a state of mind. You are strong and capable of achieving everything.