“One way to get the most out of life
is to look upon it as an adventure” - William Feather
Activity Started – 24 November 2014
Activity Ended – 26 November 2014
Approximate Time - 8 hours
Criteria of CAS – Action
I always dreamt about new adventures and new places but never
got the opportunity to experience it. When my school introduced an Adventure
trip to Pachmarhi I got very much excited and said yes. The plan was from 24th to 27th November
2014 from Nagpur to Pachmarhi and do some adventures activities. We do
adventure activities to overcome our fears and rise and become a better person.
I have phobia from height and fire. I always thought of overcoming my fears but
never got the opportunity, I saw this trip as one. First of all we planned
the activities we were going to do in Pachmarhi with our escorts.
Pachmarhi is hill station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is
famous for its other name “Satpura ki Rani” (Queen of Satpura). The name
Pachmarhi is derived from Hindi words Panch (five) and Marhi (caves). These
caves were believed to be built by Five Pandavas Brothers of Mahabharata during
their exile. The town has been a tourist attraction because of its cold
climate, beautiful scenarios and caves. The administration of the town is
serving Indian Army. Tigers and Panthers have been spotted there. I pack all my
stuff for this trip and got my mind prepared for any challenges to come.
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Start of the Journey
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In Bus
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On 24th
morning we all gathered at school and we all were ready for the adventure
waiting for us. We boarded the bus at 11am, we started our journey with melody
of songs and excitement of our hearts. Pachmarhi is around 300km away from
Nagpur, We enjoyed the 6 hour journey. Photography is my passion and this
journey provided me a great opportunity to take photographs of beautiful
nature. During the journey we played few games to take our minds off the
dangerous mountain we were driving through. We reached there at 7pm, after that
we checked in. Our hotel’s name was Paradise.
My roommates were Jaidev, Kaustubh, Advait and Pranav. I and my friend Jaidev
spent some time at the camp fire. We had our dinner then went to bed early as
we had to wake up early.
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Our ride in Pachmarhi
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My group at the top of the Pachmarhi Caves Mountain
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25th Morning we woke up and got ready as our
adventure was about to begin. Our first adventure was Pachmarhi Caves, which
were made by Pandav brothers of Mahabharata. Here we DP students become leaders
for our juniors. We divided them in different groups and leaded them throughout
the trip. Our escorts guided us further. My group members were Advait Kolse,
Prithviraj Shinde, Nakul Shinde and Ayan Das. It was a difficult task to
manage these super excited teenagers and climb the mountain but I did it as I
had the potential. These Caves are on a mountain and you should have a good
will power and physical strength to climb these mountain. This was a new
challenge I undertook. I worked collaboratively with my group while climbing
this mountain as well I guided my group members. This was a great
responsibility for me to guide my group members in this dangerous trek. It made
me a little tense.
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Me and my classmates at Caves
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My group near Caves
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We went to each cave during climbing the mountain. I
showed perseverance and commitment in this activity. I and my group reached
the mountain’s top first. The view from the top was beautiful, I never
experience like it before. It was amazing. Getting down from the mountain was also a
difficult task. Before leaving I did one more activity which was Horse riding.
My coach plus escort Mr. Manoj Singh gave me a quick 5 minutes lesson on horse
riding. Horse riding was a new challenge I undertook. I was very scared
as I never rode a horse before and there was no guide to hold the horse or to
control him in a difficult situation. I sat on the horse hoping he will not
throw me. As I started riding I started liking him, riding was fun but it also
needed concentration and confidence. Only I and Manoj Sir rode the horse in our
group, Manoj Sir had done it before but it was whole new experience for me. I
experienced a new skill called Horse Riding and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
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Horse Riding
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The next destination was B-fall, it is a hill near the town.
We got there by our jeep and we traveled further distance by foot. There were many
steps, my group’s Prithviraj got very tired during this process as he is
overweight and also suffers from asthma. I encouraged him to continue. He got
motivated and decided to continue. We reached there and enjoyed the fall. I
also helped others to climb the slippery rocks. Sunset was near and we decided
to go to Dhupgarh, it is the highest point in the Satpura Range. It has the
famous sunset point. Dhupgarh is 1350 meters high. When we reached there the
whole scenery was just awesome, it is very beautiful. If I call it Heaven on
earth I wouldn’t be wrong. I got very emotional after seeing it as I never saw
such amazing scenario in my whole life. After this tiring day we had a small
party, all my stress was relieved after spending some time with my friends.
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Zip-line
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Zip-line also called Death slide
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Group at Sunset point
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