Written By: Nisha Joshi
I am a happy
girl. I want to experience all the adventures possible before I get old, of
course. I love traveling, trekking, wandering and be in-between nature. So, I
plan and go somewhere once a month.
To experience the
adrenaline rush, I decided to do Bungee Jump in Nepal’s first bungee jumping
site which is at The Last Resort in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal.
I have always
dreamt of doing the bungee and the plan of doing it was pending from so long.
So, sudden plan with my dear friend made me do bungee jump in 25th Nov
2016.
I was so excited
and happy to reach the place of my wishlist. The Last Resort was so calm,
peaceful, beautiful and enchanting. I was fascinated with the view all around
the resort.
The procedure of
bungee was: i) first I had to pay them for Bungee jump + video (if I want) +
T-shirt (if I want) because I wanted all so, I paid for all. In 2016, I paid
NRS. 6500 only /- but by now the price has been increased. ii) then they let us
take my weight in the weighing balance and iii) trained what I/we should and
should not do during bungee jumping and as soon as after bungee jump. I was
listening to them very happily because I knew I won’t be regretting doing it.
After the first
procedure, the bungee doers were taken to the bungee bridge. My turn was on
fourth so, I waited for my turn. Previous three jumpers did amazingly
good. And after the third jumper, my turn came. I was asked about my
current feeling, I just replied by saying, “ I am very happy and not nervous at
all”. Then I was taken to the jumping site.
As soon as I
stand in the jumping site, I was nervous as hell. I was not able to see the
river below. The instructor was telling me to jump by saying “3….. 2…. 1….
Bungee” but I could not jump in the first time. But with all courage I jumped
off from 160 m below in the second time. The experience is something different
I still can’t express in words.
I was
screaming loud. The feeling of flying for a while and hanging in the rope was
incredible as well as full of fear. I could see the flowing river so near me
and the freezing air were blowing over my face which was making me realize the
experience was real. The few seconds of free fall, that adrenaline rush, my
nervousness, and happiness were real. And YES! I experienced my first bungee
jump.
To come up, I had
to pull one of the rope, as soon as I pull the required rope, I was able to see
the environment around me parallel. I was surrounded by the high beautiful
hills and river below.
All in all, the
experience of the bungee jump was amazing and thrilling at the same time. I was
able to tick this magical experience off my bucket list.
Note: You must also
experience the World’s second tallest bungee jump (224 meters tall) at Kushma,
Parbat, Nepal which is about to open soon for all the people waiting for the
thrilling adrenaline rush.