Don't know how fast the time has gone and become more mature than yesterday. Many ups and down in this business. I still remember when I was in grade 5th a bunch of foreigners were at out schools with pencils, colors and chocolates. That time there wasn't a #lukla #airport neither other airports that much. Only the gateway of #Everest was from Jiri Airport or Drive to Jiri.
I thought they were just to give pen and pencils in schools but after when I walked into the tourism door than I realize that they were for #adventurein #Nepal. Nepal was pretty safe from everything we use to see many many #trekkers every single day.
When I look back my #childhood I feel so grateful and happy thinking that I had done my adventure activities in my daily life. #Walking on the cliff carrying loads of grasses wood stick, #rocks. Now I feel that was my #adventure but when I was doing that wasn't my #adventure that was my#life and the #moments . We use to have 20-30 goats at home and always have to take them in jungle for their food; I mostly get excited to take them. Leave goats on the grass field and walking over the cliffs,#climbing trees, collecting fire woods and grasses in the bamboo basket then finally jump from the highest point into the #water. That was pretty cool to jump!
That's how I grew up under the #mountains #hills into the water, dense forest and with wild animals. We use to see many wild #animals, leopard, Tiger, monkeys, wild cats and others they were like our friends but I didn't play with them grin emoticon . Every month the tiger use to grab our goats, because we were being jumping into the water and tiger use to feed themselves. I remember how my grandfathers use to scream at me and give me some slap on my face. O that was my life, that wasn't adventure for me that was moment.
Now that place where I grew up with animals and goats and those friends, rivers nothing is same just the cliff and #mountain is still looks same. Where they gone I have no idea, maybe how I walked away in big town same like that they also walked away. I was there that's why they were there. I forget giving love to that place and i am seeing totally different.
I see now a days kids or other people play with mobiles, video games, staying inside the cozy room hitting like buttons pictures on Facebook, Instagram. They have no idea of this mother nature, they have no idea of life, they have no idea what is really a life looks like. They can read a thick book but mind is more thicker for nature and the real life. Copy Paste Life, don't have own stories, don't have own words thoughts.. but this is also a life which i am doing now in free time.
I use to jump from one tree to another tree, used to climb on top of bamboo and jumping from one to another wasn't scary for me. Walking over the cliff and falling down getting hurt scratch all over legs, body, wounded bloods around but also that was the best memorable moments which I can't do now. A small village boy has no ideas neither had seen climbing ropes, harness, belay devices, climbing shoes nuts too many things are here now. Now I had seen all these gears but not in practice using those gears, maybe getting OLD grin emoticon grin emoticon . Feels like born with the adventure bloods, but now sitting inside a cozy room, preparing itinerary, plans, spending hours and hours in front of Laptop, Mobile.. O what a life was that.
I remember those days when Maoist was with guns all around the villages, forcing people to join guerilla training. On that time also there were many trekkers not like my 5th grade but tourism was good. Many Germany trekkers use to visit Nepal during that Maoist insurgency but now tourism is getting down and slow. For tourist it was safe to visit they didn't harm foreigners but some places they use to take money as donations. But it was pretty tough for us I was almost killed by Maoist and also from Army, 3 times I was almost shot by Maoist that I didn't join with them and I look like Army. Armies had put 2 times in rucksack and were ready to shot me that I belong to Maoist. Holyshit!! That was not an adventure but now seems like I had survived from death and walked down home from Top of Everest. Had survived from that part and still walking on this business.
This job has given me many things in life, if I was not in this field I wouldn't have feel the thin air of Mount Everest base camp, I couldn't feel those amazing mountains around me, I couldn't have seen people inside my home country how they are living, I couldn't have learn our own cultures, meeting seeing making friends all over the world and the big dreams to explore biggest cities in the world. I am with amazing person, people, and friends from different parts of the world. I haven't imagine and wasn't in my mind when I was jumping over the clips and jumping into the water in small town. I had no idea how does the Everest and other mountains looks like, I had seen other mountains and played under the Himalayas in my hometown but in our book there was a chapter to read About world's highest mountain in the earth MT. EVEREST. Had just seen a black n white pictures and read about Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing is the first person who put foot step on top of Everest. It surprises me that Nepal full of adventure country but we didn't have those proper courses to study neither in government neither in private sector. So my first Everest hike was pretty interesting, didn't have proper hiking shoes, not even clothing I thought it's nothing for me I was raised and born under the Himalayas. Jesus it wasn't like my hometown, it was totally different surrounded with giant mountains, god dam cold, hard to breath. At first it was disappointing to be there because above Dingboche (a town) there wasn't greenery, no normal life, balck rocks, White Mountains, snow I started missing my greenery village, home, those trees, water fall, river. Honestly I wanted to walk back to home but couldn't I was with friends and there were clients. I never forget the 1 hr hike from Thukla to on the way Top, where there are many dead bodies and we were walking over there. Honestly it was fucking hardest ever n ever I feel god why I come here, why this freaking white people come here to do this stuff. But after crossing that pass Wow I did it and walked all the way to feel and see the Everest from my own eyes. I forget that 1 hr fucking steps where I couldn't breathe and walk, and then I feel why this white people come here. That was my first big adventure of life then continues walking over and over the Himalayas, had been in many places around Nepal with friends, clients, and I but also there are many places where I had not put my steps. Now I am into the real adventure and wanted to explore in different way.
Many of my friends who don't know about my work they use to see our pictures and says your life is full of adventure and enjoying. Some of them say what a life you had! Wish I had. They are crazy that looking at pictures and thinking that our life is adventure…. I say cool no way!!! We are with the moments, they had only seen our pictures with those amazing mountains and places but they can't feel how we survive from those places sometime. When we get sick and when we lost our own coworkers and team members then they don't know how we feel, I had that many accidents but always in my mind with the "ICIMOD IMJA Glacier Lake". 1 month with the Glacier Lake, black rocks, giant mountains around, snow every single day Fuck it wasn't that much fun. First few days it was wow wow feels like in heaven and thinking of life is beautiful, amazing, adventure but when it become more than a week then holyshit, fucking, god dam why I come here in this hell. Writing now I feel Life is a moment can't explain and express in words some people says life is an Adventure but is really a adventure in overall? While wining things then life could be explained in life is winning and happiness amazing. Those climbers who walk towards the world's highest peak they may say life is adventure in some point but when terrible things happen and get sick and seeing people dying around then could change the prospective of life is fucking terrible why I come here. Same thing happen while I was in Glacier lake I was leading a group, was enjoying as I write before for a week but after a week we lost our team member. 2 of member get sick so I had to walk back to Chukkung for their safety and health, once we reach their started snowing heavily. My mind was all the way to our camp, what had happen, what's going on? That my curiosity become in reality when I saw our guys were coming to chukkung in the midnight. Snow was about 3 and half feet I can hear them screaming and calling but was not sure what had happen. I ran outside and walked towards them I saw one of our team members was sick and guys were carrying him. While taking down I carried myself, jesus carrying human on that elevation nearly about 4700M or so is it was like l am dying right now. Can't even breath and walk on that snow and then to carry 80 – 90 kg person on back holyshit!!. That's not a life, and the saddest moment when I see someone dying in my arm and He died in my arm. I was shocked that this guy who had come in same place over n over and was saying guys don't need to worry. He was so charming and friendly person in our team, just hours before I was making way from island peak base camp to lake and after few hours he is dead and we couldn't do anything. Looking and watching after him all the night and carrying all the way down to Pheriche again for helicopter the dead body become heavier and bigger and bigger, it was scary to see his eyes. It was like I was with the ghost, Seriously!!. After that we lost our energy and always thinking to go back home, when you don't get a understanding clients or people then it will be more terrible.
Last year earthquake was almost dead, losing friends some neighbors. That was pretty devastating for nepal and also in tourism, taking care of clients, saving own life. Walking day and night on those places to provide food, shelter, medicine which made me possible from this job. No matter what but walked and was running every single minutes to help people and i hope i did my best. It wasn't easy but i did it and our team did it, thankful for all of those amazing friends who were with us, who were praying, thinking and helping. I can't forget this job which had given me a lot and lot..
Oh well many good and bad memories in this path, but overall I am enjoying and loving because I have had tons of wonderful memories and person in life which all had given from this job. This job made me to visit America and walking over there experiencing their mountains, people, places all from this and many more to come. Am thankful to my dad who show me the way to walk into this job, those companies who trust me, those friends who taught me, those clients friends who believe me and joining again and again. Thankful myself that I present and give some of my amazing work for those companies, guides, porters and all those people. Wondering what next !!
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