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My First Bungy Jumping Experience-"Adventure on Yall" at The Last Resort

               Travelling at near terminal velocity , hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi river,  something that saves your life attached only on the feet, ankles and shoulder, it feels like the stuff of nightmares; but I did it the ultimate challenges, nothing beats than bungy Jumping at -The Last Resort.

(Our Team Ready for Jump after Basic Instruction by Crew)

               Eventually, after getting entry to the so called bridge of Terror, it feels like the wait is over after hours that we anticipated. The heart start pumping rapidly even just looking at other jumpers jumping. The crews taught us some basic safety instructions. I'm wearing the weird strappy harness thing, I literally feel it snug on my hips, legs and over shoulders. There's a dangling hook that flaps around while I was waiting.

                The crews were instructing the next group, they're working with the deliberate speed, checking for safety as their jumper looks to them with their life on them. For the crew it's just another group of jumper but their voice is gentle and reassuring.

They've arranged the group according as the weight of jumpers in descendant order, so I'm the last one to make a journey to the River- luckily!!

(Posing over 160m high Bhotekoshi Bridge)

Boys of my group started Jump off- some of them do swing, started with Ishwor and Pradip-swing and rest of us three are ready for bungy.

Yanks on my harness on few places, makes few small adjustments and checks on my hand. My weight and Jump number is marked on my hand in bright black which will help me to find my photos and videos at the office of The last Resort at Kathmandu, Thamel later, if I will survive....HAHA!!

                    I don't know, my heart either pumping rapidly or stops working. The crew member starts strapping all sorts of things on my feet, make me move outside the suspension cable as their slogans- "Walk like a Penguin, Fly like an Eagle & Dive like a Dolphin"-where I'm about to jump through the 160m deep George to meet my death or my complete elation and in the mind only one thing that's all gonna will bring me back alive?? Then crew said finally- one .....two....three....bungy....and after all, Free fall-this is happening, the wind is ripping through my hair. All the anxiety , fear, nervousness disappear for an instant of time. 

(Jumping from the Bridge 160m high Bridge of Terror- Experiencing Free Fall)

I Let go, I'm falling , completely Inverted, head down and feet up. I see the river below its coming to me So.....FAST!!
After a few minutes of swinging , the crew pull me back to the bridge. Blood is still running through my head. I'm scared finally at the bridge somehow fear is masked by this feeling of complete elation.
I look around with my friends and next jumpers and Yell out- "Yaaaaaa.......Whooooooo.......oooooooo". Completely, I'm back to the deck and celebrate my life again!!!

(With Ishwor- after Bungy/Swing at Entrance of the Bridge at The last Resort Office Side)

I request you all to try this adventure once in your life time.

नेपालको संविधान, २०७२ को प्रारम्भिक मस्यौदामा मेरो सुझाव:

१. नेपाल धर्म निरपेक्ष्य हैन हिन्दू राष्ट्र नै हुनुपर्छ।
२ स्थनिय निकाये देखि प्रधामन्त्रि सम्म नै प्रतक्ष्य निर्बचित् हुनु पर्नेछ।
३. समानुपातिक सांसद खारेज हुनुपर्ने ।
४. सबैले शिक्षामा समान अवसर पाउनु पर्ने र योग्यताको आधारमा मात्र पदोन्नति गरिनुपर्छ।
५. मौलिक अधिकारको ग्यारेन्टी ।
६. सभासद् तथा मन्त्रि हुनको लागि सैक्षिक् योग्यता को सिमा निर्धारन् गरिनुपर्छ।
७. बलात्कारी लाई मृत्यु दण्ड को कानुनी व्यवस्था, भ्रष्टचारी लाई फाँसी ,चोर फटाह हरुलाई कम्ती मा ५ बर्ष जेल सजाय अनि श्रम दान गराउने व्यवस्था हुनुपर्छ।

आदि आदि ।

Rebar couplers/mechanical splice

Mechanical rebar connections, also known as mechanical splices, are used to join lengths of rebar together. Building code requirements for masonry construction now require longer lap lengths for some bar sizes.

Rebar Coupler:
These changes mean more congestion in masonry cells and more difficult construction. To alleviate this problem, builders can either use open-cell blocks, which are more expensive, or use mechanical rebar couplers to eliminate the lap. Reinforcing bar coupling has all of the features desirable in a rebar joining system combined with unequalled simplicity of installation. Couplers are designed to splice the same diameter bars where one bar is free to move and can be rotated.

Benefits of using a mechanical rebar connection include:

A self-aligning taper-threaded design provides continuity and structural integrity
Spliced bars behave as continuous lengths of reinforcing steel bars by providing full strength in tension and compression and stress reversal applications
Quick and easy to install
Develops higher tensile strength than lap splicing in reinforced concrete.

(Source: Civil-Engineering-Discoveries)

She lurks in the dark (against_poverty)

That gloomy afternoon

I saw stains that smelt of raw poverty

And her eyes, mist of the colour grey

Dark grey. 

I saw her firmly framing her blackened curves

Saw her covering her slashed heart

With a pint of hatred the world gifts

A pint of pity

A slap of volunteered abuse

An ounce of serenity.

That gloomy afternoon

I watched her

As she silently fought against her own stained fate

As she armoured herself for a battle she could never win

The victory belonged to her

Yet it was a battle she would never win......

Diamond Cliff Resort_Furni_Details

   By: Green Energy Group

World Highest Suspended bridge from HFL(Kushma-Gyadi Bridge)

Kushma-Gyadi Bridge/Kushma-Katuwachaupari Bridge/Modi River Bridge Kusma Located at                                         Parbat District, Nepal of 384 feet high / 117 meters high and 1,128 foot span / 344 meter span Announced at the beginning of 2008 and completed in early 2010, the huge Kushma-Gyadi catenary suspension footbridge is one of the world’s highest of its type. Crossing 384 feet (117 mtrs) above the Madi River, the trail bridge is also one of Nepal’s longest with a span of 1,128 feet (344 mtrs).

The map shows the probable location of the bridge crossing just south of Kusma over the unmarked Modi River gorge. The mighty Kali-Gandaki River lies just to the west.

A view looking upstream

                     

A view looking downstream

( very enjoyable video and music.)

                          (Lot of thanks to Narayan Gurung. and Basu Dahal. for the Photographs)