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The Darkest Night

As the sun disappeared in the west, we were all ready to start with our sixty kilometers run back. We were laced with one litter of water and chocolates to keep us alive on the way. We crazy bunch of adventurer were ready to kick start. We aligned our map with north direction and started towards our town. As we progressed ahead, the darkness kept on haunting us. It was so dark that we were not able to see any person ten meters ahead of us. We were running in the dried river, where the pebble stones were making things difficult for us. Our high ankle boots were good enough to prevent any kind of ankle injury. As we wanted to reach back before the first light, we were running with our backpacks. In the river, there was some water but it was not enough to drown our ankles but it was good enough to make way inside our high ankle boots to cause wetness and unrequired blisters in the foot. Now this was a challenge for us to keep our leg dry. We had torch in our hand which we were u...

The Beginning of Extraordinary Adventure

I believe in one thing that one can enjoy life when a person can push limits of his capability. People generally call such kind of person crazy. I don’t mind people calling me crazy because I enjoy what I do. Recently, we did a crazy thing. It is winters and I and my friends decided to go for camping. I am not talking about the camping which people from corporate or IT sector do just to satisfy them which is even not close to any kind of camping. I am talking about hardcore camping. We purchased map of the local region, and found a very favorable place in a forest reserve. The place which we selected as camping site was full of forest and wild animals, especially snakes. It was located on a long mountain ridge. A small river passing through a village which was not very far from the camping site. The first day we reached the camping site, it was a treat to watch the greenery. We walked for almost three kilometers up-slope to reach our camping location. It was full of veget...