When we almost Paraglided !!!!!

Man proposes and God disposes sounds like a cliché …..

But having experienced that twice in the space of few month one can’t but appreciate the profoundness of that . . . Funnily enough both the occasions were when I was all geared for “adventure sports” . In January 2017 my Chadar Trek plans were waylaid by “Mother nature” and now . . in March it was Paragliding which got canceled . . . .

I have noted elsewhere about the Chadar Experience . . . . . so now for the Paragliding one

After having signed up for Tattva Adventures UDAAN . . The paragliding experience . . . . We  (Myself and four others ) were all excited and looking forward to soaring in the skies !!!

After meeting at Dadar  . . . .  we proceed to one of the most happening eateries at Matunga for an awesome breakfast (and caapi )  . . . . and then onward to Lonavala . . . Jaal ( Co-head – Tattva Adventures) informs us that the timing for the Paragliding is 3.15 in the afternoon . . . . . Phir kya . . . aaram se breaksfast .  .and a relaxed ride through surprisingly empty Highways and ghats . Special mention of Antakshari – Bhakti style and the phenomenal memory of our two leads Sai and Jaal in singing full Bollywood  songs from dinosaur ages . . . .

Because of the time available at hand . . . we are given a special preview to the proposed future camping/glamping site of Tattva . . where we end up playihg carrom board . . . hoola hooping (hilarious experience ) and last but not the least . . .Box cricket ! ! ! ! !

You have to do certain activities to experience the sheer joy of doing them . . . . . Slap stick comedy . . . random comments . . . breaking out  into peals of laughter . . just few of the ingredients which make a great day . .and a great session . . . .

After lunch and a very short nap . .we gear up for  . . .the bonus of the day . . . Zorbing!!!  . . . . . . Again something which has to be experienced . For the record , I had to add it to the bucket list and then strike it off :D . Like most adventure sports . .The Zorbing was over far too soon....

 As we proceed to the eagerly awaited Paragliding area we are given a detailed spiel of how the system works . . . . . and the dos and donts by Rambo (!!!)  our friendly instructor.

Here we were . . . all geared up to experience the thrills of paragliding and the first one from our group Tanvi takes off . . . . .As she soars into the skies (camera whirring non stop !! ) few others are also selected for the flights. It is then that we notice all the selected ones are the light weight category since the air currents were not strong enough.

As time passes . . .the intensity of air current either remains the same or decreases . .  .and with it decreases our chances of soaring into the skies . . . . . After a hopeful few hours the Organizers finally confirm that the event is canceled because of the vagaries of weather.

The ‘lighter’ones still manage(d) to fly though . . .

Left me pondering whether a ten kg lesser weight would have let me fly . . . . Just another motivation to lose weight  I guess . . Time to get serious on the fitness front . . . ..

All said and Done ,  19th March 2017 will  be memorable day for me . . . The day when I almost “paraglided”