Adventure story - River rafting experience in kullu

When you talk about travelling , you always think it will be adventurous or not ? Adventure is not just doing the zipline, bungee jumping, skydiving, paragliding, etc. Though, I do believe that one should try these adventure activities at least once to test the physical strength and the mental ability to perform it. Going to unexplored places, meeting strangers, landing up at an unknown place at a strange hour or even trying an absolutely bizarre cuisine can also be adventurous. Traveling itself is a great affair with adventure.

From Paragliding, river rafting, zip line, Burma Bridge, and Commando walk, I have tried it all. But what took my adrenal rush to another level was when I did River rafting in kullu(manali). Being water so cold in himachal, it was a brave call for me to decide to put myself amidst water for rafting.

It was during the  second year of my college , when i got thinking to go on a trip like this , So i took bunch of my great friends to a trek to manali where i didn't thought i might be doing river rafting at the end. It was so challenging that feeling that way just felt so good to me that now also when i think of it i got goosebumps all over my body as that was the month of september when the water was really chilling and becoming ice and pulling such a thread out there was just awesome for me.

As you come close to the rapid and the moment it engulfs you within, was epic. I went blank for a second. The giant leap of water is simply thrashing you with full power and when you take full control of yourself in the raft and let it pass on you, it is a surreal experience. After experiencing the first rapid, it kind of broke the shell of fear and I started enjoying rapids one after another. 

I was fully drenched. The cold breeze just passed through my body, leaving me wondering about God’s creation. While rowing our boat, singing loud in groups, shouting with excitement, plucking out wild berries, feeding on them with joy, competing with other boats, somehow I felt that I discovered something new about myself. As if I had conquered my fear.