Rock Climbing Drill for the Tekla Area

Now the Daily move to tekla.
The regimen in the first five days at NIM was like this;
5.00 AM Tea in the Dining Hall
5.50 Report to the Ground
6.00 Move to Tekla.
We all used to assemble in front of our hostel with our rucksacs which weighed arround 18-20 Kg. There used to be a roll call and the course senior with a special tenor in his voice( Atul Deshpande) used to shout "Course Savdhan" Then he used to whisper spmething in the ears f the rope instructor, probably telling him how many of us are still in the hostel trying to tahe the last wink of sleep. There after our Chief Instructor, Shri Ratan Singh with tounge in cheek humour reminded us of our likely mischiefs or things like not packing the crampoons otr the Koflachs inthe rucksac.
There after, the whole army marched downhill along the special route towards the Uttarkashi Town. Getting down the initial stairs and the jumpig load on our backs was a real tough job. All the landmarks which we encountered along our way were now a known sight. Even the right turns and the left opnes now had a special meaning. We all by now recognised the uphill slopes and the downhill slopes. All the name plates of the shops and even the Temple Bell had a special significance since it told us how far the next resting point was.

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