Shaurab Lohani

The day that I almost got killed by Rolling Stone I  saw my entire life in a split second, I saw a mother crying upon the dead corpse of the only son, I saw all the goods that I had done in my entire lifetime, most important I recalled all the sins that I had committed knowingly and unknowingly, my childhood, my close friends, my sister and my deceased father. There was nothing that I didn’t remember on the day that I almost got killed by Rolling Stone. It was November of 2014; I had a phone call early in the morning, around 6 am from one of my partners at Wonderful Everest view treks and expeditions, who wanted me to assist our guests with the trekking in Manaslu Tsum valley. Without a second thought I agreed to chip in as it had been long since I said hello to my mountains. It was 23 rd of November and I was rushing to make all the permits ready, as the process was very manual and I was unaware of it, it was 24 th until we made all the required permits. Bags packed,...

I could feel my heart beat out loud, felt like it was in my mouth, thoughts looming as soon as a tiny bit of cloud seen under the blue sky. It does not happen like that usually but I was flying to Lukla for the first time; Lukla an airport with a runway of size 460m is ranked as World’s most dangerous airport time and again which is why I could feel the adrenaline. From my seat of the small dornier aircraft I could see the open cockpit and further outside the windshield. I had a chance to see the pilot view of the airstrip; it looked smaller than the alley I play cricket back at home. Lukla or Tenzing Hillary airport which is very prone to weather is also well known for fatalities amongst the Nepalese and the tourists. It was the most horrendous flight I had taken in my life till the day. Thanks god we touched down with no problems in Lukla. As we had a lot of distance to cover in short time and had a budget of economical nomad we decided to head further north closer to our destina...