Hi!
I am Sam and am about to relate a wonderful experience I had a few days back. I love trekking and have enjoyed roaming around in the wilderness for years now. I usually go out with a bunch of friends, but that day none could make it. So I decided to go alone.
I decided to try and free-climb a cliff called Khagri Pinnacle. I parked my car at a safe place near the highway and made my way upto the base of the secluded cliff. I got out my gear and pulled back a little bit to mentally mark the footholds and handholds and the path I would possibly take. As I was watching, I saw a scarf fluttering around midway to the top, behind a projection in the rock. I walked around that part of the cliff and saw that someone was stranded right in the middle of the cliff. I rushed to my gear, quickly packed some food, a spare rope, a few essentials and the medicine kit in a smaller haversack and started climbing the cliff.
Being experienced, I knew that if I was not careful, I could slip and fall off. I continued at a steady pace, fixing bolts on the way. It was now afternoon and the sun was up, making the rock very hot to hold. Also, I couldn't look up without the sun getting into my eyes. I managed to reach a shouting distance of the other climber. I could see that it was a girl. I shouted to tell her that I was reaching her very soon. I got no reply in return. Worried, I increased my speed and at the place where the rock jutted out, I almost slipped and fell. But the bolts I was fixing on the way saved me from meeting a certain death. Catching my breath, I peered around the rock. There she was, with her back turned to me. Behind her was another girl, who seemed to be unconscious, and the first one was holding her steady. They were on a wide ledge, so were not in danger of falling.
Carefully, I navigated the projection and reached them. It was now late afternoon, but the rock was very hot and had the heat and the fast climb had left me completely drenched in sweat.
The girl noticed my arrival and turned to face me.
"Thank God, you have come. She fainted as soon as we reached here. I couldn't leave here to get someone. She might have rolled and fallen off the cliff."
"But didn't you bring any ropes or gear?" I asked.
"No, we did not mean to climb this high. We had just come here to practice a bit. We just kept on climbing and forgot that we were without water and gear, I guess. Anyway, we are not new to climbing and would have climbed down without a problem. It's just that she has been over-working the past week and got exhausted."
I pulled of my backpack, and going to the other girl, picked her up in my arms, and placed her in a little shadowy portion of the ledge. I sprinkled some water on her face, had a swig and offered the bottle to the first girl. She gulped down some water thirstily, but I could notice that she was an experienced climber too, as she drank just enough to wet her lips and throat. The other girl moaned and woke up. We helped her into a sitting position and gave her the bottle. She was dazed, but she too drank a little and kept the bottle aside.
Only now I noticed that I was with two of the most beautiful women I had ever seen and surprise .. surprise, they were identical twins. Even with their mud and sweat stained faces, they looked beautiful and I couldn't do anything but gawk at them, speechless. Both of them looked at my dumb struck face and started laughing.
"Hi, I am Jenny and this is Jane." One of them said.
"Hi, I'm Sam" I said, breaking out of my idiotic stupor.
