SSC Updates on 11-01-2019.SSC In my final expedition to Sagar Matha (Head of the Sea-the local name for the peak. of Everest), Neema Kancha was my mountain guide. He was a nice and helpful Nepalese man who used to scold me at times, when upset.The last track to the peak of Everest began. It was a very dangerous, narrow path. I slipped and fell once; even my oxygen was running out. I was struggling with my paining leg. My sherpa said I must quit, but I knew that there was no going back. I pushed forward though my sherpa kept insisting that I should return. "I have enough oxygen to reach the summit and hoist the country's flag. What happens afterwards doesn't matter anymore," I
told N eema Kancha firmly. Remember, none can defeat you until you concede. Yes, occasional failures will test you but keep trying. Some doors of opportunity will certainly open. Then I could see him following me even as I continued to drag myself to the top. The drag-walk-drag continued till it finally happened. The top is a small20'x 20' ice table. I saw several flags of various countries fluttering proudly. I had lived this moment so many times in my mind that I did not have to be told that finally I had arrived. At 10.55 am on 21stMay,2013, I was on thetopoftheworld! I felt like dancing, crying and laughing at the same time. My mind was a kaleidoscope of emotions. Everyone has a reason to be alive. May be this was mine. I held my flag and raised both my hands high up to
register my country's record.
