Mumbai Adventure HR Meet at Alibaug

Last Month September I went to Mumbai Alibaug for HR Meet. When this meeting was announced First I thought this was a meeting and later I received a mailer contained a Document "Marooned". After that I was little surprised about this and waited for this event. 

First I went to Mumbai by Flight on Wednesday night and stayed in a IBIS Hotel near Airport. And I was instructed that a Cab will come in the morning to Hotel to pickup our team. (Some of our team members are already there in the same hotel). We started on Thursday morning by Cab and reached Gateway of India by 7.15am. We waited for other team members has to come and everybody assembled before 8.00 am. We started our Catamaran trip to Alibaug by A/c Catamaran. 

(Regular scheduled AC / Non-AC Catamarans & Speed boats with a capacity of 80 to 250 seats, from Gateway of India to Mandwa between 6.30 hrs to 20 hrs on hourly basis)

It took around 1 hour to reach Mandwa. In Mandwa the organisers arranged 2 cabs for us to reach our Resort in Kihim Beach Called Fountain Head. It's called as a Training Centre and we learnt well in that Resort. Two days we spent there was awesome.

(Kihim Beach - the actual name was "King Ham" beach, later it was called as Kihim Beach. Approximately 9 Km from Alibag and from Mandwa to Kihim Beach 10km distance)

Day 1: We had a small introduction session about everyone and the program started. After that we gone through a HR software explained by the developers. By 2 pm we had lunch and after that we went to near a beach area with the help of cabs. From there the real adventure started.

There saw that some ropes tied in between the coconut trees and we thought we have to walk on the ropes. 

The Game conductors / Organisers explained us about the first game. It was Stretch your limits. In that we have to place a stick at a longest distance from a line without touching any part of your body except your paws.

They formed us as four groups, in my group Vishal and vaneza are the team members. In first game we lost and in second game Bum a bridge we won all the four times. This game was really interesting for me. In this game a normal ladder will be there in one side and on the other side there will be a rope ladder to climb the tree. After the climbing of the tree, you have to walk on the ropes and hit the bell in the middle of the rope. Two teams has to compete with each other and who hits the bell first will win this game. I tried both the ladders and wins both times. 

Bum a Bridge

Bum a Bridge 2

After that we played A frame, in that we have to move the A frame without placing your leg down. your team members can hold the ropes tied on that frame for balance. In this game I lost my energy due to not consuming proper food so I came 2nd place.

"A" Frame

Kihim Beach

Next day morning we started with a Fire. They given some things which was Paste, Brush, Focusing lens, Some Chemicals, Bamboo sticks, Glycerine, Cotton, Paper and mesh etc., with these things we have to create fire in 5 methods. In first chance we didn't cracked anything but in second chance we found 3 ways to make fire with the given things. 1. Chemical Reaction - Magnecium sulphate with Glyserene. 2. Steel Flint with Magnet 3. Battery with Wire Mesh. Apart from these we can create fire with Bamboo sticks and focussing lens on a paper.

Next we have to create Mascot in Ice Bar. It's a kind of Ice Sculpture. We won in that creative work.
Also we played Blindsheep and created a standalone Catapult.

Ice Sculpture

The third day we had a great adventure. The Main game Rappelling - we have to descend down from a hill as face down. In our team two of us done as face down and one of my team mate done by Backwards. It was a real adventure and we had a thrilling experience.

Rappelling - At top of the Hill

Rappelling

Rappelling

In these games we came to know our mind and body's strengths and weakness and how we can act in a critical situations. It was very useful for all of us.