For you, Bhushan.

Some moments stay with you for eternity.

At 8000+ ft, he stopped suddenly and said : Sir, I want to sit here and cry. He looked straight at me, when he said these words to me.

I was taken aback for a while, but when I saw his misty eyes, I could understand the depth of his desire.

For the next few minutes he cried to his heart's content. I just stood there watching him. Speechless.

I am still speechless when I recall that incident. I am in awe of the fact that, God chose me, for that most intimate moment of his life. Could it not be any of the 29 of us? Was it a mere coincidence? Was it a sign of series of incidents that could happen to us?

My mind was fully occupied with these thoughts for the rest of trek. I had assumed that the whole thing would die down when we would both get back to our routine life. But it was not to be.

After long, I called him once, after receiving his mail. He told me then " It was one of the most precious day of my life...!!!"

Yet another signs of things to come. Yet another story in the making...