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SKANDAGIRI

  Well, I have just returned home from my first summer camp with a group of friends in Skandagiri, a group of hills around two hours bus ride from Bangalore. The summer camp which lasted six days was organized by a group called Inme.    OUR INSTRUCTORS   1. C.C (over-all head of Skandagiri Inme camp) 2. Tony (over-all head of our group) 3. Manju sir (our backpacking instructors) 4. Veer (Photographer) 5. Suljo   6. Appu mam (our camping teacher) 7. Goldie  8. La La 9. Nandi sir    THINGS WE DID   1. Backpacking 2. Climbing 3. Ziplining and Rifling 4. Water diving 5. Helter Skelter   1. BACKPACKING   As our instructors told us, backpacking is a mix between hiking with a backpack and camping. It was also the first activity we did at the Skandagiri. On the first evening, my group and our instructors hiked out to one of the lakeshores to watch the sunset and decide upon a name for our group. After a lot of arguing we came up with a name: Th