Saturday, August 2, 2008

Final few days at NIM and the certificate

On return, there were 4 days to go before the graduation ceremony. These days were spent in additional navigation exercise (based on the feedback forms we filled up at base camp), some more wall climbing, one additional trip to rock climbing area etc. Evenings were spent in preparations for 'Camp Fun'. The day of graduation ceremony came and we were given stuffy pullovers to wear. After lot of rehearsals, we finally got our 'pins' from the chief guest and this was followed by a similar ceremony for the Advance Course. The evening brought on a song and dance show by the trainees. It was time to say goodbyes to each other as we all left the institute for our homes in the early hours on the next morning.

The certificate arrived after a gap of 2 months and thankfully, I got the A required to attend the Advanced Course, which I intend to do next year.

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