An adventurous weekend outing turned sour for a city couple after a rope activity went wrong at a nature camp in Kanakapura.
Divyansh Gupta, who had visited the adventure camp with his wife on Sunday, alleged that the rope used for a climbing activity gave way, and his wife fell down, suffering serious injuries. In a post on a social networking site, Gupta said: “This is called ‘Nature Adventure camp at Kanakapura’. We were 5 of us doing High rope activities. My wife Somya felt off from the 2nd rope obstacle and was dangling mid air with support of safety harness. The helpers couldn’t pull her back and within 10 minutes, the harness rope broke !!!! I mean really !?? This adventure camp has been risking people’s life all this while by using sub standard safety equipment’s!!!” (sic)
His wife allegedly fell from a height of around 12 feet. “She was admitted to a private hospital in Sarjapur, where the doctors diagnosed her with two broken vertebrae. They advised bed rest for six weeks and a surgery. Complete healing is expected to take two years,” he added in his post.
The couple had booked the nature camp through an experiential travel booking platform. They registered a complaint with the Kanakapura police against the nature camp. Mr. Gupta further alleged that there was neither a stretcher nor a medical expert at the camp
The police, who visited the camp and the hospital, said an FIR would be registered soon.
The management of Nature Adventure Camp has denied the allegations. Sumesh Reddiyar, manager of the adventure camp, said, “It’s a 10 feet high rope activity. She was mid-air and she got nervous. She was also blocking the way of other participants. Hence, we decided to get her down. She was almost on the ground, may be 3-4 feet away, when she jumped. The rope is not cut. We use mountaineering quality equipment, which meet international safety standards.”
