I was was working as a seconded officer to the University from the Department of Health.
I had support from one my friends who was 2 years junior to me.
He was a pretty good organizer, coming from Ananda College.
His name is Dr. Wimalawansa and he is now residing in USA.
He was the vice captain of the hockey team.
He was our brave Goalie.
We did not lose a single match.
We stayed in Meemura for two days and I did a full medical examination of some of the senior citizens who attended the makeshift clinic.
Except for the oldest gentleman who was over 80, who had cataract nobody had any medical problems.
No diabetics on testing.
A healthy lot and I felt it was a waste of investigating, such a healthy population.
Except for the post office and the school there were no public offices and no boutiques.
I saw a YouTube presentation the road is much better than it used to be.
Regarding the climb of the Lakagala which was not a big deal for me.
They team selection was bad and I was not involved in selecting them but I was responsible for the entire team.
There were few bad eggs varying from timid to macho guys.
We were late to begin with and after 1PM.
Certain portions of the rock one has to climb on all fours.
Crawling to be precise.
Rock was burning hot and I did not a have rope to help a guy in difficulty.
Besides shoes were not suitable for climbing including my shoes.
In the midst a guy was almost crying and was bringing the morale down of the five with me.
I sent a message through the fifth guy and got a small rope.
I found a crack on the rock and I advanced to a point advantage.
I sat firmly (included two girls) on the edge and got the two girls to safety with the help of the rope.
I had to pull them up.
Finally with a firm reprimand on his ear (crying guy) I said I am not going to help you again.
Do not bring fear to the other team members.
These guys should not be taken on critical escapades.
Climbing down on the other side of knuckles to Teldeniya was easy.
I ran down quickly and we were the first five to reach the bottom.
There was nothing left in the boutique except a few buns which we cherished.
We managed to catch the last bus from Teldeniya to Kandy.
May be at 4.30PM.
That was the last time I joined such a mountain climbing until once or twice in New Zealand with the whole family.
Of course, we had a trip to Dunhinda and Ella before coming to Australia.
Such escapade are getting on top of my stamina in my twilight years but won't say no to an invitation.
I lost 1.5Kg in my last outing due to dehydration in a recent outing in Australia.
It was nearing 2.5% of my weight and and anything above 5% is critical.
I weigh myself regularly due to muscle injury following Coronavirus Moderna Jab.
I have almost recovered.
It is certainly not due to old age.
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