<p class="title">Somya Jain Gupta (26), who broke her back attempting a rope activity, had to undergo surgery. Soon after emerging from the operation theatre, she spoke to 'Metrolife' about her painful ordeal. I was looking forward to the long Republic Day weekend. My husband Divyansh Gupta and I had signed up online for Nature Adventure Camp at Kanakapura. <br /><br />My younger sister Shreya came from Indore and my friend Shweta and her husband came from Hyderabad to take part in the camp on January 28.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five activities were looped one after the other. Shweta, Shreya and Divyansh went before me. I successfully completed my first rope activity and reached a tower.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I had to cross a Burma loop bridge. I took two or three steps but felt exhausted. I was balancing with one foot on the front rope and the other on the back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I didn't have the strength to move forward. I asked one of the organisers to pull me back. He was clueless. I was in ducking position.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After 10 minutes of being stuck mid-air, he asked me to let go of my hand and hang onto the rope in front of me. The moment I held this rope, he pulled another rope. My rope snapped. The next thing I remember is that I had landed with a thud on my back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shweta saw this. Divyansh was in the middle of his activity and was helpless. I was conscious. My back was aching terribly and I couldn't move it. I was wearing a helmet, or I would banged my head on a granite wall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fellow campers and organisers quickly gathered around me. I couldn't move. Divyansh was perhaps the only one who knew it was a back injury, and a serious one at that. The boys hired by the camp organiser were all between 12 and 19 years, and stood around helplessly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Divyansh asked for an ambulance or doctor they had no answer. They offered to lift me and put me in a car. But Divyansh insisted I be moved only on a stretcher or a wooden plank. The organisers didn't have either at hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The only first aid they provided was Move, a pain balm. It was of no use. We had to find a way to get to hospital. The staff were not trained in first aid or safety and didn't know what to do in an emergency. It was a nightmare.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I have just undergone surgery and been advised bed rest for two months.</p>.<p class="byline">(As told to Nina C George)</p>
<p class="title">Somya Jain Gupta (26), who broke her back attempting a rope activity, had to undergo surgery. Soon after emerging from the operation theatre, she spoke to 'Metrolife' about her painful ordeal. I was looking forward to the long Republic Day weekend. My husband Divyansh Gupta and I had signed up online for Nature Adventure Camp at Kanakapura. <br /><br />My younger sister Shreya came from Indore and my friend Shweta and her husband came from Hyderabad to take part in the camp on January 28.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five activities were looped one after the other. Shweta, Shreya and Divyansh went before me. I successfully completed my first rope activity and reached a tower.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I had to cross a Burma loop bridge. I took two or three steps but felt exhausted. I was balancing with one foot on the front rope and the other on the back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I didn't have the strength to move forward. I asked one of the organisers to pull me back. He was clueless. I was in ducking position.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After 10 minutes of being stuck mid-air, he asked me to let go of my hand and hang onto the rope in front of me. The moment I held this rope, he pulled another rope. My rope snapped. The next thing I remember is that I had landed with a thud on my back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shweta saw this. Divyansh was in the middle of his activity and was helpless. I was conscious. My back was aching terribly and I couldn't move it. I was wearing a helmet, or I would banged my head on a granite wall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fellow campers and organisers quickly gathered around me. I couldn't move. Divyansh was perhaps the only one who knew it was a back injury, and a serious one at that. The boys hired by the camp organiser were all between 12 and 19 years, and stood around helplessly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Divyansh asked for an ambulance or doctor they had no answer. They offered to lift me and put me in a car. But Divyansh insisted I be moved only on a stretcher or a wooden plank. The organisers didn't have either at hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The only first aid they provided was Move, a pain balm. It was of no use. We had to find a way to get to hospital. The staff were not trained in first aid or safety and didn't know what to do in an emergency. It was a nightmare.</p>.<p class="bodytext">I have just undergone surgery and been advised bed rest for two months.</p>.<p class="byline">(As told to Nina C George)</p>