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Here are the 11 joys, the eleven pleasures that will entice you to mountains every time. 1. Drinking straight from the waterfall – You carried two bottles of water but they are both empty now. You can’t buy Bisleri along the way. But you are thirsty? Look for the next stream of water that falls on your way(…Make sure it doesn’t fall on the walking path for you don’t want to be drinking another man’s elixir). Ah! the sweet taste of mountain water, from snow melting at the top somewhere. Why has the water never tasted this great before? Because you hardly came to the mountains before. 2. The patchy mobile signals – You are on first leg of your trekking trip and already the mobile signals are weak. Nobody can reach you, not the boss, not the family, not the job, not your relationships, failed or successful, nothing can contact you. It worries you, bothers you and irritates you. But when the moment here and now absorbs you, you feel grateful that there is one place where facebook notifications don’t chase you. 3. The God sent noodles – Just when you are getting hungry, there appears a tent on the horizon and from within it appears a man with a pan in his hand and you ask him, “can I get something to eat” and he asks in return “will maggi do?” and you say with a desperate relief, “Yes!” And then you enjoy the noodles with oodles of greenery and a view to behold for a lifetime.     4. The wonderful smiles of the villagers – You pass by the villagers walking on the trekking path and wonder how come they are so much more energetic. They are not even wearing your fancy branded shoes. They are running …