Me and this world - a tête-à-tête

So far, 2013 was the best year with regards to Mountaineering. But December seemed slow and uneventful. Me and my bestie- Parag had been out of touch for a long time until recent. One fine morning, we just bumped together. Besties are the best people in your life... They come handy when you need a push. So there he was ready to push me again.  Then one cold December evening, when I was trying to focus on my new painting, bestie's bestie - KV called me and put into conference with my bestie.  All in all the conference call was a chaos and the two chattered incessantly. I could gather was that they were planning for some night hike somewhere close and a few options were explored. It was taken for granted that I was going. Although, I was fighting bad health, since me and bestie had got back to each other after a long time, there was no chance of backing out. Couple of days later, early evening, both of them gathered at my place. We reassembled the backpacks and left.