Hello dears, this time I would like to talk about “a day Toomt Cave trip”. 

There is a Toomt cave near the Zorgol Khairkhan Mountain in Borjigon Steppe. 

Borjigon Steppe is the birthplace of the Mongolian poet B. Lhavgasuren. Almost every Mongolian knows this place well because of his famous poem of the same name. 

About Zorgol Khairkhan, it is considered amongst many as a sacred mountain and is home to many rare animals such as wild goat and ibex. According to historical sources, Genghis Khan used to hunt around this mountain. In addition, there are many tombs of ancient Mongolian soldiers around this holy mountain.

During this trip, I felt as if the inner work process I started out for myself had come to fruition. I felt more connected with my personal journey of finding myself and exploring who I am. 

I live a fairly fixed work schedule which involves going to yoga classes, taking psychology courses, studying and reading, etc. As much as I love the whole process, travel helps me take a break in between my regimented work week. Not only that, it fully charges me with the energy I need from the beauty of nature.

However, this trip coincid - ed with an interesting part of my intellectual search. I at - tended on this trip, I had just read about the 49 days that the soul spends after death in Buddhism. It is believed that if one did not read the Bardo Toidol during one’s lifetime, then after one’s death one would read this book and guide one’s soul through the process of death. It seemed strange to me at the time. I wondered if this is true. If I died without having practised or read this book, would I be able to move onto the next process?

Strangely enough, along with all this research, I signed up for the trip to Toomt Cave without researching it in detail because it provides a great opportunity to relax. It was a one-day weekend trip. 

My vision is to spend a day in the fresh air and go to a cave and play on a swing. What I didn’t expect about this trip was that we first climbed under the protection of professionals and then descended into the cave like rock climbers ourselves. It was an incredible adventure. A specialist gave instructions on the rock, and a group of rescuers below also gave instructions. 

Over the years, this giant cave has turned into a giant bird’s nest, filled with bird droppings. So, he did something he had never done in his life and slowly went down the rock, hung in the air for a while, and came down again from a height of about 7 or 8 meters. At this time, he was able to land successfully with the help of profession - al people, like souls, who read books from his side and guided him through the process of death. Looking at the videos made by other travelers, he looks like James Bond 007.

After all the travelers successfully climbed inside the cave, the rescue team finished assembling the swings and put on safety belts for us, and the next interesting part of our trip began. We started taking turns playing on a terrifyingly high and long swing. This is the second time I felt this much adrenaline!!

We all went down the cliff through the ropes, guided by a professional who had finished playing the high swing, but again by ourselves. 

Eventually, we all finished with the swing and the professional showed us his skills on the swing. We then went to have dinner after an eventful climb and adrenaline filled swing.

Dinner was ready by the time we all came down. We had a good time eating and talking together and then headed back to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Looking back now, the day of the trip remains the most vivid day for me, more than any other day of the past year. Anyone who is interested in adventure travel would recommend going on this one-day trip if they come to Mongolia.