Next day morning we both at KR market at 715 and got into private bus to Magadi. we got down at Hospete which is half a km from Magadi.It was 930 .There we had breakfast and got 2 liter water bottle and 4 bananas.From there we got KSRTC Bus to NayakanaPalya. Many buses fly from Magadi to Ramanagar via NayakanaPalya. From there we asked Auto guy. he said 10 rs per head. He wanted to carry many people.So he waited for some more. 5 people came and got into auto in front of us. We could not get in.He asked both of us to sit beside his. we refused as it would have been difficult to sit there for 4 kms. If he had carried other at least, he would have earned 50rs at least. But he was thinking to for 20rs more.So he waited for 2-3 mins thinking what can he do. But a KSRTC bus came all of them got into Bus.Ati aase gatigedu :)
Once we reached savanadurga we were searching for the starting point to the hill. we met one trekking group asked them way to go.One guy said there are two ways. one is a shortcut and showed the route.I was shocked to see that path till half it was like doable but difficult. After that It was impossible. that guy continued and told 'we are going by this route. other path is very long. It will take long time. would u like to join us. last time two strangers joined us and they had told it was very good'. Azhar looked at me. I said to him 'Pagal hai kya'. With no doubt in mind we took the longest route and started climbing. It was around 1030.
In first 10 minutes it self we realized that its not going to be easy. last time trek we did was Kumara parvatha in Feb 2007. The only physical activity i am doing now is cycling to office (2*7km a day).Azhar after his marriage had put on weight. There are many markings on the rocks showing way to go. Simply follow them or electric poles. In the middle of the way, there is steep incline which is difficult to do (at least for me)if there were no carves.Once that is done rest of the way is easy.We reached the top at 1130. There we met 2 groups. In one group, there was a girl with very good figure. She was posing for camera like a model. me and azhar sat on the top where there was strong breeze.Azhar was telling about his engineering life. I was listening to him and in the meantime was watching that model. I dont even remember what it looks from the top. That much i was concentrating on her :). After sometime a group which we had met during the start came. during the conversation the same guy told 'in the short cut route there is only one point which is difficult. even though i had done it earlier i get scared. I will get scared even if i do that 100 times. but from that point u cant go back also'. my first impression about him was he is doing show off. but after he told he was scared i felt that man has guts. hmm. On the top he was smoking bidi. :) that looked very cool to me. :)
At 1225 we started descend.It was easy till the half mark. getting down near the point where there were carves was the difficult part. One group was coming down with of us. one guy out of them while getting down started walking down slowly but soon he got the momentum and could not control.Thank god two guys stopped him. from down it was looking like fardeen khan runnung in No entry in climax :) we reached bottom at 1. then we go into auto till nayakanapalya. from there Magadi and then to Bangalore.
Overall a memorable one.
things that i will rememeber in this trip
-talk with the group at starting point
-climb near half way mark
-that girl posing to camera
-talk with guy who was smokin bidi
-guy running down and gaining the momentum and 2 of his frds stopping him
1 comments:
Nice blog Uday.
Post a Comment