Hi All, Its long since I have done something new or crazy. From past few weeks I was thinking about doing someting new then I remembered one of my friend writing blog about some gr8 things, so thought why not I also take a dip in this ocean.So here I am wrting a so-called blog. Then comes the next question , write about what ?There should be something different to write about .Last year I had a blasting trekking trip, so thought of sharing with you the experience.
So lets start, it was a wednesday evening, I was outside the MindTree Banashankari office waiting for my first trek to start.I was happy as well as little nervous.Happy to do something different and good for next long weekend and nervous becoz I didnt know any of my trekmates, also it was my first trek professionally.(Now don't ask me the difference between professional & unprofessional trekking).The first trekmate I met was Sanjeev. He was a cool guy & was patient enough to answer my lot & lots of stupid Qs. Then we started our journey around 11 in night in the rented tempo traveller, more ppl joined us as we progressed. Everybody was formal till our CTO(mind that here T means "trek" not any thing like techincal ,...etc ).Sibin started the round of introduction, & put some intresting Qs like realted to GFs etc etc. Once the ice was broken, everbody was having masti in some or other way. We reached to Virajpet at around 5:30 in the morning.
I, rather we, didn't how much thrilling & interesting this whole day is going to be.We rested for some time & then had our morning tea.We were ready to start our trekking at around 7:40. But like all good movies we had a twist in the store, we saw that the tyre is punctured.This was the first twist in the mrng, more waas there in the store.So we got some one hour or so to explore the place and I think we did a nice job.
Finally after one & a half hour we started again. Our destination was the Chilvara Lake.We reached in around 45 mins .The lake was awesome.
So lets start, it was a wednesday evening, I was outside the MindTree Banashankari office waiting for my first trek to start.I was happy as well as little nervous.Happy to do something different and good for next long weekend and nervous becoz I didnt know any of my trekmates, also it was my first trek professionally.(Now don't ask me the difference between professional & unprofessional trekking).The first trekmate I met was Sanjeev. He was a cool guy & was patient enough to answer my lot & lots of stupid Qs. Then we started our journey around 11 in night in the rented tempo traveller, more ppl joined us as we progressed. Everybody was formal till our CTO(mind that here T means "trek" not any thing like techincal ,...etc ).Sibin started the round of introduction, & put some intresting Qs like realted to GFs etc etc. Once the ice was broken, everbody was having masti in some or other way. We reached to Virajpet at around 5:30 in the morning.
I, rather we, didn't how much thrilling & interesting this whole day is going to be.We rested for some time & then had our morning tea.We were ready to start our trekking at around 7:40. But like all good movies we had a twist in the store, we saw that the tyre is punctured.This was the first twist in the mrng, more waas there in the store.So we got some one hour or so to explore the place and I think we did a nice job.
Finally after one & a half hour we started again. Our destination was the Chilvara Lake.We reached in around 45 mins .The lake was awesome.
After a long time I was hearing the music of natural waterfall. We all were very excited & immediately started to go inside water.The water was cold & we all were shivering. Some of the brave ppl among us started climbing the rock. I was also pretty inspired as it was my first of this kind of experience,so I thought I'll also climb.But that was my mistake.I started off well & was about to experience the water falling on my head, suddenly I saw I am slipping & in a moment, dhoodddmmmm I was down in the still water.It happened so fast I could not understand for a moment what was happening.Everbody was like, oh man we dont want any suicides in d trip, be careful.Anyways my brave CTO encouraged me to climb again & laid his moral support .Slowly & half heartedly I started again but this time I was through & finally reached.Well after a good bath & lot of fun in the water we came outside. Some of the folks dared to go up but I chose to have some rest & enjoy drying of my wet clothes along with two other folks.We could hardly see somebody coming over the falls so we started counting the no of ppl cmin, I think till we left the place the number didnt went to double digits.
Everybody was going ahead & I was getting scared will I'll be able to complete that. What will happen if i get stuck up here & so on. Many of the members actually encouraged me a lot & I am thankful to that. I was creeping, climbing, trying to balance myself(not to mention my gr8 tummy giving me gr8 discomfort), suddenly I saw I am stuck.It was quite a big rock.I could neither go up nor go down(low confidence). I thought probably my whole life will now be spent in this 4 ft long rock.Anyways I remembered the GOD & thought life is all about making decision. So I decided I am reaching to peak this evening & with full strength pulled myself up to the rock and then it was all green. I now got my confidence back & started climbing again. I got the lesson that nothing is difficult until u assume it really is. Anyways as I was getting closer to the peak I could feel the natural air blowing through & leaving behind a sense of achievement. Finally I reached & saw that I am on one of the peaks of thadiyandamol.
I got to know later that there was a bunch of people who came from other route & which was more tough that ours.For this I learnt whenever we think we are having the biggest problem, we are wrong . There are ppl who have more problems than ourselves.
Anyways after the chill at lake we headed towards our final destination i.e. Thadiyandamol .Now we had become quite comfortable with each other & was having fun in leg pulling of everyone & sharing of experiences.
We reached to a place kind of some palace for any small king.There we stopped our cab and packed our bags for trekking.Then we started at around 4 o'clock in the evening.We had full bedding, tent & basic necessary items with us. The journey was extremely good & tiring as well.It was around 6-7 km run before we got to the place from where to climb the mountain.The view & ambiance was so beautiful that cant be explained in words. You got to experience that then only u can understand that. We took around one hour to reach with just one long & couple of short breaks.
We reached at the bottom of the mountains & heard the rumor that there is no water/lake available over there.Luckily we could explore one small lake & survive throughout the night.
We thought of starting to climb one peak & stared at around 5 o'clock .Actually we wanted to see the sunset from the peak which I could not do(as will be told later).We started well but I as a first timer was getting quite a problem.I was not getting how to climb as it was getting steeper & steeper.
We reached to a place kind of some palace for any small king.There we stopped our cab and packed our bags for trekking.Then we started at around 4 o'clock in the evening.We had full bedding, tent & basic necessary items with us. The journey was extremely good & tiring as well.It was around 6-7 km run before we got to the place from where to climb the mountain.The view & ambiance was so beautiful that cant be explained in words. You got to experience that then only u can understand that. We took around one hour to reach with just one long & couple of short breaks.
We reached at the bottom of the mountains & heard the rumor that there is no water/lake available over there.Luckily we could explore one small lake & survive throughout the night.We thought of starting to climb one peak & stared at around 5 o'clock .Actually we wanted to see the sunset from the peak which I could not do(as will be told later).We started well but I as a first timer was getting quite a problem.I was not getting how to climb as it was getting steeper & steeper.
Everybody was going ahead & I was getting scared will I'll be able to complete that. What will happen if i get stuck up here & so on. Many of the members actually encouraged me a lot & I am thankful to that. I was creeping, climbing, trying to balance myself(not to mention my gr8 tummy giving me gr8 discomfort), suddenly I saw I am stuck.It was quite a big rock.I could neither go up nor go down(low confidence). I thought probably my whole life will now be spent in this 4 ft long rock.Anyways I remembered the GOD & thought life is all about making decision. So I decided I am reaching to peak this evening & with full strength pulled myself up to the rock and then it was all green. I now got my confidence back & started climbing again. I got the lesson that nothing is difficult until u assume it really is. Anyways as I was getting closer to the peak I could feel the natural air blowing through & leaving behind a sense of achievement. Finally I reached & saw that I am on one of the peaks of thadiyandamol.
I got to know later that there was a bunch of people who came from other route & which was more tough that ours.For this I learnt whenever we think we are having the biggest problem, we are wrong . There are ppl who have more problems than ourselves.
We had a tremendous evening there at the top. But i was lil scary so I started little early for coming down.
Coming down when we all gathered back, we really had a quality time. I could remeber the famous hindi song "Zangal hai aadhi raat hai, lagne laga hai dar".
After we had some MTR readymade food, some bravehearts started for another round of trek. I was not in a position to go again, so I told i'll enjoy the flamelight over here only with some 4-5 people.
After we had some MTR readymade food, some bravehearts started for another round of trek. I was not in a position to go again, so I told i'll enjoy the flamelight over here only with some 4-5 people.
Again at the morning we started for the other peak, which is supposed to be the highest peak of south india. It took around 1.5-2 hour to reach there.But after all this was the peak & we could smell the sense of achievement after reaching at top.
We had some snacks & a round of photoshoot at top & then we came back.
At around 1-2 pm we started for bangalore .This time there was much enthusiasm & masti in the air. BTW there were 3 folks who got almost lost & made us wait for around 2 hr down the hill.
We had some snacks & a round of photoshoot at top & then we came back.
At around 1-2 pm we started for bangalore .This time there was much enthusiasm & masti in the air. BTW there were 3 folks who got almost lost & made us wait for around 2 hr down the hill.
Now keeping rest things in short i could say that it was a very nice trip. Above all I really learned quite new things & also made some new friends.
I hope U liked this post.
Feel free to drop any comment about this post. u can as well share your such experiences.
