Kalwarbetta Trek - Found friends among strangers !!
It was quite some time I got out of monotonous routine of life and did something exciting.
So I was looking forward to forming a group of friends for a trek program. But as always getting everyone’s concern for a single date was a tedious task.
I had 2 choices, to sit & crib about not having a group of my own friends to go out or do something on my own. I choose the second option, I registered with BMC for Kalwarbetta trek, checked for other girls joining the trek, packed my bags and left for the trek on 19th Dec 2009.
A little skeptical about the people I would meet on this program, I got into the van at my pickup point near Hebbal Flyover, which was the last pick up point. To my pleasant surprise I was greeted with huge smiles and HI’s from every one already in the van. At this point my jitters disappeared and I found myself amidst new set of friends.
Satya from BMC was a true “friend, philosopher & guide. He didn’t waste time and asked to introduce ourselves. So there we were, me, Suchitra, Ravi, Arun, Sagar, Lakshmi, Santosh, Deepthi, Manpreet, Anuradha, Jabeen, Vikas, Nagendra. Sorry if I missed out any one.
After the introduction session, it was time for dumb sherards. Satya was one time champion at his company and he was a champ here too.
On the way, we stopped for breakfast, packed our lunches and set out again. By 10 am we were at the foot hills of Kalwarbetta. It is around 60 Kms from Bangalore towards and part of fort hills of Nandi Hill ranges.
We started off our climb by 10:30 AM. We finished our first lap of 2 Kms and sat down to take some rest. But were advised not to a big break as our body would feel relaxed and it will be difficult to climb up.
So we started again, it was slightly sunny as well and I should admit it was getting quite tiring and we had just done half of 6 KM trek.
One lean dog followed us all through out the trek to the peak. Do you think only Yudishtra in Mahabharata could get a dog’s company through his walk to heaven. We were no less lucky ;) To admit the truth, the dog was quite irritating some times.
On the way both my s
hoes gave up, but I had decided to complete the trek. So used my lace to tie up the shoes and continued with others.
Some stops here, little pauses there, some shoots on the way and with constant cheering from our rock star Lakshmi and her friends, we reached the peak by 1 PM as estimated.
We spent some time on the peak, visited the Shiva temple, walked on the broken fort wall and simply enjoyed the nature. All the trouble we took to reach this peak seemed completely worthwhile.
We choose a suitable place and had our lunches. After that some of us tried some rock climbing while others along with me took some rest on the rocks.
By 4 pm we started walking down. It was even tougher than climbing as the rocks were quite slippery. Some of us had injuries, I was slipping all the while and Lakshmi unfortunately hurt her knee.
But we admired her courage as she completed the trek on time with the injured knee, and with help of moov spray from Satya. 3 Cheers to her!!
Arun tried the tea from the chai wala on the way back, but it was so good that all of agreed to skip it :)
By 6 PM we reached the base again and got into our vans and set out to Bangalore. On the way back we halted at the same restaurant for snacks and then we reached Esteem Mall near Hebbal Flyover by 8:30PM & I reached home safely by 9 PM and others too reached their homes.
After the trek we are in constant touch through our google grpoups. Thanks to Arun and Sagar for this effort.
I have become a fan of BMC for their professionalism, for the concern for environment, discouraging people from throwing plastic waste during the trek, for not allowing alhocol during the trip, etc;. Single girls like me will safe to go out on treks with this organisation.
I will keep a watch on their program list and will be going for the trek that suits my schedule and budget. Anyone joining??
So I was looking forward to forming a group of friends for a trek program. But as always getting everyone’s concern for a single date was a tedious task.
I had 2 choices, to sit & crib about not having a group of my own friends to go out or do something on my own. I choose the second option, I registered with BMC for Kalwarbetta trek, checked for other girls joining the trek, packed my bags and left for the trek on 19th Dec 2009.
A little skeptical about the people I would meet on this program, I got into the van at my pickup point near Hebbal Flyover, which was the last pick up point. To my pleasant surprise I was greeted with huge smiles and HI’s from every one already in the van. At this point my jitters disappeared and I found myself amidst new set of friends.
Satya from BMC was a true “friend, philosopher & guide. He didn’t waste time and asked to introduce ourselves. So there we were, me, Suchitra, Ravi, Arun, Sagar, Lakshmi, Santosh, Deepthi, Manpreet, Anuradha, Jabeen, Vikas, Nagendra. Sorry if I missed out any one.
After the introduction session, it was time for dumb sherards. Satya was one time champion at his company and he was a champ here too.
On the way, we stopped for breakfast, packed our lunches and set out again. By 10 am we were at the foot hills of Kalwarbetta. It is around 60 Kms from Bangalore towards and part of fort hills of Nandi Hill ranges.
We started off our climb by 10:30 AM. We finished our first lap of 2 Kms and sat down to take some rest. But were advised not to a big break as our body would feel relaxed and it will be difficult to climb up.
So we started again, it was slightly sunny as well and I should admit it was getting quite tiring and we had just done half of 6 KM trek.
One lean dog followed us all through out the trek to the peak. Do you think only Yudishtra in Mahabharata could get a dog’s company through his walk to heaven. We were no less lucky ;) To admit the truth, the dog was quite irritating some times.
On the way both my s
hoes gave up, but I had decided to complete the trek. So used my lace to tie up the shoes and continued with others.Some stops here, little pauses there, some shoots on the way and with constant cheering from our rock star Lakshmi and her friends, we reached the peak by 1 PM as estimated.
We spent some time on the peak, visited the Shiva temple, walked on the broken fort wall and simply enjoyed the nature. All the trouble we took to reach this peak seemed completely worthwhile.
We choose a suitable place and had our lunches. After that some of us tried some rock climbing while others along with me took some rest on the rocks.
By 4 pm we started walking down. It was even tougher than climbing as the rocks were quite slippery. Some of us had injuries, I was slipping all the while and Lakshmi unfortunately hurt her knee.
But we admired her courage as she completed the trek on time with the injured knee, and with help of moov spray from Satya. 3 Cheers to her!!
Arun tried the tea from the chai wala on the way back, but it was so good that all of agreed to skip it :)
By 6 PM we reached the base again and got into our vans and set out to Bangalore. On the way back we halted at the same restaurant for snacks and then we reached Esteem Mall near Hebbal Flyover by 8:30PM & I reached home safely by 9 PM and others too reached their homes.
After the trek we are in constant touch through our google grpoups. Thanks to Arun and Sagar for this effort.
I have become a fan of BMC for their professionalism, for the concern for environment, discouraging people from throwing plastic waste during the trek, for not allowing alhocol during the trip, etc;. Single girls like me will safe to go out on treks with this organisation.
I will keep a watch on their program list and will be going for the trek that suits my schedule and budget. Anyone joining??
4 comments:
gud 1 !! revived memories :)
u bet, we 're joining for sure .. u summed up perfectly Viji..Thanks, Anu.
Sagar,
Thanks for your comments and thanks a ton for your constant help while walking down the hill.
Hey! You were out again on adventure trip!! Cool! Good Going Viji.
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