Savandurga

Savandurga - My first and only (till date) trekking experience. It sounded very exciting when Anuj first opened up the topic of going on trekking. This was not the first time he had come up with such an idea.... the list goes on like bowling, Go karting .. so on and so forth ... (though the occasions had been very rare that they got materialized!!!). But this time it was different, the interest level was very high and we were keen on making it . Anuj was given the responsibility of organizing. Prakash and Anuj effectively arranged a cab (Sumo) for our journey. All set we - Anuj, samridhi , sangeetha, prakash, nikhil,Harish and me decided to go on trekking.
In fact we all got geared up from the day before !!! Sangeetha planned to stay with me as we had to take up the cab by 5.30AM and the pick up point was near my house. Me and sam initially planned to wear our delhi dare devils T-shirt as it is IPL season (we are up-to-date always). But as usual I had my last minute plan change so wore a different one!! .I packed up breads, jams , wafers, water bottles , volini spray , sun glasses and other essentials. I advise people to wear sporty shoes with good grip so that it can make your journey comfortable.
Arrived the day of trekking, we all met at our office campus(oracle koromangala- This was planned as our pick-up point) and started by 6.00AM though we planned for 5.30!!!..It took us approximately an hour plus to reach the spot. The closer we were approaching the spot I could feel the thrill but when I had a first look of the rock I was taken aback . The very thought of "I can't make it " creeped up in me !!!
But how to give up when I made all till the spot?!!!. With all the support and encouragement from my friends I started my trekking. We first started climbing on the way through the steep rock which they term it as 'Route 2' . This is not for amateur trekkers , but by mistake we started from here, to add on more to my displeasure.Almost at a stage where I felt I cannot progress anymore we realized we were following a wrong way(not the one meant for us). So if you are an amateur trekker the Thumb-rule for the way you need to follow is -the popularly called 'Transformer-line way'. Follow the transformer line there.This is the walkable way for amateur trekkers.. This is Route-1. Initially it seemed easy for a little while. Then the way started getting so steep (almost 70 degrees) that we had to literally crawl.
First target we set ourselves to reach was a fort -like architecture(I in fact mistook this as the end destination from below). On reaching the fort-like architecture we realized there is distance equivalent to what we covered is still left.It was here , I lost all my interest and said to my friends that I will halt there till they go up and return. All of them felt so absurd to leave me there alone and forced to me to put in my effort. So I again continued. 10 min from there came my memorable spot - The total steep one which can be covered only crawling. Thanks to all my friends for escorting all this way.Traveling through all the dense vegetation, rocks, steep ways ultimately we reached the Hill top.
There was a Nandi inside the mantap on top of the hill. We took numerous pictures there. Once you reach the top the view from there is so amazing that you forget all the efforts you have put in to reach the top. On the way back it took 2 hours against the 1 and half hours we took to climb. The descend was equally adventurous as the ascend.The rock is extremely slippery in the wet areas . so always avoid them.Words cant describe the pleasure we had that day on trekking. Its such a memorable journey that I keep thinking on and on and on.

Awaiting for one another of such an adventurous day in my life.