Kumara Parvatha - Jan'09

This was another trek where in I again ended up going alone. Kumar Parvatha, one of the highest peaks in Karnataka and the toughest…!! It was organized by The wanderers – the adventure club. A small group of 19 of us started on 23rd Jan night to kukke. Reached at 5.30am the next day, had breakfast and got ready to head towards Kumara Parvatha which is of 13kms of trek (about 6000ft). 1st day of trek was to reach Buttramane which is 6kms from the start point. We were exhausted totally by the time we reached Buttramane. Had yummy food there and just lazed around N’joying the sunset. Had our dinner there and camped next to the forest house. The next day, we had to get up early at 4.30 to head to the peak which was 7kms from Buttramane. The second half of the trek is so tough, I tell u. the hills were so steep that we felt we would just roll down. We had to watch each and every step of ours while climbing. At last we did reach the peak at around 10am, spent some time there njoying the view and then had to head back by noon to have our lunch at Buttramane once again. It was sooo hot that I never expected…..Once we were done with our lunch, we immediately packed our stuff and started off to hike down the hill. 2hours of non-stop trekking down was just relaxing and was fun…(but am feeling the post effects of the trek now…) Total of 20kms trek on our 2nd day…can you believe..???!! :) Reached kukke at 5pm, got freshen up and visited the temple like a good gal. Then was time to return to namma bengaluru…:) here too, got to meet up with lots of interesting folks and their stupid jokes, wah kya kehna… :)

Here are some of the pics….Do have a look… :)
http://picasaweb.google.com/mjai14/KumarParvathJan09?feat=email#

Now, I feel like as if I have become an expert after been to so many treks….Have started longing for more nowadays…I hope I keep up the same spirit… :) Get adventurous, it’s fun….!!!!

Chao, Jay :)