My Thoughts

After relishing our homemade treat we set off to conquer 'Manikgad' or 'Ghera Killa Manikgad' I came to know about the second name Ghera Killa Manikgad from Shrikant. As we were walking through one of the plains I overheard Shrikant and Ravi discussing this name and its significance. Lets get back to action. Action Begins Now..... We left the base village at 12:30 pm, with the Manikgad summit covered with fog. Manikgad route is the ultimate endurance test you will come to know as we move closer to the fort base and from there to the TOP. The start was easy as we started from the village with a well-paved paver block path. The pleasure of a good path was soon over and we were welcomed by Kacha road. Now Village was left behind and we were crossing rice fields. There was a narrow water stream and as we were walking along with it heard a loud call from Ravi to move fast the call was not for time but to move fast as we had a reptile for a company taking a sunbath at...

Laziness strikes and I am 2 weeks late posting The alarm strikes 1 hour early as compared to the routine schedule that too on a Saturday this indicates trek time. After 2 snoozes it was time to get moving but as always laziness, I was not willing to get out of bed, courtesy of wake-up call from Dimple I was finally out of bed and ready to move. 6:15 am left from Dombivli towards Vashi to meet and pick up other trek members. As usual, one of my friends Sugandha was late and had to wait for 45 minutes. To my surprise,  Shilpa and Dimple were prompt and reached the pick-up spot before I could reach. Considering 45 mins earlier they were on time... Being wicked. As I was waiting for Sugandha thought of calling our trek leader Ravi , he dint answer my call but as per Ravi's reputation he is never expected to be late. After few minutes I thought I should again try calling Ravi and he answered it this time and one more surprise struck Ravi was sleeping and he thought we are goi...