One Giri Among The Five - Brahmagiri
"Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb."
-- Greg Child
On 17th Jan 2015 we the BTC team of 14 were present at KSRTC bus stand around 6.50 am. We boarded a bus to Devanahalli
around 7.10 am & reached by 8.30.
The grass & bushes were dried & lot of thorns kept
pricking us during the journey made us sad but the wild flowers which were very
beautiful made me happy at the next moment . The lichens on the tree & on
rock remembered me the Botany subjects.
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It was my first trek in BTC with new people who turned to be new friends .I
realized slowly we had many artists in our group, to introduce with Gaurav
(organizer ) who is a good singer , Sandeep a professional photographer ,
Sonali, a model & Sumit a comedian, who kept energizing us by
saying “keep coming guys “(we pulled his
leg saying “keep moving guys”).
Even though the sunlight was at its highest at 11 to 2 pm, cool
breeze with a mild scent of eucalyptus kept us refreshing the entire day (off course the oranges, glucose, fruit
bars water etc).
Barely we found the trail of the trekkers on our path ( as we
were the 2nd batch of BTC to this betta) . Whenever we were
exhausted we took short 5 to 10 min break in between. During the trek we just missed our way once fortunately , which
lead us to the highway wherein we found a guy who was selling sugarcane juice.
We sat for a while had Sugar cane juice which gave us immediate energy boost.
We all charged up & started to trek again & got into the correct route.
At certain points where we climbed steep places the trek became
slightly difficult & few of us were panting for the breath. Thanks to
Gaurav , sonali, sangamesh who kept telling us to take rest in between if we
require. & No one pushed us.
We saw 4/5 hills during our trek. There are 4 important
hillocks named 1.Divya giri, 2.skandagiri, 3.nandi giri, 4.brahma giri 5. ------
Almost we climbed for 4 hours aprox hours to reach to shaneshwara
temple. We saw the priest & villager
offering pooja to lord. From there just 200 meters away was the final
destination which is the peak or top of
the horagina betta .we reached there around 1.45 pm. The view from the top was marvelous
.We had yummy Chitranna (lemon rice) & vada , guava juice, oranges etc, chitchatted for a while,
relaxed there for some time . At last we took selfies group photos & started descending
at 2.30 pm.
We reached back to karahalli cross by 4.30. had tea in the nearby
hotel. We had formal feedback session. It was obvious from everyone’s feedback
that we had a great moment. Got direct bus to majestic.
Written By : Shwetha Kadur
Organized By : Sangamesh & Gaurav
Date of event : 17th Jan 2015
Place : Nandi
Pictures : BTC FB Page
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