Horagina Betta Night Trek: 16.04.2016
Nineteen BTCians sleeping in an BMTC bus oblivious of the scorching heat in an afternoon. What else can make them sleep other than a
night trek!
On one of the Saturdays
when the temperature was soaring, an usual weather for Bengaluru, we
planned a night trek to ‘Horagina Betta’, a hill on the outskirts of the city.
As planned, we assembled at the platform number 10 (I feel we should give it an
interesting name). Though most of us met for the first time, it feels we have
known one another for a long time. May be a common motive helps.
We all got in a bus and started our journey. One of our
friends hopped into the bus in the middle of the road. How can we just reach
our destination without having an X-factor? So, get down of the bus and guess
what...... stand at the back of a carrier auto. These are some of the instances
which work as starters.
We reached a restaurant which is close by the starting
point of our trek. We had had our snacks there, followed by a fun filled
introduction session. The most amazing thing of being a part of such treks is
that we have trekkers from different background and sharing their experiences
is quite enriching.
We started our trek at about 9pm. Right,left,bend,careful,climb,relax,water- we randomly repeated these steps while going
up the trail. Come on move yaar, wait yaar! After around one and a half hour we
reached the summit. Wow! What a view it was.
We were welcomed by a refreshing
wind. It was cool. We collected dry wood and put on fire. Hunger had already
started striking. We started with our dinner rather started eating other’s. It
was followed by preparing more to eat- belpuri, maggi, sweet corn and random
photography. Few slept and the left ones started playing different games. As
the night progressed, a few more slept but some of us continued as nocturnals.
One of the most beautiful experiences is seeing sunrise from
the top of a mountain among clouds. We started clicking photographs one after
another. To be among cloud and feel the freshness of the first ray is
mesmerizing. After having some group photographs, we started our descent.
Once we all reached the base we had a small feedback session
and the journey towards the city started. It was refreshing to escape from the
city even for a night and to have feel cool air.
Written By : Ishan Deep
Date of event : 16th April, 2016
Place : Horagina Betta
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