Fantabulous Trek - Horagina Betta
My journey from West to South was never
obvious; I was discerning two zones wind up with tedium phase and felt
like a solitary bee. I was now 900 km away from my town (Mumbai); now in
‘Garden City’ (Bangalore). Respite from heat, local train, rickshaws
but still…{….} Mumbai. I miss you a lot!!!
Hmmm…!!! I am bengalurean now. So, what
next? Work routine started, aliveness sustained but, still in tedium
phase. It was 7 AM, Jan 01, 2017, neither had resolution nor
revolution, but decided to pamper myself and not to go overboard. I
opened my netbook and asked Google few questions like trekking near
Bangalore?, Trekking groups, I fetched with common search which was more
reliable..It was Bangalore Trekking Club (BTC).
It had been some time since the
exhilarating Trek to Bhivghad, and was missing those amazing moments
with Brandians, It was time for next trek, I quickly enrolled with BTC
group and on next day I got a mail for One day trek at Horagina Betta, I
registered for a event and got shortlisted for Horagina Betta trek
scheduled on 08 Jan, 2017. Horagina Betta also known as Brahmagiri. It
is around 65 km away from Bangalore and the major hillocks on route to
the Nandi Hill. Horagina Betta is 1440 meters above sea level. It was
not well known before, but later trekkers frequently started visiting
and now a prime place for trekker. The peak hosts has a very beautiful
temple.
Sushma and Chaitanya -
organizerd from BTC Team along with other BTCians decided to meet at
6:45 am at Majestic Bus Stand; Platform 12, from where our journey was
supposed to start. Majestic Bus Stand was around 21 km from my house, so
I started my journey at 5 am, took OLA cab and reached at majestic
around 6:30 AM. I was grinning and dopey when I reached, I asked Traffic
controller about platform 12, and I protruded my eyes out of way to
know that platform 12 was 1 km away, I started running, as if it was
warm up for Trek, I reached at a location where we supposed to meet and
spotted a group of people standing in a disciplined manner, It was no
other than BTCians like me, difference was they reached on time. I took a
long breath and said “Chaitanya..Yogesh here”
We were unknown to each other felt nobody is blabby. We took a local bus, I was lucky to get place beside organizer, we had good conversation and he told me few things about BTC, like how it started, how they manage treks, etx., Bus was till Devenahalli from that we were supposed to take another bus and get down at Karahalli Cross. At Karahalli we had a small introduction session followed by breakfast (Idli, Wada and chai/coffee). This time I sensed all are blabby and was happy to know about it, because this is very much indispensable for such trek. It was fun knowing new people, new friends, and sharing new thoughts and views. We packed veg pulav along with us for lunch and started with trek.
During our way, Chaitanya was leading and taking snaps and Sushma was at
the end of the trail. We were informed that, if we feel tired we can
take as much as break we want, but all were shinning experts and was
walking without freezing themselves. At initial stage, patches were
good; it was less stony but lot of ironic grasses which made difficult
to find a way. Chaitanya managed well to find the best way out of it,
and both organiser was constantly taking care of other people by helping
them to take a proper step in those ironic grasses Chit Chats, Intellectual stupid stories,
memories of previous trek, office complaints, value of life, work
pressure all such conversation started which made our way more easy, Now
people were started knowing each other and this trek was now exciting
me. Hot topics were Hypnotism, Ghost stories, Bandhavgarh, Life of
ITans, and yes mind blowing shayari (Patar bhi pigaltay hay toh dil kya
cheez hay).
Going ahead, the climb was still quite
good, felicitous; thorny bushes, stony path, caricaturing through rock.
We followed a trail and reached at certain points and took break of 15
minutes, suddenly pulpy oranges arrived from bag, enough to satisfy
thirst followed by water.
Now we went tramping towards the top region, it was a sloppy, stony path
so took intermediate halts and motivating snaps. Everyone was bearing
in mind of their steps. Heart beats were little high, it was
manageable, but excitement among all was still same. We were now about
to reach at top, I was more excited and started taking quick step even
though I was breathing high. And finally we reached at top. It took us
90 mins to reach. We were at the top, I uttered, “Wah,,Kya sahi hay
nazara yar” It was just superb, I felt slacked, and same reflected on
other BTCians, I touched my knees and relaxed for a while during which I
spotted a temple, It was a very old temple, we sat inside for a while
and took a deep breath. It was just awesome place.
After, we took few steps more, passing temple and reached at peak point.
We relaxed for a while, All eyes were looking at a beautiful nature,
those small things like road, barren land, birds, those micro sound of
air, mountains, vehicle passing from mountains, it was all noted and
witnessed. It was peaceful. I enfeebled all my stress and flip-floped my
way for lunch
We started our lunch with Veg Pulav, chutny, and snacks. It was tasty
pulav. Dairy milk and Milkybar chocolates was a desert. Later on a super
duper game started called MAFIA, I was drooling till, It was announced
that MAFIA was winner,, AWWW POOR VILLAGER.
We started descending and reached at the bottom of the hill by 4 pm. We
took stony route which was challenging than the previous route. It was
quite difficult route but both the organizer took care and guided us
were to put the step to make way easy. We reached bottom of the hill we
found one water tap, we drank the water and washed our face. At a
distance we saw a shop of sugarcane juice at the same time our bus
arrived so we took a juice in bottle and drank in bus. People were not
tired even after a long journey and we were constantly talking about a
fruitful trek. Amazing you guys are!!! Finally our trek came to an end
and we were going away from each other, slowly one by one got down from
bus carrying only memories of Horagina betta. It was superb experience
with BTC and cost effective trek (250 rs) including two way transport,
breakfast, and lunch Thanks again to Sushma and Chaitanya, It was very
well organized and hoping to see you again.
Written By : Dr Yogesh
Main Blog : Blog Site
Organized By : Sushma & Chaitanya
Date of event : 8th Jan 2017
Members Count : 17
Place : Nandi
Pictures : BTC FB Page
Main Blog : Blog Site
Organized By : Sushma & Chaitanya
Date of event : 8th Jan 2017
Members Count : 17
Place : Nandi
Pictures : BTC FB Page
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