Gorakhgad Trek 070804

To start off with a caution : rahul arranges these nights treks so that you don’t know where u r climbing or what u r climbing. Is these the best thing about night treks, well u get to know the next morning when u get the shock of ur life, u don’t have any choice except coming down the way u cant even imagine. ( still wondering was there any way ???? )
( these caution is for the faint hearted & not so adventurous and definitely not for the moronz )

Actually was planning to drop off the last minute, but called up rahul and he told me that even if there are few people we will go ahead with the trek, that inspired me and I was up and ready for the trek. Eventually every one thought the same way and we were 25 moronz in all.

We all meet up at Kalyan ST depot at 7:00 pm, as usual there were few late comers so we decided to split the group into half, the first half leaving early and making arrangements for our next travel to daheri village from Murbad. I was in the other half waiting for the late comers.

eventually we reached Deheri village at the base of gorakhgad, the night was beautiful and we started to trek without wasting much time. we reached the first rock patch say in around 2 hrs time. it was pitch dark except our flashlight we couldn't see much around. the night was windy and chilly with occasion rain, but not enough to dampen our spirit. we climbed the first rock path and landed ourselves at the gate of the fort. the second rock patch was right at the corner, we moved further up and reached the cave at the top. here we stayed for the night. we had a good time here had few grubs and played antakshari. i never knew when i dozed off .

got up early the next morning , maybe slept for 2-3 hr max. had our tea and breakfast. i had hurt my knee cap and it pained badly. i wanted to go to the pinnacle but decided to stay back also it was raining heavily and my shoes did not have the grip on the wet rock.

we waited for the rest of the group to come back and had our lunch and descended back to the base camp. Over all best rock patch , excellent trek, had a great time and mother nature at her best. Did not feel like leaving the top ( what ever reason ) .

Well this trek got not only to see the best of venky’s monkeying at the edges and the trees but his guiding abilities, a promising career to lead the trek in future. ( all the best )

Well rahul should add in his instructions “ things to carry for the trek ” - ear plugs
for members coming for the night trek , if at all you want to sleep , we have moronz who can sing day/ night or join them if you don’t have one (no other choice here )

We did miss the pole dance though.

Highlights of the trek : seeta & geeta , clifford’s (not so ) expert comments, friendship day flowers , monkey strategy ( not venkat this time ) and can any one forget the woodlands