Savan Durga Trek-Ness Roadies--2007

Trek to Savan durga on 19th May 2007

Fortune favors the brave!
Jo dar gaya wo margaya!!
Wandering one gathers honey!!!
Ruk jaan nahi tu kahi haar ke, katon pe chalk e milenge saaye bahar ke..

True!!

Our trekking at Savan durga simply justifies the above inspirational thoughts!

As part of the first activity towards the Adventure club, we decided to go the Savan durga for trekking. We had booked the Quails as we were only 5 people (though initial confirmation was 10 !)

So on Saturday, 19th of May 2007, we assembled at Ness Towers at 7.30 AM and cab driver, Kumar came at 8AM as he was waiting for us at MPK office J

At 8.15 AM me, Uttam, Brajesh, Sandeep and Shrikant boarded the cab and left the office towards Savan durga. On the way, we discussed many interesting things about the tourist spots in India, trekking experiences of all the people and for Uttam, it was the first one!

Savan durga is nice place for trekking cum rock climbing. Its 60 kms away from Bangalore on the way to Magadi. We stopped for breakfast after crossing Sunkadakatte. It seemed to be the only decent restaurant. There we bought bread, chips and some chocolates.

We reached Savan durga at 10.30 AM. We started our trek at 10.30 AM. Our driver, Kumar and a small local boy showed us how to start the trek and the easy(?) way to reach the top. But we decided to take the tougher route.(we named it as Uttam steep J ) It is a very steep rock and is very difficult to climb( the inclination is around 60 degree !) Sandeep and Brajesh being highly experienced, started with the blast..then Shrinkant, me and Uttam followed. After climbing (crawling) for some 30 min, we found it difficult to climb any more. It was scary to look up or down!. We were struck!!!. In the middle, Uttam lost the grip and was in the air!. He had no grip and could come down or go up.That’s why we named the steep as Uttam steep J. Sandeep came down a bit and gave support to Uttam. Situation was a bit tense for 10 min.

Uttam decided to take the regular route. And all of us followed. He bounced back in great enthu and was the first to reach the top!!. We took many breaks in between as it was very hot and sun was right on the head and our shadow below our feet. We mixed the glucose powder (orange flavor) in the water. That was a good relief in the hot sun. The rock is very steep and one will find trees or bushes here and there to take shelter. We did not miss the route as there are arrow marks, which guided us to the top. On the way just near the end of trek, we visited Hanuman statue, which is carved in the rock.

We reached the top at 2.30 PM exactly 2 hrs after we started the trek. It was a very special moment for all of us, after the hard trek. All of us felt that we were on top of the world and the song from Khamoshi-“Aaaj me upar, aasaman neeche, aaj me upar, zamana hai peeche..” passed through our heart. There is a small temple built for Nandi on the top. And there is one flag post just next to the temple. We all took the snaps there. It is very picturesque from the top. We ate bread, butter (butter became liquid butter due to heat!), jam and chips at the top. We stayed there for half an hour and then started climbing down at 3 PM. We met another team from Bangalore who had come there on bike in triple ride!!!!!

We reached down at 3.45 PM, had very refreshing coconut water next to the temple of Laxmi Narasimha. We bought water bottles from the near by shop. One needs to carry lot of water for this Savan durga trek… At 4 PM, we headed towards Bangalore. We took the Mysore road while coming back. On the way, near to Ramanagaram, we visited Big banyan tree. Its very huge and no one knows which is the original tree there!. We had tea in the near by shop and left again. We reached the Ness towers at 8.30 PM. Took some snaps in the office.
The trek was very adventurous filled with thrill and joy. We went home with the refreshed soul. Our heart hummed “Aye mere johar jabi, abhi tak hai tu hasi aur me javan..”