Month of April may not be the best for day trekking in Sahyadris because of too much of Sunshine, but it's open the options for overnight camping and night treks.
So, one good day I received the message on my adventure group about night Trek that too "The highest peak of Maharashtra, Kalsubai".
Without any second thought I was in for this.
It's summit is situated at 5400 feet . Bari village is base to start the Trek , which is about 6km from Bandhardara.
So I packed my bag with instant energy stuffs and start the journey from Pune station at 11 pm.
Journey from Pune to Bhandardara is majestic and it's leaves you in the middle of some highest ranges of Sahyadris. And night journey in private bus with strangers is always exciting.
So we reach to the base around 0130 had a little introduction with group followed by description of trek. There were few members in the group who've been to Kalsubai around 6 times .
Without any delay we picked up our torches and started towards the peak.
At the beginning it was looking easy but as we continue we came to know it's going to take some efforts .
There are small landscapes in between where we were taking small breaks and looking at the sky and as expected there were millions of stars were visible . I have never seen such star filled sky before . We all were amazed with that view.
There were few patches where we had to crawl (actually we took that path by mistake and that's the thrill of night Trek) by holding our torches in our mouth and using hands to climb.
It was fun but tiring also.
There was continuous sound of insects and breeze which was keeping all of us excited . We walked ,rested walked ,rested ...again walked in the hope of sunrise and visibility of peak.
It was around 0400 and first glimpse of ray was about to come.
After few more minutes we saw a dark orange line at the horizon which was getting lighter and wider every minute . It was the most beautiful sunrise I could see and we were also able to see the peak by now and beleive me it was stll in the sky somewhere after climbing few hours :)
They have made ladders towards the end so it was not that tricky to cross the tough patches.
Around 0730 we reached at the top and the happiness of conquering the highest peak could be seen at our faces. I was lost there I took a round and the mesmerising views of Bhandardara was fascinating and the wind was so fast, it was almost impossible to hear each other .
After staying there for about an hour we all were set to descend and it was the most difficult part of the trek . The sun was getting brighter and we could feel the heat as well.
There are few shops in the middle selling. Lemon soda which was must in that heat . I was too tired and every single step was socking energy from me. Somehow we all managed to get down safely and on time around 1400.
After reaching base , I turned back and starred that gigantic mountain which I just conquered. It was a proud feeling .
After having delicious Pithla Bhakri at base village we returned back to Pune with sweet memories of this beautiful trek.
Journey from Pune to Bhandardara is majestic and it's leaves you in the middle of some highest ranges of Sahyadris. And night journey in private bus with strangers is always exciting.
So we reach to the base around 0130 had a little introduction with group followed by description of trek. There were few members in the group who've been to Kalsubai around 6 times .
Without any delay we picked up our torches and started towards the peak.
At the beginning it was looking easy but as we continue we came to know it's going to take some efforts .
There are small landscapes in between where we were taking small breaks and looking at the sky and as expected there were millions of stars were visible . I have never seen such star filled sky before . We all were amazed with that view.
There were few patches where we had to crawl (actually we took that path by mistake and that's the thrill of night Trek) by holding our torches in our mouth and using hands to climb.
It was fun but tiring also.
There was continuous sound of insects and breeze which was keeping all of us excited . We walked ,rested walked ,rested ...again walked in the hope of sunrise and visibility of peak.
It was around 0400 and first glimpse of ray was about to come.
After few more minutes we saw a dark orange line at the horizon which was getting lighter and wider every minute . It was the most beautiful sunrise I could see and we were also able to see the peak by now and beleive me it was stll in the sky somewhere after climbing few hours :)
They have made ladders towards the end so it was not that tricky to cross the tough patches.
Around 0730 we reached at the top and the happiness of conquering the highest peak could be seen at our faces. I was lost there I took a round and the mesmerising views of Bhandardara was fascinating and the wind was so fast, it was almost impossible to hear each other .
After staying there for about an hour we all were set to descend and it was the most difficult part of the trek . The sun was getting brighter and we could feel the heat as well.
There are few shops in the middle selling. Lemon soda which was must in that heat . I was too tired and every single step was socking energy from me. Somehow we all managed to get down safely and on time around 1400.
After reaching base , I turned back and starred that gigantic mountain which I just conquered. It was a proud feeling .
After having delicious Pithla Bhakri at base village we returned back to Pune with sweet memories of this beautiful trek.
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