Monsoon Madness!

So it initially began with making a bucket list of things I wanted to do in my life. Had I not penned them down, I wouldn’t not have ever known about TrekOPhy and my adventure would never have been possible.

Thus treking with an organized safe group was my highest priority and I wanted to begin it asap. I did not know about any such groups till I came across Trekophy while I was doing my R&D on various trekking groups. Having called many other groups, I finally made up my mind that Its Trekophy that I would like to begin my life's 1st adventure with. Having interacted with one of the instructors - Gaurav Kelkar, I was given a clear fair idea of how things were. Thus the day was 16th June 2013 and weeks prior I made up my mind that I will make this happen.

I was easily able to convince around 15 of my friends to be a part of this, and thanks to them none of these backed out and all of them seemed as excited as me and were game.
Thus, the night before the trek I hardly slept thinking of all the excitement that was to come my way. And Trust me...It was much much much more then what I anticipated.

Thus it began with the pouring rains itself. 16 June 2013 was a crazy day with heavy rains. Being a Sunday we thought that the mega block would create some problem. But where there's a will, there indeed is a way. And weren’t we out on an adventure? Yes we were, and there certainly would be some road blocks that we would have to come to terms with. But nothing went wrong. And all of us friends made it to Dadar having met Trekophy for the 1st time and began our exciting journey.

With a lovely breakfast served to us at Panvel station, we met some new friends there and began the Joy trip. Having stuffed ourselves in the Tuk tuk to reach the village base, the 45 minute journey was an awesome ride too. The rural set up to the village already got us excited and we knew we were in for a lot of fun. The rains were just adding to the beauty of the place.

After having reached the base village, we started our trek. Crossing streams of water, walking on puddles of mucky water, stepping on rolling stones, every step we took was just so much fun. The trek instructors made sure we were guided well.

The beauty of the place with the lush green dense mountains, the rain drops, and the gushing stream of water kept our sprits high. This could be one of those right decisions of my life to have finalized on this trek, the Trekophy group, the destination..Because everything just seemed so right! Not to forget, the waterfalls on our ways that we did not miss. All of us, around 56 made sure we got our selves wet, played in the water falls and had the best time there too.

As we walked, the trek seemed to challenge us at every level. The climbs became difficult. I wondered if I would be able to do it, but a task taken cannot be just left incomplete. Moreover, I was very passionate that I wanted to achieve it. The slippery climbs got difficult, the rocks bruised our skin, and the rains did not seem to stop and the heavy breeze. Nature was at it’s best that day. Nothing dampened our spirits. At times when we lost hopes, the instructors kept us motivated and we kept going.

There came a point, where we reached the 2nd base and I stopped and was spellbound by the beauty of nature. It seemed so heavenly. The mist was so heavy, that we could hardly see anything. We were at a great height above sea level where not much was visible below because of the mist and the little that we saw seemed like a tiny speck...Scary yet Awesome!

 Trying our best, we had trekked more than 2hours and I already started to feel proud of myself. I kept telling myself-I can, I will and I must and that kept me just going without stopping. We crossed streams, rolled over in muck, hurt ourselves, but trust me each of this was worth it.

The joy of reaching the pinnacle point was great. To reach that pinnacle, indeed took a lot.. A lot of efforts  a lot of energy, a few peoples kinds words to keep me going, lots of self motivation to do it, but once having reached the place the feeling was something I still can't explain

Like everything in life has a first time, this was my first time. I was 2500 feet above sea level. I could see the mesmerizing beauty of nature. I was at The TOP. And the feeling was awesome.

This might sound like me climbing my Everest and making it sound so big, but to me this indeed was a big accomplishment.

Thanks to the Trekophy group. At every step of our climb, they were just so patient, so calm and so understanding with us.

Reaching the pinnacle isn’t enough right… There are folks waiting back at home…And you got to get back in safe and sound in one single piece. The walk back down was not easy. The rains did not stop and the way got muckier than before...Rolling down the muck and tying to hold our grip, we did manage…

All in all this was one of the bestest adventures of my life… And I am sure I am going to be a part of much much more with trekophy.

If you’re a first timer, no hesitations…trek with this group, for they really guide you well and are great instructors too..

Still excited for the next one to come.

"I've realized everyone wants to reach the top of the summit, but all the happiness and joy occurs when  you walk the hard way and try being there"
Life is fun, with such adventures"