I heard that kp is the toughest trek in karnataka from
one of my brother... lets see how difficult it's..!!! myself and my
bindas friends(ajay(cool and
calm),sanjay(energetic),Sunil(stamina) and last myself(can't predict
me), met together one day and finally four of us are decided to go
on 1st Feb 2013. Since v r trekking kp for the first time ,so we
don't know the exact routes but still we have
bundle of confidence and energy that we will carry to reach kp.
before 4 days back v ave taken a new hiking tent(T3+) and we reserved
a ticket before a day .we assembled at Bangalore railway station at
8:15 PM on Jan 31st. The train to Man galore arrived at 8:55PM, on
time. After a few leisure talks we went to sleep, all excited about
the day to come.
We have reached subramanya in the morning 5am and we got a ksrtc
bus after 10mins,to subramanya
About KP:
Kumara parvatha, also called as Pushpagiri is situated in
the Somvarpet Taluk of Coorg District.the peak is at a height of about 1712mts and it is
14.5km trek from the base of subramanya temple,from the temple
it is approx 1.5km to starting point.
There are two ways to reach Kp.
- from Kukke subramanya(14km),its little bit tough(8/10).
-
from bidhalli side(7km),its a easier
route(5/10)
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We decided to trek from Kukke subramanya side which is
considered to be
toughest trek.
Lets begin the show,
Day 1:
we went to take bath in the early morning 6:15am at kumara dhara river located near by, after a quick freshening up, , we visited a famous temple kukke subramamya and we had a good darshana. then we had break fast in a kumara krupa hotel near the temple at 9am ,arranged for water bottles and other things took 30mins(glucose,biscuits,orange,etcthen).
we went to take bath in the early morning 6:15am at kumara dhara river located near by, after a quick freshening up, , we visited a famous temple kukke subramamya and we had a good darshana. then we had break fast in a kumara krupa hotel near the temple at 9am ,arranged for water bottles and other things took 30mins(glucose,biscuits,orange,etcthen).
So
finally we started our trek at 9:30am from the base,delayed by half
an hour as per our plans still its ok.
the
figure showing below it is starting point of dense forest,the
board that showing behind it is towards KP(starting point).
First 5km is fully steep climb through the
dense forests,but fortunate thing for us is we went on a non monsoon
season,so leeches will not be there. the first few kilometers was
very strenuous .since i had not trekked for a few months
now. it was really difficult for me to shift trekking mode. we were
drinking water at regular intervals to keep us going because
the humidity is very high there.. and taking break every 15 mins...
1st landmark(Bheema's Rock):
After trekking 2 hours around 3km in dense forest .so we reached 1st landmark i.e bheema's rock,(Bheema kallu). we ate some fruits that v had taken and rested for while...Especially Oranges helped for us to re-energize.
After trekking 2 hours around 3km in dense forest .so we reached 1st landmark i.e bheema's rock,(Bheema kallu). we ate some fruits that v had taken and rested for while...Especially Oranges helped for us to re-energize.
2nd Landmark(Bhattara mane(bhatta's house):
We have reached bhattaru mane(bhatta's house) at around 1:30pm .. this is the place where u can get food,water....here u ave to order food on the previous day of the trek. they will provide unlimited meals(rice,sambar,pickle,butter milk) and “battara mane butter milk” is "super" do u believe this is all just for 80 bucks... I can say its more than worth,,we filled our stomach fully .... and we slept for about 2 hours and as per our plan to reach sheshparvatha by that evening. So we left battara mane at 3:30pm.
First View Point:
We Proceeded towards first view point ,from battara mane
its just around 300mts and spending time by taking few snaps.
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Again just 5mins walk from first view point to
forest office in grassland ,where we had to pay 200 bucks per
head as a trekking fees. again after walking 10mins from there where
we get 2nd view point ,the time we reached second view point it was
around 4pm..once we reach 2nd view point just we were scared by
seeing dis cow pic.
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wasted half an hour
arguing whether to go or not,by the time it was around 4:30pm and
even we could not reach kallu mantapa ,the same day .so finally by
wasting half an hour we decided to return back to forest office to
camp there whole night .before pitching a tent in same place we
decided to play cricket ,in front of forest office with people who
are surviving there....
Cricket in Forest:
Till now no trekkers has
played cricket over there...proudly we can say we are the first group
has played forest cricket over there..with some of the people
belonging to forest office department and bhattara
mane(harish,puni,shamnath bhatt). It was an amazing experience,that we never
played before in forest ...i can call it as “Jungle Cricket”
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After playing cricket we pitched our tents there only. since we had a tent with us that could house 4 people along with language .two of them have arranged tent. me and sanjay collected woods in forest to put camp fire..but we didn't put camp fire since we were so tired even my legs was paining so much .literally i was screaming for that .later we cooked MT R's ready made puliyogare mix and also rice for dinner and slept early in tent followed by dinner. |
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| Preparing maggie,rice,coffee |
Day 2:
By morning i got up early at 5am.my friends were still sleeping but one thing i would like to mention here ill never felt that ill woke up at 5am since my leg was paining too much before last night . Luckily....!!! ho sorry I can say its by gods grace I woke up at 5am And i started putting camp fire and slowly my friends were joined with me to . later we prepared Maggie for breakfast and even I brought milk powder so we prepared coffee also .so we left forest office at around 7 clock. again half an hour delay as per hour plans .we left our excessive things in forest office and we carried only water bottles and some snacks(biscuits,glucose,blah blah)..
By morning i got up early at 5am.my friends were still sleeping but one thing i would like to mention here ill never felt that ill woke up at 5am since my leg was paining too much before last night . Luckily....!!! ho sorry I can say its by gods grace I woke up at 5am And i started putting camp fire and slowly my friends were joined with me to . later we prepared Maggie for breakfast and even I brought milk powder so we prepared coffee also .so we left forest office at around 7 clock. again half an hour delay as per hour plans .we left our excessive things in forest office and we carried only water bottles and some snacks(biscuits,glucose,blah blah)..
Kallu Mantapa:
with fresh legs we soon reached the small stream of water near the mantapa after nice refresh we reached the mantapa.as i said before sunil has enormous stamina he was reached first and followed by sanjay, ajay and me, and after taking few snaps we proceeded in the left side of the mantapa.
with fresh legs we soon reached the small stream of water near the mantapa after nice refresh we reached the mantapa.as i said before sunil has enormous stamina he was reached first and followed by sanjay, ajay and me, and after taking few snaps we proceeded in the left side of the mantapa.
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| Kallu mantapa |
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| Cascading mountains |
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| Landing sun at kp |
After
crossing Kallu mantapa,we should suppose to be cross through
Bhattada rashi peak and shesha parvatha. since we were climbing
kp for the first time nobody from our group has don't know the
exact path ,so just we are following a path. after mantapa the paths
are not that much clear .so we missed the path and we went deep
inside a thick forest around 2kms by the time it was around 8:30pm
.we were going going .........,reached somverpet path and later
we realized that we are not going on the right track and decided to
return back to kallu mantapa by following same path...wait
....wait...wait...
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| Selfie Time... |
After quite relaxation we went for
sightseeing around ,spent some time at the peak exploring it,
taking snaps and finishing off the biscuit,bred jam.
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| Shhhhhh.....Danger |
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Be aware of us
We decided to start our descent ,left
kp at 12;30pm, The first challenge was to descend down a cliff that
was looking bit tough, that what we missed while climbing,Slowly and
carefully we got down to enter a thick forest , again trek 1.5km
uphill to reach the top of Shesha Parvatha, we admired by seeing
that beauty and rested for a while at shesha parvatha and we had a
small photo session over there.... |
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| Mighty Rock |
After trekking for 3 more kms, reached
the Kallu Mantapa , rested for while near stream .after It was a
marathon run downhill. 3 km nonstop ,reached battara mane and I had a
heavy meals in my life.and,left bhattara mane at 4:30pm.we reached
base at 7pm.
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| Thumps Up |
We enjoyed each and every moment
of the trek, One of the most memorable treks ever! And one of the
ever best we have ever done!.
So we then went to the Kumara Krupa
hotel and had dinner... Next day we went to dharmasthala and had a
good darshana and left dharmasthala Our bus was at 9.45. and reached
Bangalore at 5:00am.
.....................End.....................
.....................End.....................
Discovered a New Path After
Mantapa;
After crossing kallu mantapa we discovered a new route while trekking .after climbing approx around 400mts to 500mts from kallu mantapa where u vill find two paths where one path is straight that vill take u to sheshaparvatha,another path is take left deviation proceed some 300mts downwards it vill take u to a thick forest and u can see stream also. that path vill connect to bidhalli. here no steeps so u can walk easily in a thick forest as I mention before where u get water source also.
After crossing kallu mantapa we discovered a new route while trekking .after climbing approx around 400mts to 500mts from kallu mantapa where u vill find two paths where one path is straight that vill take u to sheshaparvatha,another path is take left deviation proceed some 300mts downwards it vill take u to a thick forest and u can see stream also. that path vill connect to bidhalli. here no steeps so u can walk easily in a thick forest as I mention before where u get water source also.
Highlights of the Trek:
- Played Cricket in the forest(KP).
- Missed a path.
- Adventurous feel by seeing cow pic.(cow hunted by tiger)
- We discovered a new path made easier to reach(skipping sheshparvatha and battadha rashi) directly KP.
- We had traveled through last 20mins in dense forest while coming down towards base that is in late evening(7pm) and even we don't have torches also ...just imagine how adventures it will be..
"ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ "
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