Thursday, February 03, 2005
Trekking at Rajmachi
Hi all!!!
We (a group of 40 people) went for a trekking trip to Rajmachi (Near Lonawala, Pune, Maharastra, India) last Saturday (29th January 2005).
Here is the Group photo. You can find me - sitting second from left, blue color T-Shirt with a reverse Cap.
That was my first Trekking experience in a professional group. I remember going to the mountain (definitely not this much height) when I was in my college days. Those are the mountains and forest areas which Keech is displaying in his MondayBlues (www.mondayblues.org) website. That one is nothing compared to what is there in Rajmachi.
It is huge trekking experience - mostly walking and little climbing. I heared that the total distance that we covered is nearly about 15-18 KMs one way (which means 30-35KMs totally) . The last time I walked this much was when I went for the Thiruvannamalai Giri Valam which I think was in the range of 13-15 KMs of only walking and it is the total KM travelled. If anybody doesn't know what is Giri Valam, it is nothing but going around the Thiruvannamalai Mountain, which has the main Thiruvannamalai Shiva temple.
The Trekking of Rajmachi was really energetic. We happen to see lot of scenaries and it was a learning experience for me. You might think what is that learning for me?? Right ? There is something to look into. Mostly from my school days, I have been an average performer. May be naturally average or I didn't try hard to become super performer. Mostly I will be in the mediocre degree - neither super performing nor bad performing. This case applies to my studies, sports, acting etc. Ofcourse from my college days I started to realise my potential in studying (not to a great extent)..
Experience from this Trekking to my life -> While I started the trekking I started as usual in the middle.. Then slowly I started moving faster and one time I realised that I am leading the whole group.. Shocked!!! If I try to apply this in my life, then definitely I will not be left behind. Right? Is this not a learning experience?
There is one more thing I learned from this Trekking. Mostly I am not comfortable with heights that too if you see the valley below your legs from a point 1300 feet above from the sea level. In the trekking I took the decision of climbing up to the Fort with few others while others said they are happy taking rest at the Rajmachi Flat land. Getting thru the fort steps were really scarry. After certain steps, I got an idea of looking only the steps and not valley below that. That way my concentration was only on the steps and I never bothered about the height. Because of this idea, I could reach the top and enjoy the beauty of the whole Valley. Even though, I couldn't reach the peak. But it was a good experience for me.
The same is the case when I am thinking about any great idea or project or anything you name it. I get frightened if I see them as a whole. I feel it is too huge and I cannot do it. If I try to follow the approach of Divide and Rule or Concentrate on what you do now, I can win many things. I am sure this approach will help lot of us in this world.
After a gruelling day, I reached home and had some cakes and puffs as my dinner.
If I would been provided a good Dinner (south indian meals) I would have taken two person's meals.
Ok.. Cath you Later with more Blogs from me.
For more photos on Rajmachi Trekking, Check out below. I will add some more to them.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rbalu2k/album?.dir=2236&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rbalu2k/my_photos
We (a group of 40 people) went for a trekking trip to Rajmachi (Near Lonawala, Pune, Maharastra, India) last Saturday (29th January 2005).
Here is the Group photo. You can find me - sitting second from left, blue color T-Shirt with a reverse Cap.
That was my first Trekking experience in a professional group. I remember going to the mountain (definitely not this much height) when I was in my college days. Those are the mountains and forest areas which Keech is displaying in his MondayBlues (www.mondayblues.org) website. That one is nothing compared to what is there in Rajmachi.
It is huge trekking experience - mostly walking and little climbing. I heared that the total distance that we covered is nearly about 15-18 KMs one way (which means 30-35KMs totally) . The last time I walked this much was when I went for the Thiruvannamalai Giri Valam which I think was in the range of 13-15 KMs of only walking and it is the total KM travelled. If anybody doesn't know what is Giri Valam, it is nothing but going around the Thiruvannamalai Mountain, which has the main Thiruvannamalai Shiva temple.
The Trekking of Rajmachi was really energetic. We happen to see lot of scenaries and it was a learning experience for me. You might think what is that learning for me?? Right ? There is something to look into. Mostly from my school days, I have been an average performer. May be naturally average or I didn't try hard to become super performer. Mostly I will be in the mediocre degree - neither super performing nor bad performing. This case applies to my studies, sports, acting etc. Ofcourse from my college days I started to realise my potential in studying (not to a great extent)..
Experience from this Trekking to my life -> While I started the trekking I started as usual in the middle.. Then slowly I started moving faster and one time I realised that I am leading the whole group.. Shocked!!! If I try to apply this in my life, then definitely I will not be left behind. Right? Is this not a learning experience?
There is one more thing I learned from this Trekking. Mostly I am not comfortable with heights that too if you see the valley below your legs from a point 1300 feet above from the sea level. In the trekking I took the decision of climbing up to the Fort with few others while others said they are happy taking rest at the Rajmachi Flat land. Getting thru the fort steps were really scarry. After certain steps, I got an idea of looking only the steps and not valley below that. That way my concentration was only on the steps and I never bothered about the height. Because of this idea, I could reach the top and enjoy the beauty of the whole Valley. Even though, I couldn't reach the peak. But it was a good experience for me.
The same is the case when I am thinking about any great idea or project or anything you name it. I get frightened if I see them as a whole. I feel it is too huge and I cannot do it. If I try to follow the approach of Divide and Rule or Concentrate on what you do now, I can win many things. I am sure this approach will help lot of us in this world.
After a gruelling day, I reached home and had some cakes and puffs as my dinner.
If I would been provided a good Dinner (south indian meals) I would have taken two person's meals.
Ok.. Cath you Later with more Blogs from me.
For more photos on Rajmachi Trekking, Check out below. I will add some more to them.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rbalu2k/album?.dir=2236&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rbalu2k/my_photos
