Disclaimer:
"All characters and events in this log are Real.
Any resemblance to persons is purely intentional.
The following story contains coarse language and due to its
content it should not be read by anyone."
Mails were exchanged, bus tickets were booked and stay
arrangements were made.
Out of 100's of candidates who signed up, only 15 of the toughest
candidates were selected for the Kodacchadri expedition.
Basic Plan: Start the 10km trek from Hiddlumane Falls at 9am and
reach the top of the Kodacchadri peak at 2 pm.
If (Clear Sky == 1)
begin
Watch
the Sun Set <= 1’b1;
Mode
of transport Downhill <= Jeep;
end
else
begin
Watch
the Sun Set <= 1’b0;
Mode
of transport Downhill <= Trek;
end
Was the above code executed without any syntax/compilation/elab
errors,?
The results are present in the following log File.
/treks/BCM_Kodacchadri/work/baba/build/When_BaBa_conquered_Kodacchadri_for_the_4th_time.log
Expedition
Teams:
Lost
& Found (AKA: Fake Adventure Consultants)
Name: Pranayraj
AKA: Manmohan Singh
Achievements: Leading from the back.
Name: Piyush
AKA: Rahul Gandhi
Achievements: Entertained us throughout the trip
Name: Akshay
AKA: Namkeen guy
Achievements: Brought tasty namkeen,
Name: Gyana
AKA: Poser.
Achievements: Taught us how to pose like SRK (real SRK)
Name: Jayadev
AKA: Jeep Climber, Thief.
Achievements: Successfully jumped onto a wrong Jeep, Stole
Hitler’s Umbrella and Tooth brush
Name: Sandeep RK
AKA: Not so real SRK, Blood Donor
Achievements: Donated a liter of blood to the river and couple of
drops to the leeches.
Name: Sandhyah
AKA: Superwoman
Achievements: Saved us, by pushing the other Jeep from the window of
our jeep.
Name: Saranya
AKA: Sonia Gandhi, Guy Cotter, Jeans Slider, Hosur Hitwoman
Achievements: Invented a new technique to trek down, nightmares for defaulters.
Adventure
Consultants
Name: Shivasaran
AKA: Shiva, Philosopher
Achievements: Gave a lecture on long distance relationship, on the
bridge at 12:30 am.
Name: Sundeep
AKA: The confused packer.
Achievements: Packed for Ladhak and trekked kodacchadri
Name: Garima
AKA: Bade Di-dee
Achievements: My subject for the 'call and click' photography technique
Name: Pallavi
AKA:
Achievements: Helped a poor stic to reach the summit.
Name: Sudha
AKA: Daredevil, PCO operator
Achievements: Only person to enjoy downhill jeep drive and only
one with mobile network.
Name: Jasmine
AKA: Possessed Kid, ghost
Achievements: Did not cry for candies during the trek and strayed alone
during the campfire.
Name: Avinash
AKA: Hitler
Achievements: False motivating the team.
*W (25-09-2015, 6:30pm):
Expectation of heavy traffic on a Friday evening failed. Please read below for
more details on this issue.
Akshay and I boarded the Uber cab to Majestic and
picked up Garima on the way. The KSRTC Sleeper bus to Nittur (near Kollur) was
at 9:30pm, KSRTC Bus stand Terminal2. We reached the Terminal at 7:45pm (about 2 hrs early!!!) and had
decent Dinner at Swathi delux restaurant. Sundeep, Shiva and Jayadev too joined
us for dinner. Sudha, Pallavi, Sandhyah, Saranya, Jasmine, SRK, Gyana, Piyush
and Pranay arrived after we had finished our dinner.
*N (9:30pm): KSRTC Sleeper
Bus to Nittur arrived.
The bus only had about 5-6 other people and
within no time we left Bangalore. Some of us started playing cards and the rest
chatted for an hour. Then slept @11pm.
*N (2:00am): Bus reached Birur
Bus stop.
The wind was cold and Shiva was snoring bold.
*N (4:00am): Bus reached
shivamogga Bus station.
*N (6:30am): Bus crossed
Nagara
*N (7:15am): Reached Nittur
We were welcomed by Saranya’s Friend who was
waiting on the road. But sadly she couldn’t recognize him and ran away from
him. As there were no Jeeps available, we decided to walk 2.5kms to the stay.
*N (8:00am): Destination (Kalyani
Nisarga Dhama) arrived.
*N (9:30am): Breakfast
served
The breakfast contained Upma and
Kadubu with chutney.
*E (10:00am): No Jeep
found, please contact the owner again
All the jeeps were busy and we
couldn’t get one in time. When we learnt that the jeep would arrive after an
hour from now, we decided to walk 2kms to the Bridge.
*N (10:36am): The Bridge!!
We were all amazed to see the narrow
and long suspension bridge, which stretched between the two banks of river
sharavathi. Skipped some stones on the water.
*N (11:00am): Jeep has
arrived.
There was only one Jeep available
and had to make two trips to Hidlumane Falls. Since Jaydev already went inside
the jeep, I decided to stay back. As we were the only two who knew proper
Kannada. (Sudha, What you speak is not proper Kannada :P ) The Lucky ones were
Akshay, Gyana, Jayadev, Piyush, Pranay, Sandhyah, Saranya and SRK. (AKA Team
Lost & Found)
*N (11:30am): Wooden made
See-Saw available to play.
*N (12:00pm): Jeep has
again arrived.
It was a bumpy journey to the waterfall.
*N (1:00pm): [Base camp1] Hiddlumane
Waterfall has arrived
The pathway through the paddy fields were mesmerizing.
The water from the falls was used to irrigate the fields. When we reached a
smaller waterfall we couldn’t find the Lost & Found team. Expected them to
have trekked to the Hiddlumane Falls and waiting for us. Got this confirmed
from other trekkers.
*E (1:30pm): Error 404: ‘Lost
& Found team’ not found
*N (2:10pm): Open Plains
has arrived.
After 30+ mins of rigorous 70 degree
inclination climbing, we reached the open grassy plain. Astonishingly there was
not even a single leech in sight.
*N
(3:00pm): [Base camp2] 50% of the trek complete.
The weather was pleasant and scenery
was beautiful. We ate some chocolates, snacks and lied down for a while.
*F (3:30pm): The Call!! Error 808: ‘Lost & Found team’ is Lost
We were
finally able to contact the other team. We all thought they would have reached
the summit and are waiting for us. But to our astonishment they had lost their
way and had gone back to the place where the Jeep had dropped us. We had to
call the jeep owner to ferry a ride to the Peak top, for the stranded trekkers.
*N (4:00pm): 70% of the
trek complete. Jeep Road has arrived.
Plain roads finally, breathed a sigh
of relief. The clouds had opened up to expose the blue sky.
*N (4:30pm): [Base camp3] 85%
of the trek complete. Jeep point has arrived.
Received blessing from Moola
Mookambika devi. Drank lime soda and had the best food of my life. Sudha’s
spicy chutney with bread.
*N (5:05pm): To the summit.
(Pallavi no, not 11ax summit, its Kodacchadri summit.)
*N (5:50pm): Tadaaa!! Thank
you for choosing ‘Adventure Consultants’, your destination has arrived.
After almost 5hrs of tekking through
dense forest and wet grasslands we finally made it. We couldn’t see the Sunset
as the Sun was very shy that day and hidden behind thick blanket of clouds.
*W (6:40pm): Light showers
expected. Take cover.
Walked back to the Jeep point, just
in time before the showers started.
*W (6:45pm): Weather forcast: Light drizzle with one hell of a
bumpy ride expected
After 5mins of drive, we found the ‘Lost
& Found’ team. The windshield wipers of our jeep were broken, so our driver
had to put his head out and drive. Not even Kingda Ka (World’s tallest steel roller coasters) could match the experience we had.
The Jeep swayed in all possible directions. Everyone except Sudha was scared.
Our team started to sing bhajans, pray to the god etc.
*N (7:45pm): Base camp.
Arrived at base camp. Freshened
ourselves. Had mangalore bonda for snacks.
*N (8:45pm): Dinner is
served.
Chapath, Bindi palya, rice, sambar,
rasam, curds and sandige (rice papad)
*N (10:56pm): Campfire
ignited.
Sat around the camp fire, discussing about the Real
and Fake adventures, ghosts etc.
*N (12:30am): Time to
sleep.
Finally, a good night sleep.
*N (6:00am): Sunrise.
To the bridge again. The walk was very pleasant.
*N (8:30am): Breakfast
served
Puliogare, kadubu oggaranne and
avalakki.
*N (9:30am): Good bye to
the beautiful stay,
Manjanna offered us a free drop to
the bus stop in his omni vehicle.
*N (10:30am): To Shivamogga
with Bhagaya Lakshmi travels.
3 hour bus ride to shimogga.
*W (2:00pm): Set up time violation
for Volvo bus.
The bus finally arrived at 2:00 pm.
*W (8:30pm) Heavy rains, traffic
expected.
One hell of a journey it was, to
enter Bangalore. Took a bus to Marathalli and then to Office. Kept the
chocolates and other eatables on my desk and drove home.
*N (11:15pm) Home sweet
Home.
Some
memorable moments
Sudha Falls
Just before we saw the famous hiddlumane falls, Sudha fell off the wildly swinging sew saw. Thanks to jasmine :P. Thanks god it was a mild one and no one got hurt.
Moderate to difficult
The trek was moderate for regular
trekkers, but very difficult for first time trekkers. Hats off to first time
trekkers Pallavi, Garima and Sudha who climbed till the summit without any
issues.
Fake story
When we got a call from the other team that they got lost and went to base1 camp, we felt bad. So we decide to create a fake story just to make them feel good. The story goes like this:
The forests were leech infested and bit everyone. Got attacked by bees. Spotted a tiger in the mist, running towards us and we got scattered in all directions. (Later found out that it was a dog), the possessed kid kept crying for candies all through the trek and got lost. A thunderous storm approached and we had to take cover in caves. Ran out of water supply etc.
But when we met the other team they started boasting of their experiences, telling that they had maximum adventure than us. We were all shocked for a moment and couldn’t respond. :D
Lost & Found
Finally Manmohan broke his silence and ordered the team to continue trekking, as he has served as PM a term before (i.e. he had trekked before). An hour into the trek they lost their way and got attacked by the natures blood suckers 'The Leeches'. With no sights of Base Camp2 they decided to slide back to the Base Camp1.
Sonia's Property Will
After getting lost, sonia gave up on her life. She was worried about her illegal property, that she had piled these years. All the chocolates she could have eaten!! When she tried to conquer the patch of land, the nature defended itself with the power of "Leeches".
Ghost Story
When Sundeep narrated his Infosys
ghost story @midnight, everyone except Sudha was scared :P. It was related to
someone who used to comb her hairs regularly. Pallavi was terrified and threw a
bottle at Sundeep, to make him stop. Then everyone asked her what will she do if
the other girls suddenly wake up in the night and started combing their
hairs!!!
Possessed Kid
We noticed someone putting off the
camp fire at the distance. We thought it to be Ramesh, the care taker. But when
Sundeep flashed his torch at that directions, we were surprised to see Jasmine there.
She had bright red eyes and had moved from the main group without anyone’s
notice.
Hitler’s
Umbrella and Tooth brush
Jayadev, the boy from hubbali was
fond of stealing stuff from hitler. First was caught red handed stealing hitler’s
umbrella and next when hitler woke up to brush his teeth on a Monday morning,
his tooth brush was missing.
0 leech bites
Astonishingly the adventure
consultants team had 0 leech bites. While on my first Kodacchadri trek had 10+
Snake
Our fellow trekkers spotted a snake swimming below rocks near Hiddlumane falls. But due to my bad luck couldn’t spot
it L
The friendly feline
During out afternoon walk to the
bridge, a small cat followed us. It stopped when we stopped and swiftly moved
when we moved. To walk beside this amazing feline was cheerful.
Call and click
My technique of calling the name of
the subject and immediately clicking their photos as soon as they turn towards
me worked very well. Garima was the one who always fell for this trick. :P
Sliding technique
The very famous technique to trek
down, wearing a jeans pant was invented and patented by Saranya.
SRK pose
Gyana thought us all how to pose like a real SRK.
Motivation
To keep the group going, i always lied to our team about the distance remaining to the top. This made them not to give up and kept climbing. On the last leg, I even motivated pallavi by showing old grannies who were trekking down. "When they can, why cant you :P"
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Warnings: 5
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