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Almost heart broken watching a gang littering the valley leading to Mullayanagiri, by throwing around everything from plastic covers, to toffee wrappers ... to a big steel bowl. A more disturbing observation is that they were fully equipped with even a tent. Just wondering where else they'll be visiting? If u r among those, who camped @ Mullayanagiri on 13th January 2007 .... please dont do this again. If u know anyone in this gang, please pass the message. If not for the sake of wildlife or people who are going to go up there after u, atleast for ur second visit to the same place !!!
For others, please spare me the regret that I may be the cause of polluting these places - directly or indirectly. By sharing information with the wrong people, I wudnt want to speed up commercialisation and dirtying up of any place!
So ... one humble request to all the people planning to go to for treks. Please respect nature and remember other people. Never litter these wonderful places. Infact, it will be great, if you can pick up some of the litter (especially the non-bio-degradable) and carry it back. Please abstain from smoking and drinking when you are with nature. Even if you cant help it, atleast carry back cigarette buds and liquor bottles. If couple of us show some responsibility, we can keep these places clean and pristine for the coming generations!!!
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The much awaited trek to Vavul Mala was simply the best. I, along with Josettan ascended the Vavul Mala peak @ 2339m in the Vellarimala ranges all the way from Muthappanpuzha @ abt 450m. Gr8 trek spanning 3 days.
I split the twin treks from Thirunelli in the beginning of 2008 to two different pages, Thirunelli - Pakshipathalam trek page and Thirunelli - Brahmagiri trek page, as both of them together in one page was too crowded.
Finally, the night trek to Skandagiri on a full moon night with John. It was not a great trek, especially with the crowd and chaos at the top of the peak and things getting stolen. Neverthless, the moonlight trek was a new experience.
A short trek to Shivaganga, 56kms from Bengaluru, @ 1368m, to take a look at the 'Shiva' temple, 'Olakallu Theertha' and a fabulous view of the entire surroundings.
Our first 'official' 'doubles' trek to Pushpagiri aka Kumaraparvatha from Somwarpet side and return via Girigadde and Subramanya.
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