The 300km Shivanasamudra Achievement: Surviving a Road-Rage Chase, Mistaking a Bull for a Pet Rabbit, and Waterfall Exploration | Chapter 11 (March 14, 2010)

11) Shivnasamudra (14/3/10) :


Place: Shivanasamudra = Gaganchukki + Barachukki.
Distance: 150 x 2 = 300kms.
Directions:
1) Bengaluroo > Kanakpura > Mallavali > Shivnasamudra
2) Bengaluroo > Maddur > Mallavali > Shivnasamudra.
Participants : Arvi > Ashok > Sp.
Bikes : RTR >Pulsar .
Previous Trip: Savandurga noon trek.

PLAN:

We wanted to do this trip since about 4 months, 300kms one day was never easy, 14th of march ’10 was the day we finally made it!! . It was of course one of our memorable trips till date.

7am in the morning, Ashok,arvi and myself assembled in front of my house. Arun coudnt make it this time :(.. but he did come to my house and spoke to us for sometime!!!

RIDE:

We headed of on NICE road to join kankpura road, from then on it was smooth sailing from there.. ok this next incident is almost got me killed… there was this mad woman (u all know the alternate word) shouting in the middle of the road at vehicles , Arvi and ashok passed her, then I was like “ screw u ” she got really angry and tried chasing me, I went off road, but managed to pull my bike and regain control :D !!!

Then we had to take a break since nobody had breakfast, we had completed about 100kms…The road to shivnasamudra is simply amazing!!!! Arvi had brought some apples ..we sat on the roadside and gulped them down :) Then we covered the next 50kms at a pretty good pace, to reach our 1st destination Gaganchuki :) :)

GAGANCHUKKI:

We were a little disappointed that there was less water, stayed there for a while enjoying the scenery. It`s a very civilized area ( not like mekedat). We had breakfast at a decent hotel at gaganchuki , fooled around with chickens and geese in the hotel!!

When we were about to the place , AH Alexiii (my pet rabbit) or what I thought was Alexi had followed me :D I lost my mind.. went sat next to it rubbing its back!!! Arvi and ashok kept their distance. Then I realised it was a bull :D :D

BARACHUKKI:

Then we left for barachukki , gaganchukki and barachuki are about 10kms apart. We reached barachuki in another 10-15 mins… we parked our bikes…and found there was less water here too :( . It was tiring long climb down… but it was the ideal time to explore the place.

We crossed a small stream which packed a lot of force… then we reached a very beautiful falls, sat there for sometime and went further deeper … it was an amazing spot!!! Spent a good hour or so there right below the falls :). Then finally decided to head back to Namma bengalooroo, it was about 1pm.

RIDE BACK:

The drive back was again pretty good… thanks to the smooth new road we drove at steady pace and reached home at abt 3 :30 pm….YUP, 300kms one day , we were proud Hehe.. for a guy who never thought could ride a bike… it was an achievement for me I guess haha!!! ( wher`s my collar when I need one)

Kushal , Arvi , Ashok , Arun - I truely thank u guys for teaching me to ride a Bike :) \m/

And yeah…. Next day we had college …half the day we were asleep :D :D…. YAWWWNNNNN :P

RTR: Ashok + Arvi
Pulsar: Kd

Distance: 150+150=300kms

MAP:



ALL PHOTOS:

⬅️ 10. Savandurga trek 12. Shivagange ➡️

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The 130km Savandurga Trek: Driving Through a Forest Fire, Dangerous Noon Climb, and Forgetting Books for College | Chapter 10 (March 6, 2010)

10) Savandurga (6/3/10) :


Last day of test 1, we finish our exams come out of the paring lot… Arvind,Arun and Ashok wanted to go out somewhere… Savandurga was just the place!! Arun went back to his place…Arv, Ashok and myself went to my home and decided to wait for arun there.

And the wait of the century began :D… 45min still no signs of Arun.. as we were really hungry.. we told arun tat we`d meet up at a small hotel next to ‘RRMC’… and we left had lunch ( aint good) and he 2nd round of waiting started… Had some problem with my lens.. it had ttly gone inside… Arv and ashok said with a very calm face “ Hey!! Chill it`l come out ..atleast b4 Arun turns up here :D..” And it did come out :P.. then finally after 30 min or so..Arun finally showed up..

We reached manchinbele in a very short time.. . thought of stopping there but as it was already late..we skipped it. A new road had been laid to manchinbele.. this really helped us to cover a lot of ground in a short time.

THE DRIVE to savandurga was something out of this world.. there was forest fire on both sides of the road ( which was reported in the next day’s newspaper) drivin through it was an amazing experience!! (** Ashok’s incident here was super funny!!**)

Finally we made it to Savandurga… it is a very Steep grainite hill… very dangerous too..thought there would be some steps.. but nop.. had to climb it just like tat !!!
A couple had lost their lives about 3hrs b4 we reached the place.. tat made is even scared…And to make things worse.. it was HOT as hell :(

We started climbing the mountain..every step drained a lot of energy..we were carryin our helmets and bags with us.. which made it even more difficult…every 15 mins we had to take a break !! it was sapping all our energy out!!

We reached a wonderful spot from where we could see manchinbele!! It was a kikass spot!! Spent sometime there.. headed a lil further… finally we had reached our peak ( not the mountain’s).. we were ttly exhausted ( After exam Noon trek – not a good idea) wanted to go further… but was stopped for good :)

And then we headed back down, now the real fun started , Arv started imitating old kannada movie Scenes and songs… ( no offence !!) Shouting names, fooling around.. dancing down the hill!! :D..Ah it was real fun :)

When we made it down the hill there was only one thing on our mind “ WATER”.. we drank lots of it..And headed back to Bangalore :D.

The test after special worked out pretty well. ..Monday had to attend college …this was the best part :D …Ashok opens his bag.. “ Ayyia!! Here`s savandurga`s bottle…. Wher`s my books :P :P “

RTR: AShok + Arvi
Unicorn : Arun
Pulsar : Kd

Distance : 65+65=130 kms

Haha!!! \m/

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⬅️ 9. Kanva reservoir 11. Shivanasamudra ➡️

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