Ghangad: Far (Very Far) Away From The Maddening Crowd

Last weekend for a change, I wanted to venture out to an area where I had not hiked much. Ghangad is a small fort located some 40 kms from Lonavala, near the backwaters of Mulshi dam. A tricky rock patch requiring equipment was the reason this fort had

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CHANDERI FORT- SO CLOSE YET FAR....

Chanderi (right) and Mhasmal (left) - the route to both rise to the 'V' point between the two The Matheran range and surrounding hills have been the usual suspects for most of my monsoon treks. So its a surprise to find any trekking point not visited in the

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Irshalgad - The One That Got Away

There are very few places left around Mumbai where I have not trekked as yet. One of those is Irshalgad, a sharply peaked hill that cannot be missed on the old Mumbai-Pune road. Somehow I missed this trek, having been to almost all the mountains around it. So

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Yet again to Bhimashankar

Two weeks back I returned to Bhimashankar – crowds were expected as it was a Saturday. We, ourselves were a group of fifteen or so, hurtling towards Khandas (the base village) in an air-conditioned chartered bus! We planned only to climb and the bus would  pick us up

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