Climbing the rock mountain

This is post of summer 2018 which was lying in corner of my hard disk. It is time to divulge this post here in blogger. Hope you enjoy!

 

 

My nephew showed impromptu interest in climbing the distant rock hill situated in our village. It has been years since I too climbed. After a tasty tea and Brinjal Bajji, we set out for our expedition.

The first trail hunt was the usual backside of the hill which is the easiest way. Unfortunately, we could not spot the trail since it was covered with shrubs, thorns. There was snake too which ended our hunt for back trail. It has been years and hence backtracking was not possible. We came back to try tracing the front trail. We walked over fields carefully trampling the thorns so as not to hurt ourselves. The dense arid vegetation was intimidating due to presence of serpents but the presence of thorns were advantage. The snakes would find it difficult to slither through them. After-crossing 2,3 fields, we spotted the safe base point for hike.

We began our climb. The abrasion and jagged rocks provided additional grip while hiking. It was not a linear hike. Many times we had digress from trail and find smooth path. Sometimes, thorns created issue. We had to leave our utility bag in middle to negotiate thorny trail. Overall that was easiest hike, not something we can brag about. Last patch of elevation was damn easy and we were elated on reaching summit. The views were mind blowing. The real beauty of landscape is from elevation. DSLR was must but pessimistic mind did not carry it.

Once hiked till summit, we relaxed and took some pictures. Since we kept our utility bag in middle of hike, there was no water to quench our thirst. We had awesome 360 degree aerial view of our village with dense vegetation and dry fields. The peacocks were screeching though due to onslaught of their habitat by the ISPRL project. Here is a picture of ISPRL project which stores crude oil for crisis times. We don't when will the rock mountain below us will be drilled for oil storage. Before that event occurs, we sure want to hike again to have final memory of our visit.

This hike would be exhilarating during monsoon but not feasible to climb due to slippery path. Nevertheless, the views of arid summer were also fabulous. I repented pessimistic thoughts of not carrying DSLR. There were astounding perceptions to capture. We had exhausted a litre of aqua when we reached home. At the same time, we soaked in perspiration. The shirt was glued to the body due to unrelenting sweat. We had tough time detaching from main body. Once done, the cold shower relaxed us a bit.

On the way, we had majestic sunset behind our family "Daivasthana" alongside the tamarind tree. I captured these images with low spirit since I missed my DSLR.

On a final note, the density of pictures overwhelmed the text in this post. That is the memory I want to carry. Visual memories are long lasting than just scribbling the experience.