Mission: Unplanned Freak out !!! :-o

ad·ven·ture ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-vnchr)n.

An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
To venture upon; undertake or try.
To expose to danger or risk; hazard. v. intr.
To take a risk; dare.
To proceed despite risk.

words have many meanings and i have seen these only in the dictionary....u gotto pop in to play and understand the defntn.....which literally happend last sunday 11 june '06.... i shud say the best, adventurous, thrilling and exciting mountaneering i ever experienced...

the capital thrill is the whole trip is unplanned....it was saturday, we had good cricket the morning and sleepin out all day as always....the same nite we even went around and gotta carrom board to have a good change in the weekend schedules.....all on a sudden some one had a flash in ther cerebellum.... 'machi...why not lez go to sme place and freak out..' , oh well makes sense (tho it is non sense) to me... 'yesssss' i yelled out.....'i am in too', other guy popped out of the room.....my happiness alrdy started crossing limits...'machi don leave me', one another thaz it we decided.....' wer do we go??? hmmm...my frnds been for trekking to malaya marutha which is abslte thrill wer u can find indias third largest downpour...lets start google those and see if that cud help' oh man this is cool....i was so startled and started cracking google alrdy....we all charted out key places...malaya marutha, hanuman gundi, charmadi, alaynkan falls, ujire, dharmasthala.....

we then started packin up....i don wanna use shoes (i thought i will b fine wth sandals...) and 3 of us did so...camera charged...cash withdrawn...all we need is to rush to majestic bus station....in next 2 hours we wer ther in the bus station....we managed to get 4 golden seats to dharmasthala...the bus isnt a joke...it was a serious pain in my a** nite was lengthy for me wth no sleep...next mrng we wer in dharmasthala charging up for the unplanned future for the day.... we startd enquirng abt the alaynkan falls but no one have any idea...so we decided to go to charmadi and then ask out...we rchd till ujire and even ther ppl dont kno....but one jeep driver sed he knos other falls whch is good trek spot....we thought no more blunt travel and lets stick to this place....this falls is "bandaraja arpi" located 18 kms away from ujire.....(ujire is 8 km away from dharmastala)...

we all finished the break fast and loaded the back pack with food packets, vodka and pepsi bottles..... the jeep started rolling and after 10 kms we feel like we are in some inhabbited island.....we feel the smell of the western ghats as a cup of coffee after 8 hours office.. ;) so refreshing and so energitic alrdy.... the valleys are real catchy ones and i wonder will i have the wish to get back to traffic after seeing this....we are now 8 kms away from the mountain and we cannot find any sign of human existance...we alrdy heard a lots abt this section of ghats few are here...

• 3 tourists went in last week haven't returned (told by conductor in majestic)
• naxelites prone area (told by my frnds alrdy been ther)
• abslte dangerous wth wild predators (almost every one told this)

as we all dynamic, courageous and stupids for some reason ;) we never cared and more thrilled to see this...we started discussing the fail safe procedure (come on... we all literates!!!) ooops...we reached the entry point....and the land mark is a lovely jungle house ...looks like more ppl living in this part....good we got a shelter if anything goes wrong...my mate immediately clicked the place....the jeep driver given few handy instructions and tips ...he promised he'll b back arnd 4 pm to pick us....the jeep sailed away in the H2O occupied slushy soil....we turned back to the mountain...now we slowly started feelin the scare (all we waited for...)

i immedly changed myself....got my 3/4 th and sleeveless on ....tighten the backup....drinks on the hands...lets move....the place was an absolute bliss...we started shouting dancing and singing all the way...the forest was real wild and gettin more and more denser as we walkng.... we saw a little hut after 15 mins navigation and the mates living ther showd the direction...the way is completely scrambled and we gotto backtrack few times.....

at one point we wer stuck and i was looking for better way to progress.....HOLY SHITTTT!!! therz a leech in my leg....i never seen one crawling in my foot ever before in my life and i screamed at first instance...however i havent felt any pain....every one else wer little scared...one of the mates jus plucked it and throwd it away...we thought we gotto b carefull....nothng stopped our invasion tho...we still kept walking...slowly every had couple of leeches....and we found out the reason...wen ever we stop for a minte rest therz sure a couple of leeches get sticks in to our body....so we decided not to halt the body movement at any point....

now, this is the moment of pain and agony....

one of us alrdy tired and worried...i was quite excited still as i havent been a big victim of leeches...we walkd for another 1 hour and finally we sensed the water flow around and ther it is....we still havent gone to the main falls as we don have any idea abt how far is that...we alrdy climbed 7 kms and we are exhausted as we cannot rest any wer...we gathered in a rock and started making a leech check in the body and found atleast half a dozen in every one apart from those crawling on the way....god damn...those flippin predators starts growin as they drink more blood....i clicked my own feet....blood all over the rocks and we decided not to take any bath or move any further ....the sky slowly gettin dark and the fear factor is rising up....

ive read some wer...alcohol is the big enemy of leeches...i opened a vodka bottle and poured a bit on a leech and the experiment was success (i kno my ethics is not to kill any livings...but im not good enuf to giv my life to save smethng else) i have no other choice...we all opend the vodka and poured it all over the body to protect ourselves...and started moving down to the best speed...the way down was really steep and things are not easy at all...

• no proper sleep last nite..
• body pain all over alrdy
• 1 hour walk in the dense forest
• on top of that all 1 hour we wer climbing in the mountain
• blood oozing out for every one
• tired tired more tired....god save us

felt the adrenaline already and all our target was get back to the entry poin asap...i missed the bath :( after 30 mins struggle we found the hut in the middle of the forest....the chap ther was kind enuf and showed us a leech free zone wer in we cud have a decent bath and yessss.....sense of relaxation havent been better...we all jus jumped in and had a long bath to ease the pain.....no one have felt the hunger until that point...we started opening the food packets and eaten up as we are in the water flow....

later got back and got dressed up...still 20 mins journey left to get the feet of the mountain....we all are quite relaxd how ever and more over we hav crossed those evil predator's zone... one of us thought wat happen if some one fainted at the hill top for some reason.....the unanymous answer "death!!! precisely in 1 hour" the leeches will have a good nights treat .... oh my!!!

we all happy now and singed our way back down.....we reached the pick up point arnd 4 and the jeep was 15 mins late....we jus feared wat happens if the jeep doesnt come...uhhhhhhhhh :-o we all wer exhausted and rushed our way back to dharmastala bus station....we immdly gotta local bus back to bangalore...again jam packed fulla pain....we any way happy to b back wth out any major trauma....we wer back in banglore arnd 2.30....and back home arnd 3 am.....i was all happy until i thought of this "I NEED TO GET UP IN 3 HOURS AND GO TO OFFICE"

:)