Showing posts with label Trek to Gambhirgad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trek to Gambhirgad. Show all posts
One Day Trek to Gambhirgad
October 19, 2012
Event - One Day Trek to Gambhirgad (The Mystery Fort)
Event Date - December 2, 2012
There is a local legend, you can only reach summit of Gambhirgad if Gambhir Baba has called you.. The first time we tried the event was marked with loads of adventures, that included flat tyres, bus getting stuck in pit, and we almost scaled the summit but not quite there..Second time we did scale the summit but not before we had our set of challenges and adventures.. we climbed from a very difficult side of the mountain, it had a very steep gradient, almost 70 degree, with loose, slippery scree and falling boulder to add to the challenge. But determined we finally made it to the summit, perhaps Gambhir Baba was impressed by our persist ency and determination..
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Difficulty Grade - Medium
The Place
Gambhirgad (2252 ft.) is a double rigged mountain. Like every conspicuous mountains this one stands tall on a huge plain keeping the union territory of Dadra and Nagar haveli to its north and Maharashtra to its south. So strategic is its location that the Maharashtra gazetteer uses the fort as a landmark to demarcate the border between the state and the union territory.
Tentative Schedule:
6:00am Start from Andheri West (SV Road, Near Merwans Bakery, Near Bus Depot)
6:10 am Santacruz (Western Express highway); Bandra (Bandra-Kalanagar Junction Bus Stop at end of Sky Walk Bridge
6:10 am (Outside Sion Station)
6:20 am Vikroli / Ghatkopar along East Express Highway
6:45 am (Thane/Mulund) Toll Naka along Eastern Express Highway
7:45 am Breakfast along with way
10:00 am Start of trek
1:30 / 2:00 pm Expected to reach the Summit
3:00 pm Start return trek back for base
09:30pm / 10:00 pm Expected to be back at Mumbai Click here for one day trek out door checklist
Trek to Gambhirgad-They Mystery fort
August 13, 2008Last time we went to Gambhirgad..
We had flat tyres two times; an enterprising aunty diverted us to a wrong side of the country that took us to a mud road (muck road) where our bus got stuck in a deep muck and we had to organise a crane to pull it out..when we were in the small village having our late lunch an old villager informed us that Gambhirgad was cursed and only those people whose destined to be reaching Gambhirgad can reach the fort..Persistancy being the nature of Nature Knights we continued on our journey and finally we reached a place from where U start the trek..at 4:00 pm. We decided to go as far as possible till 5:30 then turn back. We reached a reasonable distance and had to be content for its was not in our destiny that day to reach Gambhirgad.
This time Nature Knights has taken up the challenge to make our own destiny and take up the challenge to reach Gambhirgad, so friends here it is August 23, 2008 Gambhirgad
Gambhirgad (2252 ft.) is a double rigged mountain. Like every conspicuous mountains this one stands tall on a huge plain keeping the union territory of Dadra and Nagar haveli to its north and Maharashtra to its south. So strategic is its location that the Maharashtra gazetteer uses the fort as a landmark to demarcate the border between the state and the union territory.
River rafting- 31st August
The sport of white water river rafting calls for a triumph over the swift swirling river as it gushes past spectacular mountains. It is practiced mainly in the upper reaches where the water is wild and white as it froths and foams, crashing against narrow gorges, rocky outcrops and falls at deep g
radients
Visit us on www.natureknights.com for further details
We had flat tyres two times; an enterprising aunty diverted us to a wrong side of the country that took us to a mud road (muck road) where our bus got stuck in a deep muck and we had to organise a crane to pull it out..when we were in the small village having our late lunch an old villager informed us that Gambhirgad was cursed and only those people whose destined to be reaching Gambhirgad can reach the fort..Persistancy being the nature of Nature Knights we continued on our journey and finally we reached a place from where U start the trek..at 4:00 pm. We decided to go as far as possible till 5:30 then turn back. We reached a reasonable distance and had to be content for its was not in our destiny that day to reach Gambhirgad.
This time Nature Knights has taken up the challenge to make our own destiny and take up the challenge to reach Gambhirgad, so friends here it is August 23, 2008 Gambhirgad
Gambhirgad (2252 ft.) is a double rigged mountain. Like every conspicuous mountains this one stands tall on a huge plain keeping the union territory of Dadra and Nagar haveli to its north and Maharashtra to its south. So strategic is its location that the Maharashtra gazetteer uses the fort as a landmark to demarcate the border between the state and the union territory.
River rafting- 31st August
The sport of white water river rafting calls for a triumph over the swift swirling river as it gushes past spectacular mountains. It is practiced mainly in the upper reaches where the water is wild and white as it froths and foams, crashing against narrow gorges, rocky outcrops and falls at deep g
radients
Visit us on www.natureknights.com for further details
