7:45 am: Our first halt on the highway to fill Petrol. Me and Avinash
10:30 am: After a lot of fuss and people losing their way, we finally reached at the foothill. Here we go now !!!
The Torna. Also known as Prachandagad (Prachand = massive, gad = fort)
11 15 am: The heat was out, and so was our energy. One of the guys gave up, just some time before we clicked this pic and he chose to sit in a shed of a tree till we return back. It was a tough decision to leave him there.
12:15 pm: We still had a long way to go.
1:15: Almost reached. Had covered almost 80 % till here.
2:00 pm: This was the real fun part. Cooking Khichadi. A real team activity, especially when there are no girls with you. :)
I don't know whether I was hungry or not, but this was the most delicious khichadi I had ever had. :)
Finally, I was full. :)
3:30 pm: We went to a Shiv temple on the fort.
4:00 pm: Pic clicked on the Zunjhar machi.
4:30 pm: Geared up for going down. :)
4:45 pm: A bit difficult rock patch for novice people to go down. Have to be a bit careful.
6:00 pm: Finally reached the foothill. Began our journey back. It was an awesome experience.
7:30 pm: It was not destined to go happen smoothly. One of the bikes' rear brake failed. Fortunately, it was not a severe failure and after some working, it got normal.
In a nutshell, a place worth going. You will surely not regret it.
8:30 am: Our first halt. We needed some hot tea in the chilly morning to rev up the engine :)
10:30 am: We took some time to find the exact route, but were finally seeing the destination.
A closer look
11:15 am: According to the plan, at this time, we were supposed to reach the top. This is where theory differs from the reality :)
12:10 pm: Finally, we reached there. But at a cost. Saurabh, had lost all the power and was dehydrating. The smile on my face was because of the fact that I came to know that I am not the worst :)
Aditya and Saurabh.
12:45 pm: That's Aditya and Me. This is a Shiv temple on the fort. Aditya was reading out the history of this fort from the book that he had.
A view of the Shiv temple from inside. It was burning hot outside, but inside this temple, it was very cold. God, indeed, is miraculous:)
Another view.
That's me. It was Saurabh's idea to click a pic like this. He suddenly asked to look behind as he was inside, and he clicked it. Good pic, I must say :)
4:30 pm: Started to descend now. Certainly happy faces than climbing, especially Saurabh :)
