Shivagange Trek (Tumkur) - Dec 14, 2024
This was Trek#13 after our Vista Brunch and Trekking Group (VBTC) started in Sept’23. Not bad, 13/16 months! We have had as little as 5 people, and as many as 40 😊 Age group 5-70. One trek to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC), rest all around Bangalore. The pictures of Shivagange looked interesting, steep steps going up the hill with handrails, multiple temples, the intrigue of a famous suicide jump in bygone days, monkey threats, and a final 70degree climb to a Nandi sculpture. The weather was rainy the previous few days, but promised to clear up in time, and we took the risk. Breakfast was always there to enjoy anyway 😊 We were 10 in 2 cars – Devaki and SrikanthR drove. The place is a little before Tumkur. We started at 5am and made good time, stopped for tea/coffee/biscut curtesy Vijay Mirji and were rea...
