It all started with a first ever trek with Trek Mates India (TMI) when we Parikshit, Amol, Tushar & Avinash had gone for Canyon Valley trek near Khandala...Amol to Tushar & Avinash we will go for Kalsubai Trek on 29th June & every one was like no kidding man you are talking about highest peak of Maharashtra. This time I kept quite no expression at all, I had decided to see their seriousness about trek.
So discussion went on it is the highest peak in Maharashtra, also known as Everest of Maharashtra. It's height is almost 5500 feet. Someone pointed out we had studied in our 8th Class, there is also Bhandardara dam made of clay near Kalsubai Peak, bla bla. Everyone got so excited about the trek, I thought this short living excitement will die soon enough as soon as we finish this trek but I was wrong.
I was quite surprised when Tushar did some actual research on trek, which was followed by Amol, Avinash. And then word got spread in our flat soon Anand also said he is interested for Kalsubai trek. By the time I put my thoughts to plan for this one..few of Tushar's friends Shushant, Nikhil, Ravi, Pranav from Mumbai said they are also joining in.
Since there was no direct pick up for Pune guys, we have to join TMI guys in Mumbai, it was little difficult & hectic for us to travel from Pune to Mumbai & then to Kalsubai. So we decided to arrange our own vehicle & join TMI guys at the base village Bari. Tushar confirmed with Pooja, Aniket & the TMI team.
Just to keep people more excited & looking forward for this trek I decided to add some glamour and fun to it, visit to Sula Vineyards, Nashik right after we finish the trek. & the marketing worked just as planned people got more exctied. Damn... Road Trip, Trek, visit to SulaVineyards, Dinner at roadside Dhaba what more you want...:)
So we shared responsibilities among us Transport & Sula visit Parikhit, TMI coordination Tushar, Music, other necessary stuff etc. Anand & Avinash. Since I had planned few trips for my office in past, I had prepared an excel which was quite helpful. I have published it if anyone wants to use it click here. Travel Plan Template. Arranging the vechile was most difficult because of the route and we had odd no. of 10 to 11 people some how I managed to get a jumbo trax (Force motor's Cruiser) perfect for 10 people & route.
Enough said about the planning, as the saying goes a picture is worth thousand words, Let photos do the talking ...Photo courtesy - Anand Deshpande
