Went trekking to Karnala fort today with friends from NMIMS. It was supposed to be a class trip, but as was expected only 25 brave souls turned up. The day began on a slightly annoying note with us starting about an hour and a half (due to people turning up as per IST and one lost cellphone), but we soon reached our destination. The lush green hills showed plenty of promise of a nice trek up to the Fort. We grabbed a quick snack and headed up to the fort at about 11:30.

The trail up to Karnala is a winding one that alternates between stretches of rocky and flat terrain. It’s particularly difficult if you have been out of shape ( as it looked like most of us were ), and very soon we were huffing and puffing our way to the top. The forest was nice and cool ( and a tad too humid), with greenery all round, and made for a nice hike up the hill.

After much cajoling and convincing ( I kept telling anyone who asked that we had only 30 minutes more of the trail to cover) we finally reached the Karnala pinnacle. Everyone was quite pleased at the difficult task accomplished and we spent some time clicking snaps and relaxing in the cool breeze that was blowing.

Later on, as we started down the hill, it started raining. The rain made the trek down very slippery and somehow sliding, tripping and climbing down we finally reached back to the road.

All in all it was a memorable class trip :-).

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