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Trekking in Nilgiris

Rendezvous with a leopard

by Prakash Rangarajan
Leopard at Western Catchment

Ever since I started trekking in the early nineties, it has always been my ambition to spot a tiger in the wild. Numerous treks, thousands of miles traversing dense jungles, hundreds of water holes crisscrossed, yet I have not been able to get within spotting distance of these magnificent felines.

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Mukurthi Peak Ascent – Day 2

by Prakash Rangarajan
Mukurthy Peak

Retiring early for the day doesn’t guarantee a good sleep as we found out the next day. The biting chillness was the sole culprit and as much as we struggled to get going at the earliest, it was finally close to 7am before the pack set out. A short prayer to Mother Nature as a preamble before hitting the woody trails in fast mode helped us find clear perspective on the task on hand.

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Mukurthi National Park – Confessions of a Nature Evangelist

by Prakash Rangarajan
Mukurthi National Park

The plan was a patented dream. The dream was a driving force. The objective was not subjective though. Simply put, it was a trek to the Radcliffe Fishing hut at the Mukurthi National Park and an attempt to scale the Mukurthi peak. Enclosed among rarefied air and closeted with misty winds at the altitude of 2554 meters, the mangy peak held no invite.

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Bangithapal Trek – Crystal streams and misty peaks

by Ganesh Mahadevan
Woody Forest Trail

No trek in the Nilgiris can kick off without experiencing the winding road journey up the ghat to Ooty. The three of us roused ourselves in the wee hours of the morning with some difficulty and got onto the Ooty bus at 5.45 a.m. The fact that we were seated directly over the back tyre did not help our cause of trying to catch up on lost sleep. Somehow defying its rundown appearance, our bus managed to reach Ooty by a quarter past nine.

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