Sunday, 13 October 2013

Panvel to Sinhagad on Bicycle - Planning and Involvement


2nd Aug 2013

This event started with a group chat. I was sitting in a Car Dealer and Nardev invited couple of guys in a group chat. I made an exit from the group chat as I didn't know the reason of that group chat and moreover I was very busy. He again pulled me in the group chat and again I made an exit.  They continued with their chat, but I wasn't available there.


Nardev called me in the evening. He informed me that they are planning for a trip to Mahabaleshwar on coming Friday and that is Eid. I was literally very happy to hear that. I asked him to explain more about the trip? Nardev explained and I exclaimed listening to the plan. They were planning to go there by bicycle. Mahabaleshwar is around 200 KMs ahead from Mumbai so it makes it around 400 KMs trip on bicycle. Sounds interesting!!! But impossible in three days as we were already victims of urban life style for years now. Like eating junk, inadequate sleep, not doing any physical exercise etc. which affects health. There is scarcity of stamina required to do this task. This was applicable to all of us.  I, NandkishorNardev agreed for this and there was one more fellow Mandar who wanted to join us.

6th Aug 2013

Four of us met at Vashi to plan the trip. We all had Mahabaleshwar in our minds. We started seeing Google Map,did calculations, like number of KMs we would cover every hour, the time to reach there, taking rest and coming back etc. It seemed difficult and then impossible for all of us. We started looking at other options like Shivnery hills, Kasara Ghats, Kashid Beach, Sinhagad Fort etc. So finally we concluded Sinhagad Fort to be our final destination. According to Google map Sinhagad Fort is around 25 KMs ahead from Pune. From Panvel it would 135 Kms so at the end of the event we would complete 270 plus KMs of cycling. I, NandkishorNardev and Mandar are the four guys for this event. Three days of cycling, Sinhagad Fort Pune and returning to Panvel. It would be a great expedition and will certainly bring positive changes in our lives.
 

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Introduction

Mandar is a professional cyclist and into a business of organizing adventurous activities like river rafting, mountaineering, rock climbing etc. on the range of Western Ghats of Maharashtra. We were expecting a lot from him as he is a professional cyclist. Now Guess what ?? He didn't turn up on the day and gave us a reason that he has some family function.Now it became more interesting.
Nandkishor a thin guy works in the same company I work for but he is in a different department. That is what I knew all about him
Nardev the plan maker and most important person here as he initiated everything.

None of us has ever done anything like this, we weren't aware of the route, we knew nothing. All we knew was that we had to do it.

8th Aug 2013

NandKishor stayed in Sharique’s house at Vashi so that he would be able to reach Panvel on time.  I was at Kharghar that night. I could not sleep that night because of the excitement which lied deep into my mind. Same thing happened to Nandkishor. Next morning at around 5 AM I got a call from Nardev and Nandkishor just to confirm that everything in all set and we are reaching Panvel station. I and Nandkishor reached to Panvel station at around 6 AM. This is where Nardev picked up us on his CBZ to his home. We reached Nardev’s home. We loved the way Nardev’s parents adored us. We had tea and few cookies before we left. Nardev’s dad shared his experiences of his young days like how he used to do cycling on his Avon bicycle on the hills of Himachal PradeshNardev’s Mom put a Tilak on our Forehead and blessed us for our wellness and his Dad petted on our shoulders to motivate us. I could feel that they were bit worried but they were happy too and must be thinking that these kids are grown up now. We said good bye to them and taken our departure on bicycle.








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