This weekend we thought of going to the mountain in front of our house. Since summer has started, we took sunglasses, a cap, and a water bottle to protect ourselves from the sun.
I also took an umbrella because after leaving the house, there is an open road for about half a kilometer which connects to the mountain and there are no trees on this entire road. While crossing from here, we came to War Memorial Hostel which has a Palash tree which was full of flowers.
While entering the mountain, we met an uncle who was grazing goats and he smiled at us and asked us to take his photo.
After walking half a kilometer there are some houses which have a lot of buffaloes. This is a Gujjar community that lives by building temporary shelters in forest areas reserved with the permission of the government, and earns a living by selling milk.
The mountain starts from here, we trekked the entire mountain which is about 740 elevation and elevation gain is 250. While walking, dry leaves were making noise under our feet. And as soon as we stopped walking, everything became quiet and again the sound of our feet due to the crunch of leaves.
On the way to the top of the mountain, we found many flowers and birds. As soon as we reached the top, we sat for a while, and I then climbed a tree and sat there for a long time.
All this was very relaxing because firstly there was no noise and secondly the sounds of birds were coming, and looking at the city from here feels quite pleasant as if you have left the whole city and are away in solitude, and are observing every moment.
I come here many times, because it is very close to my house. Secondly, the forest changes with every season, so it is very beautiful to see this change.
There are three routes to reach the top of this mountain, one is a very old trail which I go when a new person walks with me, this route is worth walking and those who come to enjoy the trek for the first time. With just their trail shoes the trail is safe. And on this way a natural source of water is found, the second is a 10 kilometer long road which is a road and people can come by car or scooter to reach the top, there are beautiful dense trees on both sides of this road. I come here when I have to do a half marathon. Because this road ends at the top and because this road is not connected to any other road, very few people come here by car. The route we used now is very steep and it is necessary to have good trail shoes otherwise the chances of injury increase.
Coming down the mountain was a bit fast, although I like climbing the mountain or rather uphill rather than downhill. This was my weekend trekking on the mountain in front of my house.
