Strong as Steel
Finally, I too did it. I completed Great Malnad Challenge (GMC) 7-day mountain biking of 500 plus KMs in the blissful western ghats. All along in my life I have had zero inclination towards any physical activity leave alone sports, and continued life happily enjoying work and running a family. My colleague who knew how late I started my preparations for GMC quipped “It was your will power Janaki” and I knew it too – it was the only reason that kept me going. The trigger was our treks, started off as small explorations, soon geared up as a family trekking group (with kids). The intoxicating beauty of nature, explored in the best possible mode, the breath of fresh air, eye opener to simple living paved way to explore western ghats in a bike. This comes as a package, you also become healthy 😊 . Our longest trek was to Chandrashila peak, a 5-day trek at Uttarkhand in 2016 as a group of 20 people from Bangalore and Chennai – some friends and their friends all manged to connect and start ...