A Refreshing Trek !!!

What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear trekking ? Beautiful mountains, lush green forests, tough climbs ??? Exactly!! thats what we got when we went for trekking in Western Ghats on 9 Feb 2012. We trekked to Bandaje Falls which is 700 meters above and which took three and half hour of climbing the mountain. When it comes to SELCO Ujire, they have awesome people who are enthusiastic enough to take an off from their daily schedule and ready to climb the hills which looks really gigantic from below. They are so warm and affectionate that they included me and and my friend who are interns and hardly been 3 weeks here at Selco.
     Never thought trekking can give an insight into YOU - what you are, to what extent you can go physically, how much energy you have. I say that because when you start walking into the jungle, and start climbing up the hill you find the way up is really difficult. There are rocks and the angle of climbing is always 20-30 degrees. There is so much pressure on the thigh muscles and you just can't afford to stop. You need to keep moving. There are times when you want to stop and sit,but you can't because you just have one day and you need to get to the top of the hill, and return before the dusk. Its about your mental strength also, how much determined are you to climb up, how much focussed you are, how much desire you have in you to climb up that it shadows the pain you have in your legs. Once you reach the top, you have a breathtaking view. You just turn around and the shear beauty of the mountains around you, the breath of fresh air will make you forget the damn pain in your legs. All you feel is the happiness inside you and a sense of achievement.  Another adventure was near the Bandaje Falls- standing in the edge of the cliff and looking down. What a adrenaline rush it is!! You see the steep fall and you get the thrill in your heart beat.
                         The way down is what that ultimately makes you realize how high you had climbed. You stop  after you reach down and just look back and its so hard to digest the fact that you climbed so high. You pat yourself for the achievement !!!
THE BEST PART WAS RETURNING BACK TO OFFICE THE NEXT DAY AND FINDING THE SAME ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE AT SELCO !!!!