Bike n hike, Jan-2 2010 - Bilekal Rangaswamy hills
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
Sagar
The ride plan sounds fun !
I am interested in,
Biking both ways + Hiking
Cheers !
Sagar T U
On Dec 24, 11:57 am, "SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas"
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
Vishy
Confirmed participants are
1. Harsha
2. Vivek
3. Ashwatha
4. Sagar
5. Chidambaran
6. Sashi
7. Vishy
Cheers!!
Vishy
Nearest Towns: Kanakapura
Distances: 70 km from Bangalore.
Route: Bangalore - Kanakapura Road - Harohalli - Dodda Maralawadi -
Koonala Doddi - Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta.
KSRTC and private buses are available to Kanakapura from KR Market
which passess through Harohalli. From Harohalli KSRTC and private
buses are available to Dodda Maralawadi. From Dodda Maralawadi very
few KSRTC buses are available to Koonala Doddi. The trek path starts
from Koonala Doddi. Private cabs are available Harohalli. Apart from
the Trek route from Koonala Doddi, there is jeep track till the peak
from Kanakapura.
Difficulty Level: Easy.
Best Time To Visit: September to February.
Summary: Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta also called as Bilikal Betta lies in
Kanakapura Taluk of Bangalore Rural District in Karnataka. There is a
temple dedicated to Lord Rangaswamy at the peak of Bilikal Betta. The
temple construction is such that its roof is a huge rock. The temple
priest lives near to the temple and is the only person living at the
peak. Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta belongs to the Eastern Ghats and is
filled with shrub forest. Elephants and other medium sized animals can
be spotted in these forests during the night.
There are two access routes to the top of the hill. The first route is
a jeep track that is accessible from Kanakpura. After the Kanakpura
bus stop, there is a small circle before the one which goes to
Mekedatu. At the former circle, a left turn and further enquires would
take you to the top. However, i wouldnt recommend it for trekking - it
might be a good experience biking on this.
The hiking trail has a different approach route. At Harohalli on
Kanakpura Road (about 30 kms from Banashankari), take the road
adjacent to the bus stand towards Maralawadi/Doddamaralawadi (11 kms)
and continue past Devarahalli to Onaaladoddi (another 5 kms) where you
can dump your modes of transport and start trekking.
The difficult part might be finding the beginning of the trail. But
then, its no big deal as you know what hill u are climbing!! After
fighting through some shrubs, you will eventually reach the well-laid
out trail to the top by devotees of Lord Rangaswamy whose shrine is at
the top.
FOOD: Hotels are Available at Harohalli (15km away). Shops selling tea
and snacks are available at Dodda Maralawadi. No shops are available
at Koonala Doddi and afterwards, so going with packed food and water
is essential.
Important Phone Numbers:
Permission: None required.
Cheers!!
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
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Vishy
In the initial invite from Harsha, it says that the distance is
'approx 50 kms', which will be like 5 kms plus or minus.
Estimating the distance roughly around 55 kms, we might reach the
destination by 0830 or 0900 hrs,
and spend around 2 hours near the hill, leave by 1100 or 1130 hours
and reach back Bangalore (estimating 4 hours for the return journey,
as it might be hot and traffic density will be high), will be around
1530 or 1600 hrs.
Breaks are not considered in the above time estimate, you can add
another half an hour or 45 mins for the same.
And yes, total time taken is purely based on individuals capability.
Cheers!!
Amy
Vishnu
Probably we could do Anchetti mid-Jan
Vishnu
Prem Sagar
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Vishy
Cheers!!
meetbadri
Was just worried about the security for bikes ..
cheers,
badri
Chidambaran Subramanian
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
Sreenivasan MP
Hi,
In the last village last house you all can leave the cycles, but dont forget to caution the house owner about kids mis-handling the cycles. keep them locked together.mpsreeni. --- On Wed, 12/30/09, SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas <sreeha...@gmail.com> wrote: |
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
Sagar
planned to rent a bike from Venky's shop.. but, apparently the shop is
closed and had called them up to learn that they are in Bijapur and
they are not returning any soon. :(
So, guys is there any other place to rent a bike for a day ?? need
some help here..
Cheers !
Sagar T U
On Dec 31 2009, 4:31 pm, "SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas"
<sreeharsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Lets meetup near merida junction at 6.
> 5.45 is too dark and some of us might find difficulty riding to the junction
> at that time.
>
> -Harsha
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Sreenivasan MP <mpsre...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > In the last village last house you all can leave the cycles, but dont
> > forget to caution the house owner about kids mis-handling the cycles. keep
> > them locked together.mpsreeni.
>
> > --- On *Wed, 12/30/09, SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas <sreeharsh...@gmail.com>*wrote:
>
> > From: SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas <sreeharsh...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [BBC] Re: {CAM} Re: Bike n hike, Jan-2 2010 - Bilekal
> > Rangaswamy hills
> > To: "Chidambaran Subramanian" <chi...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: "meetbadri" <meetba...@gmail.com>, "Bangalore Bikers Club" <
> > bangalor...@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 10:13 PM
>
> > I was thinking of asking in one of the houses there.
> > We can keep the bikes in the house/yard and lock it together.
>
> > -Harsha
> >www.cyclingandmore.com
>
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Chidambaran Subramanian <
> > chi...@gmail.com<http://us.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=chi...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> >> We should just lock all our bikes together and one bike should be latched
> >> on to a tree or something.
>
> >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM, meetbadri <meetba...@gmail.com<http://us.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=meetba...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>> WIll there be a designated place for leaving bikes behind and hike..
> >>> Was just worried about the security for bikes ..
>
> >>> cheers,
> >>> badri
>
> >>> --
> >>> biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> >>> are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> >>> Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details
>
> >> --
> >> biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> >> are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?
> >> Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details
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Chidambaran Subramanian
Sagar
Needless to say, this ride was good and different from other rides
involving hiking in it. To add to it, my brother took some cycling
experience too. You all were great company, thanks!
Chiddu proved again how good his stamina is, both in biking and
hiking. Prem, Sreeharsha and Vivek were good too. The rest of us - Me,
Sanjay(my bro), Sharath and Vishy trailed them in hiking. Vishy, even
with his bad toe, managed to lead us most of the time biking - is it
him or the Colnago or him+Colnago ? :) Not to forget the almost-lost-
key incident. I don't know how tough it would have been to cut open
the lock, if we had not got the key back ! Whoever is doing this ride
again, please be careful with your belongings !
P.S - Breakfast and lunch at Jayaram's canteen (Udupi hotel),
Harohalli was finger-licking-good !
Here are some snaps of this ride n hike -
http://picasaweb.google.com/sagar.pesit/BikeNHikeToBilikalRangaswamyBetta?authkey=Gv1sRgCKzY5Ky8jKvecQ&feat=directlink
Comments are welcome :)
Cheers!
Sagar T U
Georg Leuzinger
thanks for the posting with some pics, they make me feel bad that i could not be on kthe hill top too! ! this must have been such a good full day outing with t is trek to the hill top.awesome view, great initiative, congrats to all!
Georg
Vishy
Bike 'n hike was a great experience.
This was something new and 'never done before' stuff...biking was as
usual but the Bilekal Rangaswamy hill climbing was just great.
Hill top is a great place to camp, with good water facility.
And regarding my toe., saturday evening I visited my doctor, by that
time, it was looking like a rotten lemon, and immediately rushed to
doctor,
who later opened my toe and cleaned, and tied a big band-age around
it. Its painful now, but am relieved to a great extent.
Thanks to all who bike'd and hike'd on saturday. Will definitely
wanna do once again.
Cheers!!
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
--
biggfoot
Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
Why did I miss this one?
- Sagar
On Jan 4, 3:21 am, Sagar <sagar.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Needless to say, this ride was good and different from other rides
> involving hiking in it. To add to it, my brother took some cycling
> experience too. You all were great company, thanks!
>
> Chiddu proved again how good his stamina is, both in biking and
> hiking. Prem, Sreeharsha and Vivek were good too. The rest of us - Me,
> Sanjay(my bro), Sharath and Vishy trailed them in hiking. Vishy, even
> with his bad toe, managed to lead us most of the time biking - is it
> him or the Colnago or him+Colnago ? :) Not to forget the almost-lost-
> key incident. I don't know how tough it would have been to cut open
> the lock, if we had not got the key back ! Whoever is doing this ride
> again, please be careful with your belongings !
>
> P.S - Breakfast and lunch at Jayaram's canteen (Udupi hotel),
> Harohalli was finger-licking-good !
>
> Here are some snaps of this ride n hike -http://picasaweb.google.com/sagar.pesit/BikeNHikeToBilikalRangaswamyB...
Sagar
compliments !
@ Georg: I have heard a lot about you being insane when it comes to
sprinting on bike and esp you being supportive to fellow riders.
Thanks man ! And, more especially for your discovery of the serene
water stream near Anchetti. I had the best swim of my lifetime
there :) The map which you have made mirrors your perfection !
Be the same - the supportive and the insane biker ! ;)
Cheers,
Sagar T U
Prem Sagar
Proposal??? I thought it was a quick engagement.
Regards,
Prem
Georg Leuzinger
lets kill that rumour once for all! i am a weak sprinter, my speed is not high ~! (I mean of course compared to the speedy gonzalez types here like dipankar, Samim, vivek, prashant , Ravi ranjan, Craig, gaurav, sriram, jaleel. and the lot (to see a t errific sprinter in action come to see the next BBCh with t hese guys in action against Darren Reid, i hope thats wht will happen! ) what i got is some stamina naturally and kept it up over the years.but actually i was always a touring rider!
and what i really got is the love for landscape experience, up and down, swimming, hiking, biking all combines etc. thasts why i still live in bangalore despite its unfreindly city roads etc. so i really mean it ; your hike and bike is terrific, so we have a broader spectrum of outings now with:
- hike and bike with pic nics and all
- trail rides for real mountain bike athletes
- short sunday morning rides
- long distance rides
- BBCh races
- road bikers fast training rides
this spectrum makes really for good club activities!
and for exploring new routes etc you are always welcome to look and study my fairly good collection of survey of India maps scale 1;50'000 at my house, with imnputs whereever i can give.
also for this spring season i am proposing a 2 day MTB ride across the Kaveri on coracles towards sathyamangala with edn st ay overnight at a freinds beautiful farmhouse in the midle of forest at hasanur. lets find a date. it will be a 3 day thing!
cheers, Georg
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
meetbadri
The only thing I have done around Sathy is Elephant Census long ago
and I would love to bike around Kaveri.
Can we announce the dates soon without clashing with BBCh and people
can train for it as it may be necessary while riding long distances.
Am sure, there will be many interested in this ride and George, do we
have a upperlimit on the number of possible participants?
If required, we can pool in a few tents to accomadate a few if it
helps..
You can avail my services to help on logistics and others..
Isn't it time to start a new thread for this ride?
thanks,
Badri
meetbadri
I had a tough time looking for maps when I biked Western Ghats,
thought it was shame that we don't have district wise road maps for
many districts. Map myIndia does not give you directions other than NH
either.
Would love to collect a few it will be tremendously useful too...
I was watching this video clip in youtube about bike tourism in UK and
it dates back to 1950s..thought it's time for us to live those good
old days too..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I&feature=related
enjoy maadi !!
cheers,
Badri
SreeHarsha .H .Srinivas
Badri
meetbadri
I was surprised to see the the maturity of the organised bike tour.
Every aspect is taken care w.r.t. food, travel, safety and fun.
Lots to still learn from it though it's a vintage clip.
Time to show this to KSTDC officials who were planning for bike
tourism:)
More importantly, where are the SOI maps sold? I would like to check
out a few.
I had checked each and every stationary store in Avenue Road prior to
my bike trip and realized they are good for academic books only.
cheers,,
Badri