Saturday, September 11, 2010

Hi Freak Trekkers

Trek to Prabalgad is on 26th S. Members till now who are sure about it are Harshal Desai, Anchit Rao, Anuj Rao, Greg Pereira, Anup Kalgalkar, Percy Colabawalla, Yafeth Talker, Gaurav Phadtare, Farhad Colabawalla and Ashish Bindur. Other memebers please confirm yourself so that we can plan according to the day.
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___ABOUT PRABALGAD___
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Height: 2300 ft
Grade: Prabalgad Easy ... Kalwantin Medium
Time: ~ 3 hrs from Thakurwadi, Base Village
Location: Prabalgad is a fort located near Panvel..

Fort Prabalgad is situated on northeast side of Panvel, on Mumbai-Pune road. Can see it from express highway a V-Shaped one. The Left one is Kalwantin Durg & right side is Prabalgad. But there is a dense forest on the way till the the top of fort Prabal. Historical references indicate that Freedom fighter Umaji Naik made a stay here in 1826.
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___JOURNEY DETAILS___
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The bus scheduled @ 07:00 hrs from Panvel bus depo that will drop us at Thakurwadi around 07:30 Hrs.
Pls be sure about the timing ...its sharp 7 am ...
Get down @ last stop ...
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___THINGS TO CARRY____
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1) Extra cloths
2) Minimum 2Ltr water
3) Medicine if any
4) Cameras (ur wish)
5) Any other required by the trekkers

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