"Traversing through a Life Away From Life” ... The Raireshwar to Mandhardeo Peak Ridge Expedition - DAY 3

 

Day 3, 5th Feb, we started early morning to avoid the afternoon sun and ascended the steep hill to reach an amazing plateau with a small beautiful village called Barshe. Barse in Marathi means to have a richer experience, and we really experienced that. The villagers greeted us with cold water and a cup of tea. They were inquisitive about our expedition and with a lot of interest looked at our Google earth satellite maps. Their inquisition towards us never ended and that showed they were well in connection with the modern world. 

The route from here is more or less a plateau walk through hill villages of Dwichewadi, Veruli and Someshwarwadi to Ambode Khind pass. We decided to camp at Ambode Khind and study the nearby areas. We could see our destination Mandhardeo Peak and the famous Kalubai Temple from our camp site.

Ambode Khind or pass cuts through this ridge at a height of around 4000 ft ingeniously to connect roads coming from Bhor in the Pune district, to Wai and Mandhardeo. Now there are good tar roads connecting and plying through the ghats. Ambode Khind becomes a strategic point for both the districts.

 

 

 

 

Team members:
Prateek Deo, Glean Gonsalves.
Date: 3rd Feb to 6th Feb 2006
Total approximate distance of trekking: 45 kms
We crossed 2 passes, 7 hills and 2 forts.