What do you expect when you have a facebook feed full of people completing marathons, ultras, cycle races, brevets etc. Aug 15th is the season for all such events and I am overlooking a forest from my window. To make best use of the situation, it was time to explore and it was time to do it right. It was me Sneha and Shruti, we set out to run early on in the morning towards the forests. Both of them were novice runners and I had to be slow to jog with them. we did the usual loop going till the entrance of the forest and while coming back, I saw a trail that raised a few questions in my head. Immediately after returning, I took off in my bike to explore the in and out of that area. And it was a dense forest indeed. What seemed to be a row of trees stretched acroos to a large plain and it was really very confusing. There were 2-3 instances when I had no idea what direction I was headed to. There was a forest hut in the middle which I used for directions. While taking one of the loops, I found a old covered up jeep trail and decided to take it. It was very challenging and rough terrain and the recent rains just made it slush and messy. After covering the jeep trail, it led on to a rocky trail which was tricky and dangerous. Once my pedal hit one of the stones and it was a close call. Somehow, I managed to keep balance and I slowly maneuvered to the next section of the forest and passed along. Totally it was one hour of pure MTB offroad fun and learnt some new tricks in my bike as well. I have decided to film the entire course that i discovered on video.
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| Trails in the forest early morning |
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