LohGarh Trek - 23rdAug09

With the onset of monsoons the weather in and around Pune has become very pleasant, ideal for trekking. And so last friday me n 3 of my teammates suddenly planned on going to Malavali on saturday. We decided on meeting at the railway station at sharp 7:15, so as to take the 7:30 lonawala local to Malavali.

Saturday morning began with wake up calls to each other, as we couldnt risk anybodys oversleeping. On reaching station & purchasing tickets, we gotto know that the local is at 8. So we whiled away time in Comesum, having tea & chit chatting. Once aboard the local, it hardly took 70-80 mins to reach Malavali. We started walking from the station towards Lohagrah fort, quite excited & energetic. To our dismay the sun was merciless. We were expecting a pleasant weather and here the sun was in its blazing glory. Anyway we managed to walk n walk, with some rest breaks in between. As we gained height the weather thankfully improved n then we started enjoying our climb.

Fabric of Cosmos

You have got to take my word on this, its a fabulous book. Especially for people who love science but don't want to plunge into the depths, at least for now. I could actually feel the atoms and molecules in my brain working, or should I say the strings comprising those atoms vibrating, haha :D

I wont brag that I could understand everything explained by the author, but then isn’t it difficult to understand something that is beyond your imagination. For instance, time is not constant, it is different for everybody. For a person moving at a very high speed, time ticks slowly than the person at rest. And then, Gravitation manifests itself as the warps & curves of the space. Can you imagine space with curves & warps?? Phew!