ABW's trek to Bhimashankar via shidi ghat on 1st December 2013

Hello Wanderers,
We welcome you to an evergreen trek to Bhimashankar via Shidi ghat (ladder route) on 1st December 2013.



General information: 
Bhimashankar is one of the 12 Jyotirlings of India, a pilgrimage place approximately 3500 feet high up in the hills. The area around Bhimashankar is covered with thick dense jungle. The Maharashtra Government has also declared it a Sanctuary.The sanctuary is small (only about 100 sq. km’s), but it is home to a wide variety of animals Leopard, Sambhar, Barking deer, Porcupines, Grey Junglefowls, Wild pig, Hanuman langur, Rhesus macaque and Flying Squirrel etc. The sanctuary is famous as the home of a highly endangered subspecies of the Indian Giant Squirrel – Shekharu (Ratufa indica elphistoni), which is also the state animal of Maharashtra.

Grade: Medium

Trek Itinerary:
We will meet at Neral station at 1:34 am.

Please catch second last local to Karjat on 30th November 2013 (Saturday)

For your convenience train time table is as follows:

• 11:30 pm : CST
• 11:38 pm : Byculla
• 11:48 pm : Dadar
• 11:59 pm : Kurla
• 00:05 am : Ghatkopar
• 00:26 am : Thane
• 00:48 am : Dombivili
• 00:57 am : Kalyan
• 01:34 am : Neral

We will ascend via Shidi ghat and descend via Ganesh ghat.

Things to carry:

• A Water Bottle (~2-3 Ltrs),
• Camera, Cell Phone, Cap(Optional)
• Please avoid wearing Gold and other ornaments
• Some ready to eat food. Plum cakes, Biscuits etc.
• Medicine those if you require usually (Optional)
• Light bedding(shawl/sleeping bag) to take rest at night.
• A haversack to put all these things

Expenses:

• For registration, kindly transfer Rs. 750 per head in the following A/c:
  In the Name of : Aberrant wanderers
  ICICI BANK Account No : 098405000917
  IFSC Code : ICIC0000984
  Branch : Bhandup(west)

• For registration or queries, Please contact:
  Sanket - 8425076272
  Sandeep - 8425076270
  (After transaction kindly inform us through e-mail or a sms, Your Name, transaction ID and mobile no.)

• FOR SMS Inquiry:
  Please drop a message as "trek inquiry" at 8425076270, we will get back to you ASAP.

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