trek to kumaraparvatha

started from bangalore in mangalore express ; general compartment

 reached kukke gate at 6

started trek at 8

treked for 6.8 kms  to giri gadde or bhattara mane

took rest . had food and played a wide game

did the camp fire .

slept at bhattara mane 
started to trek to pushpagiri

reached pushpagiri after a 7 km trek . felt esctatic . mafeking all the way !!!!

and by the way boys are with Mr MAFEKING

Planning report of kumaraparvatha trek

  

we had final plannin meetin in our group at 5.40 on 17.03.10

we planned the activites,things to bring?,how to go?

Mr madhusudhan  was the chairman of coh        

we have planned for different type of trek.we have total 12 participants and they were divided into 3 groups.

group 1

1.ravi kiran

2.vivek

3.abhi

4.sathya

group 2

1.kishore

2.rajat

3.ashi

4.sandeep

group 3

1.ravi theja

2.sharath

3.gautham

4.Mr ananth

topic discussed in the meetin 

1.theme-

clean kumarapravatha

2.transportation-

 each group should arrange their own transportation.they are given the freedom to come by bus,train etc etc but they have to report to Mr madhu  infront of the gapathi temple with in one hour of train arrival 

3.things to bring-

each rover has to get their own water bottle,4 bandaids,4 lemons,1 pair of uniform,light beddin,torch,glucose

each group should have to one compass,staff

4.trek route and details

we are startin the trek from the ganapathi temple around 8.30 am.by evenin 4 we are plannin to reach bhat's house.we will be having camp fire in the night.next day morning we have to reach the sunrise point before the sun rise.the sun rise point is about 5kms from bhat's place.by 11 am we are reaching back to bhat's place,after lunch we are going to trek back to subramanya swamy temple.we end our trek after the dinner in the temple around 8pm. 

5.regarging camp fire-

each group has to give a 3 minite activity.

each individual has to give mim of one activity

activity mush be based on scouting for boys or rovering to sucees

6.registration-

  group is charging 240rs per head which includes registration,food charges

 this is a rover moot

      co ordinator

   -- sharath banadakoppa narahari 

Adventures of a video making competation

A video had to be submitted for the compitation . Three months ahead . I tought of assisting a group of guides to make that video . We tought of putting up a good movie with the best of the sounds a motion picture and theme to reflect the birth of guiding and its sucess in India . Collected some ancient artifacts and photoes to reflect the movement's history . The intial idea was to make a guide speak through the history with all those photoes and a background score , she talking through the crystal palace rally and through the guiding she had been through . Isnt that idea "great " . Not soo much coz that didnt happen , there was a pretty good appreciation fpr what happened , and pretty good observation as in comments for the video . Today the video has won some compitation but it still is incomplete for me . I'm waiting for another compitation , and have learned a good lesson . Planning is good but Execution is the best thing that you can do . donot wait for tomorrow coz tommorow only comes when its too late .

take a look at the video :

wagggs centenary video

Photo challenge - only 500 days left. It's time to get the creativity flowing!

On Sunday, March 14th, it is exactly 500 days left to the next mind-boggling World Scout Jamboree. In order to celebrate, we hereby create a small photo challenge:

Take a picture of yourself, alone or together with some of your fellow scouts.... The picture should contain something that indicates there's only 500 days left to the Jamboree. Feel free to take your photo in any location, but we would think it is extra nice if you could take at an interesting place in your own hometown.

When you are done, upload the picture to the Jamboree's fan page wall on Facebook, together with a note indicating where the picture was taken.

We would also be happy if you can send the picture by e-mail to post@jamboree2011.posterous.com as well.
By doing so, it will be published on the countdown picture blog http://jamboree2011.posterous.com/ within 12 hours.

Have a great weekend, and see you in Sweden 2011!

My TREK to the HEAVENS

The experience of romancing clouds, the beauty of the scenic curvy , the leech den, the thick forests, the lovely fluttering grasses under the blowing winds, the silent ranges of virgin mountains and many more... can be touched in the Kumara Parvatha trek. Kumara Parvatha is range of mountains starts in Kukke Subramanya, a small religious/spiritual town in Karnataka where the lord of Snakes -- Lord Subramanya abodes (Karthikeya, Murugan etc.with many names). This mountain originates from the mighty Western Ghats and extends to costal Karnataka and Kerala. People speak the local language Kannada and dialect Tulu. Kumara Parvatha is the 2nd highest peak in Karnataka with an altitude of around 5000 feet above sea level. This is one of the treks filled with stress & adventure ever had.

A superb guide had led us to the himalayas . back from the peaks of manali . i was longing to go to another trek . Just to discover this splendid peak to the kumaraparvatha . three teenage boys ,ME my BROTHER  and his crazy friend from UPPINANGADI finished the trek of the life time the in monsoon of 2004 . Cant be going this time . Best of luck for this time trekkers. Make it memorable and ,  waiting for a better trek blog .   .   .   

Activity

A complaint , a story , a gossip had been prevailed over the groups activity for a past few days .

What we really need is
A creative activity that could be a  learning process where a pupil and children are located in the same individual

some thing like the ones in this web site  
http://www.inquiry.net/


more ideas are appreciated .