Mullayyana Giri Peak

Mullayyana Giri Peak is the tallest peak in Karnataka India, with a height of 1925 meters(6316 ft). It’s one of the highest peaks between Himalayas and Niligiris in India.

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If you have read my previous post Triumph, you would know that I hurt my back and have a disk propulsion on my L5 . This happened in 2015 and this is the first year 2017 when I have set out to travel and do a lot of things which I have not been able to do in 2015 and 2016.

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So my son visited his Grandmother in Bangalore for his summer break. My husband and I decided that we should go on a road trip in Karnataka after a very long time . Along with our son, we went on a 4 days trip. As part of our last day before returning back to Bangalore, we decided to go Trekking .

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We were staying at a coffee estate called PrimRose villa in ChikMaglur and Mullayyana  Giri base  was about 30 minutes drive.

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These photos are taken at various view points while climbing the mountain. It was an amazing experience to climb, with a lot of help from my son and husband. They both kept motivating me, through out 2 hours and 36 minutes climb up the mountain.

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My son is motivating me for the climb, people with back issue will understand that, when pain strikes, how hard it becomes to complete a task.

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This is the path of the climb up the mountain.

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Reached the first point on the mountain climb. The feeling was amazing, to achieve something.

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The weather was amazing for the climb, if it was hot, it would have been very difficult. The weather was a blessing.

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This was the second point in the mountain climb. We got to sit and rest for a little bit and there was truck selling snacks, water. Which gave us a little bit of energy to do the rest of the climb.

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Father and Son

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From this point there are 496 steps up one way to the summit. This was the hardest part of the climb.

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When we reached the summit, it felt amazing to have achieved something which otherwise would have felt unachievable with the lower back pain and sciatic problem I have. There is a temple up at the summit.

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Got to sit relax and enjoy the view.

I had my walk tracked on my Apple Watch.

The watch also keeps track of the route for my walk, which was very amazing.