When the people of the State were gripping under the fear of the pandemic, few adventure buffs took a leap into the mountains as a stress-buster. It was pandemic time here in Karnataka and the State where we were visiting was abated with challenges like monsoon tragedies — cloud bursting, sudden surge of the waters in rivers, landslides, caving of the roads, falling stones, drowning of the trekkers in the rivers, banning of the activities by the State administration and rebuttal of the same — all was bedlam, says Krishna Murthy, a Software professional from Mysuru.
As we left, there was fear in the eyes of people at home, asking themselves was it necessary to go for the expedition during this pandemic and the monsoon related tragedy in the visiting State, but here the goal was set to get out of homes to beat the stereotype lifestyles, says Adithi R. Rao, an architect student of Mysuru city.
