Sharavathy Valley OTR

SPIKE ARRESTOR · 27th September 2010, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Samurai

We needed a rachet that can work as a bent shaft.

That is a ratchet extension with a UJ at its end, a very useful tool specially in scenarios where working gaps are less (angular application).

Spike

dwaraka · 27th September 2010, 20:56

Samurai, Fantastic report. I once again enjoyed my presence there in the rain and streams.

Here are blast of photos from my side.

dwaraka · 27th September 2010, 21:28

More photos follow. To add a small report, i must say wonderful drive from Bangalore all night long to reach sagar. Switching between Jammy and me driving his jeep was fun.

We started from Bangalore at 7 p.m. where as MP Sreenivas and others left at 6 p.m. sharp. We reached Dasarahalli Crossing on Tumkur road by 8 p.m.Stomoch grumbling, found McDonald on the highway got Mcpuffs and french fries, coke/pepsi. Drove on to reach Nelamangala crossing at 10 p.m. owing to snail movement of traffic. Once on clear highway, we reached tumkur in 45 minutes. Continued towards shimoga on bypass. Is it bypass? it is hell pass. Good jeepable track. End of the bypass, we saw a corn seller winding up his business. Coaxed him to burn two corns.

From here on no hotel or dhabha was open. Virtually we drove hungry. Reached Shimoga at 3.30 and we searched for hotels, no rooms vacant. We decided to move on till sagara. Rain pouring althrough from Bangalore, no wiper to clean the screen. Imagine the risk involved. We suddenly realise we have only 5-8 ltrs of fuel in the tank and the distance to be covered is 70+ kms. No bunks open at that wee hour. We called MP sreenivas who has already reached the destination and is resting. He suggests us keep driving at normal speed to conserve fuel. Reached Sagara at about 5.00 am, but directional findings say we lost on MP Sreeni's locational help.

Jammy calls Nidhi Tiwari for help, but she is in the bus coming to Sagara in 30 minutes. Instruction is to stay put near Travellers Bunglow circle. She arrives and leads us on the track to the destination, a homestay.

Rest is the story told by Samurai.

BTW we stayed in a house in beautiful valley which Samurai nerrated as typical malnad type. This house is powered by Mini Hydel power generator. This whole valley do not have grid power. I have posted some pictures of the generator for you folks to appreciate how the locals are independent and self reliant.

For more photos, here is the link
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...lnadOTR230710#

Here is my video

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...61782471575602

SPIKE ARRESTOR · 27th September 2010, 21:56

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Originally Posted by dwaraka

This house is powered by Mini Hydel power generator. This whole valley do not have grid power.

Very ingeniously done

, Dwaraka sir, any idea how much power is generated? It seems like a Micro Hydel Project.

Spike

PS- Mini is <1000 kW and Micro is <100 kW.

dwaraka · 28th September 2010, 14:36

Spike,

I think this unit is micro mini in the range of 2 kw, sufficient to power the whole ops at home.

indianrunner · 21st October 2010, 18:31

Great write up and most enjoyable. Is the camouflage jeep that which late Guru Freddy use to drive?

Cheers

dwaraka · 25th October 2010, 17:34

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Originally Posted by indianrunner

Great write up and most enjoyable. Is the camouflage jeep that which late Guru Freddy use to drive?

Cheers

Yes, It is the same Jeep. Now owned by Grace- Haryali Anand.

Ragul · 25th October 2010, 17:57

This is great stuff! More than just an OTR with all round activities combined !!
Thanks for the great narrative and pics!

cheers

GTO · 2nd December 2015, 10:13

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Originally Posted by Samurai

Our local host and trip director was Nidhi Tiwari a.k.a Lakshmi Salgame. The name did ring a bell for me, although I had never met her before. I had seen her in earlier photographs of my Jeep.

You can see her driving a Jeep, which eventually became my Jeep.

She just drove to London in a Scorpio!

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Three women, 21,477km, 17 countries, 97 days and a journey of their lifetime. When best buddies Rashmi Kop par, Dr Soumya Goyal and Nidhi Tiwari embarked on an all-woman expedition between New Delhi and London

Source & Full Article

Samurai · 2nd December 2015, 11:46

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Originally Posted by GTO

She just drove to London in a Scorpio!

And Nidhi was the only driver, driving nearly 600kms a day to cover 21K kms. I guess there were many rest days. Still, that is truly remarkable.

She is one tough lady!

asingh1977 · 2nd December 2015, 12:14

Really nice write up. Had missed reading it. I was quite interested in the temple which you all visited -which- had water pouring in. Any background / history regarding this. It looked quite archaic, and would be nice to read more about it.

FuelInjector · 2nd December 2015, 13:44

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Originally Posted by Samurai

And Nidhi was the only driver, driving nearly 600kms a day to cover 21K kms.

hats off to the team and her for this feat. Just read the thread. Wonderful one. Thanks for sharing. Did you go there after this visit?
seconding the question above - how come a temple like that in such a remote place. Any stories behind that?

Samurai · 2nd December 2015, 14:37

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Originally Posted by FuelInjector

hats off to the team and her for this feat. Just read the thread. Wonderful one. Thanks for sharing. Did you go there after this visit?

No, not possible to go there without local arrangements. I don't even have a Jeep anymore.

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Originally Posted by FuelInjector

seconding the question above - how come a temple like that in such a remote place. Any stories behind that?

It was built by some rich guy before the Linganamakki Dam was built. I guess it was easily reachable before that. When dams are built, they drastically rearrange the water ways and access to surrounding places. So now it is a very remote temple with no maintenance.

The Iceman · 23rd December 2015, 13:38

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Wow! The tree chopping to make way reminds me of Mark Smith's journey through the Darien Gap. Fantastic images.

27th September 2010, 20:56	#32
dwaraka Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,240 Thanked: 229 Times	Samurai, Fantastic report. I once again enjoyed my presence there in the rain and streams. Here are blast of photos from my side. Attached Thumbnails
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27th September 2010, 21:28	#33
dwaraka Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,240 Thanked: 229 Times	More photos follow. To add a small report, i must say wonderful drive from Bangalore all night long to reach sagar. Switching between Jammy and me driving his jeep was fun. We started from Bangalore at 7 p.m. where as MP Sreenivas and others left at 6 p.m. sharp. We reached Dasarahalli Crossing on Tumkur road by 8 p.m.Stomoch grumbling, found McDonald on the highway got Mcpuffs and french fries, coke/pepsi. Drove on to reach Nelamangala crossing at 10 p.m. owing to snail movement of traffic. Once on clear highway, we reached tumkur in 45 minutes. Continued towards shimoga on bypass. Is it bypass? it is hell pass. Good jeepable track. End of the bypass, we saw a corn seller winding up his business. Coaxed him to burn two corns. From here on no hotel or dhabha was open. Virtually we drove hungry. Reached Shimoga at 3.30 and we searched for hotels, no rooms vacant. We decided to move on till sagara. Rain pouring althrough from Bangalore, no wiper to clean the screen. Imagine the risk involved. We suddenly realise we have only 5-8 ltrs of fuel in the tank and the distance to be covered is 70+ kms. No bunks open at that wee hour. We called MP sreenivas who has already reached the destination and is resting. He suggests us keep driving at normal speed to conserve fuel. Reached Sagara at about 5.00 am, but directional findings say we lost on MP Sreeni's locational help. Jammy calls Nidhi Tiwari for help, but she is in the bus coming to Sagara in 30 minutes. Instruction is to stay put near Travellers Bunglow circle. She arrives and leads us on the track to the destination, a homestay. Rest is the story told by Samurai. BTW we stayed in a house in beautiful valley which Samurai nerrated as typical malnad type. This house is powered by Mini Hydel power generator. This whole valley do not have grid power. I have posted some pictures of the generator for you folks to appreciate how the locals are independent and self reliant. For more photos, here is the link http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...lnadOTR230710# Here is my video http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...61782471575602 Attached Thumbnails Last edited by dwaraka : 27th September 2010 at 21:40.
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28th September 2010, 14:36	#35
dwaraka Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,240 Thanked: 229 Times	Spike, I think this unit is micro mini in the range of 2 kw, sufficient to power the whole ops at home.
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21st October 2010, 18:31	#36
indianrunner BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 225 Thanked: 33 Times	Great write up and most enjoyable. Is the camouflage jeep that which late Guru Freddy use to drive? Cheers
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25th October 2010, 17:57	#38
Ragul BANNED Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,259 Thanked: 954 Times	This is great stuff! More than just an OTR with all round activities combined !! Thanks for the great narrative and pics! cheers
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2nd December 2015, 12:14	#41
asingh1977 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 421 Thanked: 609 Times	Re: Sharavathy Valley OTR Really nice write up. Had missed reading it. I was quite interested in the temple which you all visited -which- had water pouring in. Any background / history regarding this. It looked quite archaic, and would be nice to read more about it.
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