Creedaz's video: Konkan Diva and Vagholi - Episode 05 - North Sahyadri 300 km Speed Hike

This Speed Hiking video series is about a Community Hike in which I covered 287 km from Lonavala to Mahipatgad in Ratnagiri. Each video episode covers the events of one day of hiking. Day 05 was all about entering the famous region of Raigad fort. We were expecting a lot of road section on this day but then the beautiful village of Vagholi and teh aarti at the temple made it one of the most memorable day on this speed hike. The North Sahyadri traverse has added great value to the present mapped network of the Western Ghats. What are "Community Hikes"? I (Manav) make a two week long speed hiking plan. The trails chosen are all new to me and I make a realistic plan and further break it in a day to day schedule. Then I invite people to join me for free so that they can get exposure to the outdoors and they can overcome their perceived barriers. We hike as co-trekkers as the trails are new for everybody (including me). I teach offline navigation and other crucial aspects related to independent hiking on the go. Once the trip is finished, I put all the trails on the map so that other people can hike in future. So Community Hikes are basically trips to discover and maps trails across India. I usually do the whole route and people keep entering and exiting each day as per their time availability. Know more about community hikes on: www.creedaz.in