Kodanadu View Point to Thengumarahada
Kodanadu View Point to Thengumarahada Trek - July 2009
One of the most tiresome, yet thrilling treks destined to test one’s strength and stamina. A rather steep, dizzying descent of almost 5000 ft from Kodanadu view point (6100 ft) to Thengumarahada village (1230 ft). Spanning a distance of about 18 kms done in 7 hours. Four-limb descent mostly.

The presence of veteran tracker Ramasamy and a couple of highly competent antipoaching watchers from forest department allayed our fears boosting our confidence. Even though we took off late morning, it was still cold. The sky was overcast with a lot of cloud cover. With our backpacks brimming with packed lunch, biscuits, chocolates, fruits, water bottle, and what not, we began our march.
The going became so grueling that our body batteries bumped the bottom in no time forcing us to take plenty of unscheduled pitstops along the way. Our tight-knit band soon became an elastic band stretched to its limit with almost half a km between the leader and the laggard. Some of us strategically shifted a sizeable burden from our backpacks to our bellies, which of course, backfired necessitating a short but satisfying siesta.

The calf and thigh muscles endured enormous stress and strain during the descent. At one point, while standing, my calf muscles began to quiver involuntarily and uncontrollably and it was quite a sight to watch. At the end, battered and bruised, almost all of us were walking stiff like Chitti (Enthiran Rajini) with frozen knees.
There was a sparkling stream awaiting us where we landed, and after a refreshingly rejuvenating bath and decimation of left-out eatables, our posse proceeded to the Thengumarahada trekking shed for a night of sound, snoring slumber.
