Bouldering at Turahalli, Bangalore

Well, this ought to be the best kept secret in Bangalore. Turahalli is a place which is hardly 20 kms from the city centre.



The place is awesome for Bouldering, may be the best Bouldering site in India.



There are boulders all around and every boulder has all kinds of routes on it. Every grade is available here.



We started off with warmup on the easy routes.



Thankfully, we had reached the place at around 10AM, rocks were still not very hot and still dry enough to climb.



The first boulder itself, had so many routes on it that we ended up spending almost an hour there.



Boulders with lot of overhang section are the most difficult ones. And here they are in plenty.



Nagu, trying out.





Purush also gave it a shot.



Even the smallest boulder are full of fantastic moves.



The top of this boulder is not a flat surface but it has upwards slope. The slope can not be seen from this angle. :D





Turahalli is truly a Boulderer’s paradise. It is at a kissing distance away from Bangalore, rather it is should be correct to say that, it is within the city limits.

Just make sure that you don’t come here on a hot and sunny afternoon, which rarely happens :D

Keep Climbing...
By Neeraj Kumar

Mars Adventures Camp Site in Bangalore

Mars Adventures Camp Site in Bangalore is truly a place where beauty meets the action. The container setup at a lush green lawn, just takes the heart away.



The site has turned containers into a setup, which is hard to believe.



From a distance it does look like the dumping ground of Robots for those who have seen iRobot. Will Smith is indeed on his way to liberate the Robots.



There is a well(bawi) as well to serve the water needs. Well this well is an artificial one, till the point someone actually looks into it. Nicely done.



The site boasts of a 40ft artificial climbing wall as well.



The best kept secret of the Site is the roof hidden in one of the containers.



During the run-up to the Climbing competitions, the roof asks for the mercy of the climbers.





The container is no where less than a indoor climbing gym.



The site acts as a place for team events, rope techniques courses, trainings and camping site.

Green peace participants taking part in the Rope Techniques Training.

Rock Climbing in Ramanagram near Bangalore

It was one of those days when your body is itching for the dose of climbing and nothing less than Ramanagram rocks can satisfy the hunger.


Beautiful saturday morning.

The weather was perfect for an absolute full day of climbing. One of the best things about staying in Bangalore is the most amazing weather in the whole of the world and one of the best climbing place, only a kissing distance away.


The rock face.

Well, this is the famous rock face, where 6 routes are bolted. All with grades around 5.

Now, I don’t think anything else needs to be said, photographs will say everything. It was a pure bliss.


Dhanalakshmi during the lead climb.


John with Top Rope.


Full view.


John.


Swaroop.


Theresa.


Purushotham.


The group.


Nagu on the left-most route.


Nagu on the left-most route.


Rain god, pounding on us.

Unfortunately, in the afternoon, rain played the spoilsport. Once it came down for 30mins and the next time for more than an hour. And more so, over the face of the rock.


Then it was the time to call it a day. Rock climbing in Ramanagram always leaves me with burning fingers and hell lot of satisfaction. Keep Climbing.
By Neeraj Kumar