The adventurous hike at sri pada adaviya ‘Heenpiduruthalawa’

It was a colorful day that we all were gathered  to have a new experience. Like wise my 1^st report walimba hela this time also i was counting days since nearly one year for this memorable hike. As shaminda ayya mentioned many times about sri pada adaviya i was wondering about places where we can see some exploring things to collect new memories. On the list i found places and Hinpiduruthalawa is a one of very important place to me personally,

Before the hike i collected some details’ about the mountain and what i was highly informed was not to do it on rainy season’s i wait many time and then we started to plan the journey. Before the journey i checked about the range completely from every sides and then we selected to do it from dikellakanda side. Then i found there is slip beyond the mountain and it cant be identified correctly of the view from sri padaya. Then i again and again checked the Google terrain map and also satellite view and made path by Google earth to the base of the highest peak then after for the highest point. This mountain has large range and we went into highest point. The lower peak is situated near to the dikella kanda side and those people in that are called that point Muwa penna gala.

As we all were watching the day came and we all gathered to the deraniyagala town to catch the 5.15 p.m bus to Kendalanda. Our plan was to stay Yatiwala ( Hansamali’s aunties home ) and tomorrow start the hike. So as we got to know from malitha and our friend sakale after 5.15 bus then we had 7 p.m bus to kendalanda. so when i came to deraniyagala our friends have got everything that should be with us to make our hike and i had only to get on to the bus. After one and half hour journey we got off from the bus and went to our malitha’s home to have tea. Some of our members unplug the Cokowa and ate. Then we went to our stop at night and i, supun and lakmal with sakale’s uncle went to inform the cab driver uncle to about the time that he come on to pick up from place where we were at that night.

After that day we awake early and on that time bole has got up and was helping to sakale’s auntie to prepare our food. At Time that we informed our cab was arrived to the place and all were got into it and we say bye and also thankful to sakale’s auntie and uncle.

At about 9.00 a.m we came to Dikellakanda last house and sakales’s friend inform them that we are going to enter the forest and gave the permission also. So they informed us to not bring Meat’s or some other related ‘ Pili Jathi ‘ into forest and be mind to our words. Then after we bring our bags ,tent and every other related tools and start the hike to find the river. After finding it sakales uncle and cab driver uncle went from us and we start to get our break first. As it is a dangerous, adventures and tough hike we planed to be strong 1^st day with filling our stomach with rice. So we bought rice to have break first and for lunch. At About 10 A.M after getting break first i and others prepared to start our hike. As sakales friend told we were able to walk via deraniyagala sri pada road to get into our tracking point. We were planned to go uphill with the water stream but on that information it was good to go via sri pada road to the point we expected to enter the tracking road.

We came More than 2km to until we find the point that we expected to enter the forest. There is a water stream and it is coming from the base of highest point of hinpiduruthalagala and it stars from the slip that i mentioned before in this report. So as we planed we started to tracking from there to up side near to the water stream and there is no any foot path and even we cant see we are at near the mountain also.Then all the parts on that time handled by the tracking , map and compass, Plan was made to go to uphill via the plateau but as supun said we went near the mountain rocky part because we had known how ever we want to climb up, so tried up keep the mountain with us to check somewhere that we can go up hill.

Cocowa

Going to dikellakanda

Coming to tea factory

At the special point

Forest reserve

Junction

Hinpiduruthalawa from dikellakanda

Muwa penna gala and can you see the highest point far away

Supun at the bussiness

Forest

Here we are

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Sri pada road

our path with water

Rock balance

Supun memory

The route mark

Pure water source

Nice place we found

Nice place we found 2

MMmhhh

Malith with fall

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Hidden beauti 2

Hidden beauti 1

Filling

Cold and pure water

Bole sleeping

Beautiful

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4 feet above earth

im looking at the range

We are at the pletue

woww

Waterfall

I had drown the tracking from up side of hump that front of the highest peak. But when we go to climb that supun said we are deviating from the mountain and all were agreed to go more distance with the stream and near to the mountain because now we are at the base of the highest peak. So i have planed to Climb untill Highest peak and as the time then we are coming to that hump and camp on there, and next day to go down.

But hike was very risky and adventures that mean very tough. so time go away from us when we watching it.so it was about 5.00 p.m and the hole forest was getting into dark. Then we planed to speed our walk and we try to go uphill as we can because now we are at the middle of highest point all we have to do is going uphill. so we were hungry and got our packed lunch before getting tined.

But it was not easy, we used rope some times climbed the trees and those places have 70 dirge slope to everywhere. we all were very awary but we can not stop there because at those places we cannot stand with our legs we were hugging the rock of mountain and go uphill some times with help of mana buches. suddenly we saw the udamaluma with the cloudy sky.it was very beautiful seen and i preached please help us.i know all of us was wish to go our target safety

From the front the mighty mountain of dikella kanda is called Peduruthalawa or maha piduruthalawa. it has big slender area and it is very beautiful like hinpiuruthalawa but the shape of those mountains was different from each other.

Suddenly darkness arrived and we turn on our flash lights and start the night hike. Lucky we were able to find a way to go uphill via some trees and bushes not like that slippery rocky area.so lakmal was the leader and he go uphill via some bamboos and many kind of trees actually we hadn’t know what kind of trees because there was no any place stay. every places are with big slop so i again again check the map then we walk then check the map and walk so i tried to stay focus our team member’s moral with saying its ony half and hour lets go like that specially our girls. We used gloucose,dextrose,green apple,chocolate to be strong but limit had come. so we discussed to put our tent where the 1^st  flat area we met.

After doing one of strong part of the hike we came some flat area and we were very closed to highest point but every one wanted to stay at somewhere where we can put our tent and rest on that night then after do what ever in our plan.when i checked the map it was very near however we found a place and discussed to put our tent on there.But lakmal went to the top and then he called to us there is best place to put tent and come. so we start our hike again and after half and hour we came into the highest peak and the highest point of hinpiduruthalagala. I was very happy and when i checheked others faces i knew they also.then we watched the time and time was near to 10.00 P.M.

So we put our tent quickly and bole and others start to make our dinner. And start to check our body because even though it was not a rainy session but the leaches were very active. so after checking leach attacks we spray salt around our tent to decrease the leach attack. After the 9 hour hike Then we got sleep

on the way scenery

At the bambo forest

At the forest

Getting rest

Its hard to go via the forest 2

Its hard to go via the forest

Its me

Lakmals selfi

Leaches

Making marks

Marks of elephant 2

Marks of elephant

Getting strong

One next day I heard lakmal and bole and every one expect me had got out and they were preparing office.

Then i got up and sun was coming up, i can see the sunshine and it was very beautiful to see. After having break first and coffee with milk we all go to see the beauty of top.there is a rock in the middle of highest point and mist is going away.then we able to see some around and it was not clear around as we saw yesterday while we were coming. we spent some time on the top and came to tent.

Now the main problem what’s is the road we follow to go downhill because we know as it was short but we cant go via that path we came to top.it was very danger route and a i wanted to inform all who reading this ,if you plan to go up,1^st come to base of that water source until you find bamboo forest then climb up on that road.

We planed go to the backside of peak and go across the rocky part we want to go around even though the route get more distance so as we planed started the hike to go down.

So quickly we prepare to go down because now we know we have go long distance to dikellakanda entrance point. we came to the backside of peak and forest is clear on that side we were able to see some paths also had been arranged to mountain top. so some of our members told sometimes may people come to top and that’s why this paths have been arranged but after few minutes we got the answer and we all were shocked because those were elephants route and their marks are everywhere.

It should be the route that elephants follow to eat the rosa una bata that planted top of the mountain backside. so we hurry to get somewhere from this area because no one was talking even i.some bamboos ware carped very recently.

Then after we came to the base of the water source and we were at the bambo forest then we fulfill our bottles and not to stay on that area and start again to go until find the tracking. Now i know last day we followed short cut because still we didnt come to meet the tracking route and it is far away. lakmal got the lead again and we follow him . I told him to which side we want to go. He did major part of the hike because this forest has some places covered with bamboo or underwood. it was very difficult to make a path on that forest sometimes we came four feet above from earth because that much that bamboos and Underwood tress are tickness. how ever when we find the tracking we had spent 3 hours or 4.then try to make hurry and now we are going with water stream to dowhill. i had known this water source is the source that going where we start our climb day before. when i checked the map we were at the  plateau so water source is going via this area and mix with river. we came to the point day before where we start our hike and now we want to follow sri pada road to go to the river crossing. It was 10 hours to came down from the top.

We got some pictures, wash our self and specially we preached and thank god and everyone we protected in this sensitive mountain.

We came to the river and bath on there then walk another 6km to to maliboda tea factory. then we hired a 3 wheel and came to maliboda wheel park.Bole and sakale say good bye and went them to sakales aunties home.I, lakmal, supun and malith get into 3 wheel and came to deraniyagala to catch the last bus to awissawella. malitha got into kendalanda bus and we got into last bus to awissawella.

Maliboda to deraniyagala they hire 1400/= rupees by come to 3 wheel and road is not good. last bus from maliboda tea factory at 4.30 p.m

We are at the top

The gang

Supun

Sun shine at the top

Sun shine at the top

Sun shine at the top

Sun shine at the top

Sun shine at the top

Sun shine at the top

Members at the summit

Huuuureeeh

Getting ready to go down

At the top

Coming back

Finnaly we are at the road

Magala oya