#Fort Treks

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Exploring the Enigmatic Harihar Fort: A Trekker’s Tale

Want to go on a trek that’s not just a walk in the woods, but a thrill-packed adventure that takes you to the edge, quite literally. The great Harihar Fort, located in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, is one such trail that will leave you with a memory for a lifetime. Standing at an excruciating elevation of 3676 feet, the fort offers astonishing vistas that are no less than bliss to the eyes. 

If you’re planning to embark on a trek to Harihar Fort, here’s a brief guide to help plan the perfect hiking trip. This adventure altogether combines the allure of history, the challenge of the iconic steps, and the breathtaking beauty of the Sahyadri range. 

Table of Contents

How to Reach Harihar Fort? 

Best Time For the Harihar Fort Trek 

Nearby Attractions Around Harihar Fort 

What to Pack for the Trek

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How to Reach Harihar Fort? 

If you’re traveling from Mumbai, then first reach Kasara via a local train. Upon reaching Kasara, book a cab to Khodala, a 30 Km drive away. Once you reach Khodala, you can get a shared taxi directly to Nirgudpada. If you’re traveling in a group of 5-6 people, consider booking a cab/taxi for the roundtrip. This will cost you anywhere around INR 2000 for the entire trip. 

Best Time For the Harihar Fort Trek 

The best time for the Harihar Fort Trek is from June to February. During this time, you can enjoy some breathtaking views from the fort. Monsoon is the best time to explore the lush green fields of Sahyadris. While the post-monsoon season brings clear, exotic views of famous forts and peaks from atop. The weather is also quite pleasant to enjoy a peaceful visit. However, remember not to schedule your trek during summer as it gets extremely hot here. 

Also Read Yelbong Canyon Cave Trekking: An Unforgettable Adventure

If you’ve got some extra time after the trek, go exploring these famous attractions near Harihar Fort:

Bhaskargad: It is one of the many forts in the Trimbak hill region. Bhaskargad lies very close to the Harihar fort, followed by an easy trek atop. 

Ashoka Waterfall: Ashoka Waterfall (also known as Vihi Waterfall) is situated in close proximity to Kasara. You can easily visit this amusing waterfall on your way to Nirgudapada. 

Anjaneri Fort: The only fort forging a temple for Maa Anjaneri, the mother of mighty Lord Hanuman. It is followed by an easy trek starting from the Anjaneri village. 

Vaitarna Dam: Situated close to Kasara, Vaitarna Dam is a gravity dam that is constructed over the Vaitarna River. You can visit here before heading for the Harihar trek or after completing the trek. 

Also Read Your Handy Guide to Netravati Peak Trek, Chikmagalur

What to Pack for the Trek

Packing wisely is essential to make the most of your Harihar Fort trekking experience. Here are some must-have items for your backpack:

Comfortable shoes with good grip for a safe trekking expedition

Enough water to stay hydrated on the run

Snacks to keep you energized 

Sunscreen, cap and sunglasses for ultimate sun protection

First aid kit with all the medical essentials

A camera to capture all the amazing vistas

[dogearedfriends]

art for Bare Your Faces of the Veil by @flippyspoon as promised!! the scanning process stripped the blue of some of its vibrancy, so as a consolation price, here are some exploratory sketches of them just making out on the ground 🖖

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[lutnistas]

RheinSteig trail

Engers - Sayn - Vallendar - Fortress Ehrenbreitstein ( Germany )

[vanderbilt-draws]

@stardate41590-5 the tng honses

most of the ideas for these characters, including the cutie marks, their species, and geordi being the only one to see datas cutie mark, were all from benji, i just drew them bc theyre neat :D

[deepestturtlepielover]

My brain works faster than my hands bear with me so Imagine if Julian made a fort and for whatever reason (we know the reason) shows garak and garak for an understandable reason for not understanding most human tendencies (there’s a cat in human brains that demand we make hidey holes) misinterprets it as a nest like the thing for your mate or eggs like Julian is finally asking him

Cue to garak standing awkwardly watching Julian excitedly making the fort bigger (if you want your sorta kinda lizard boyfriend to come into your cool super tent you must make it big and have him sit next to the door way) to fit both of them while gesturing for him to come in and help like this isn’t going to build its self

Garak: “…you’re what?..”

Julian: “my fort! look at my cool fort I built ! Garak it’s so cool you gotta come in here”

Julian shoves more snacks in the fort along with a light to see and small fan so it doesn’t get too hot and takes garaks hand before he can protest. (it’s gonna get hot) he takes a deep breath remembers forgets and then garak is surprisingly much warmer and comfortable in the nest so he lets the doctor pull him in away from the biting cold of the space station and it’s just them sitting in the nest away from everything,…usually being holed up makes him feel tight but with Julian it’s better.

Julian: “so what do you think? You like ? Not as good as the ones I used to make when I was a child you see but still good”

He fidgets with kukalaka on his lap and turning on the flashlight standing it upright on a pile of blankets to be able to see better. Before opening up the bag of popcorn he gives it a good shake to equally distribute the butter and opening it up.

(Nyhehehe i stop here until I get more I will eat chocolate to give me answers)

[brawngp2009]

please... i can't stop thinking about them... any spare shovson spirk thoughts 🎤

like what is there even to say, really.. i had this Vision a while ago and i shared it with a friend and we talked about how this dynamic is always compelling! i love it, literlly one of my most favourites. the captain and the first officer is a kind of thing that always slaps! some of my other favourite examples besides star trek are "the master and commander" i haven't read the books but from what i've gathered it's basically jack aubrey and dr. maturin slow burn, and another one is "the terror" s1 -- whatever transpired between captain crozier and fitzjames. 10/10 no notes. (also should i add merthur of BBC merlin fame? it kind of fits the narrative in my opinion, and generally like... the knight and some guy who's always with him??? is this anything??)

whenever i see this dynamic im like a dog that has found some garbage on the sidewalk, i grab it and i don't let it go no matter what. and circling back to spirk -- it's one of the pairings i ALWAYS come back to. star trek is just SO deeply ingrained into my brain and into my life (im literally learning klingon for fucks sake and all my friends are aware of that bc i cant shut up! Qapla!) and my legacy on this site (if you've ever seen edits with star trek characters and van gogh painting 'twas i! my doing).

so it was only natural that i took shovson and run with it basically. there are no thoughts, really (you've probably realised that at this point if you are still reading). 've never had one of those. unfamiliar with the concept of thought. BUT there are association, there are vibes, there are similarities, the dots were connecting too well to resist. basically these two fuckers matched my freak EVERYTHING. literally everything. the flirty one and the reserved one? check! the courageous one and the logical one? check! the fighter and the thinker? check! even the damn hair colour thing??? check! bitches are colour-coded, you gotta connect the dots!!!

now i don't know how well shovson could be translated into an actual star trek AU because in my opinion you can't just copy-paste it, you have to sort of warp both universes together or around each other to fit the narrative of your choice. SO NO TAURUS IV. NO TRAUMA. OR AT LEAST NOT THAT MUCH. and like they should remain human, but yes to the kobayashi maru test. jenson would've definitely tried to win or cheat, there's no doubt about it. he seems like the type.

IN CONCLUSION (as if i said anything that makes sense and can be concluded in any way) there is SOMETHING and i'm glad that i'm not the only one who sees that! i shall contemplate about it and maybe, when i familiarize myself with the concept of thought well enough, i will come back here with actual things to say. and not. whatever this is (rambling, straight up mad woman speaking nonsense on the streets about apocalypse).

[ultimatemilvesbracket]

THE MILVENING HAS BEGUN

That's 114 contenders! Amazing job everyone!

we got 323 submissions and labored over every single one until approximately 2am, which is why this bracket looks so fucking incomprehensible. (shoutout to tumblr user asparagoos for creating The Milves Rubric and user pastramis, who plays fantasy football and knows brackets.)

anyway, full match-ups are below the cut. starting tonight (3/30) we'll start with uhh the upper left-hand chunk today, then make our merry way down the list three times a day until the first elimination round ends. the top scoring milves will not appear until the second elimination round, aka when this bracket is legible.

milf lovers grab your therapist's number!

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 1

Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time) vs. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)

Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia (The Princess Diaries 1 & 2) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House)

Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Ambessa Medarda (Arcane)

Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets)

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 2

Catelyn Tully Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time)

Penelope (Greek Mythology, The Odyssey) vs. Siobhan Sadler (Orphan Black)

Xenomorph Queen (Alien Cinematic Universe) vs. Goldie O'Gilt)

Bella Goth (The Sims) vs. Jean Milburn (Sex Education)

ROUND 2 / BRACKET 3

Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. Valka (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

Queen Calanthe (The Witcher Netflix) vs. Nancy Botwin (Weeds)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 1

Marge Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Ella Montgomery (Pretty Little Liars) WINNER MARGE

Queen Clarisse Renaldi (The Princess Diaries) vs. Peggy Bundy (Married With Children) WINNER CLARISSE

Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House) WINNER OLIVIA CRAIN

Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne) WINNER BARBARA

Ambessa Medarda (Arcane) vs. Jacqueline Carlisle (The Bold Type) WINNER AMBESSA MEDARDA

Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Flemeth (Dragon Age) WINNER HG

Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets) vs. Janet Van Dyne (Antman and the Wasp) WINNER TAISSA

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 2

Patty Hewes (Damages) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time) WINNER THE BLACK FAIRY

Milah (Once Upon a Time) vs. Penelope (The Odyssey) WINNER PENELOPE

Siobhan Sadler (Orphan Black) vs. Norma Bates (Bates Motel) WINNER SIOBHAN

Gerri Kellman (Succession) vs. Xenomorph Mom (Alien Franchise) WINNER XENOMILF

Alex Blake (Criminal Minds) vs. Goldie O'Gilt (Ducktales 2017) WINNER GOLDIE

Bernie Wolfe (Holby City) vs. Bella Goth (The Sims) WINNER BELLA

Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans) vs. Jean Milburn (Sex Education) WINNER JEAN

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 3

Valka (How to Train Your Dragon 3) vs. Ana Servín (Madre Solo hay Dos) WINNER VALKA

Matriarch Benezia (Mass Effect) vs. Queen Calanthe (The Witcher Netflix) WINNER CALANTHE

Julie Cooper (The OC) vs. Nancy Botwin (Weeds) WINNER NANCY

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 4

Ana Amari (Overwatch) vs. Aunt May (Spider-Man MCU) WINNER AUNT MAY

Joyce Byers (Stranger Things) vs. Queen Ramonda (Black Panther) WINNER JOYCE

Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager) vs. Nalini Vishwakumar (Never Have I Ever) WINNER JANEWAY

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 5

Carol Newman (The Santa Clauses) vs. Bette Porter (The L Word) WINNER BETTE

Addison Montgomery (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice) vs. Sabine Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug) WINNER ADDISON

Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica) vs. Mrs. Brown (Paddington 1 and 2) WINNER LAURA ROSLIN

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 6

Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher 3) vs. Carminha (Avenida Brasil) WINNER YENNEFER

Camila Noceda (The Owl House) vs. Sarah Alder (Motherland: Fort Salem) WINNER CAMILA

Wynne (Dragon Age) vs. Melissa McCall (Teen Wolf) WINNER MELISSA

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 7

Mon Mothma (Star Wars) vs. Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead)

Helen Parr (The Incredibles) vs. Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Picard)

Abigail Pent (The Locked Tomb) vs. Medea (Greek Mythology/Euripedes)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 8

Queen Elinor (Disney's Brave) vs. Caroline McKenzie-Dawson (Last Tango in Halifax)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once) vs. Takhisis (Dragonlance)

Annalise Keating (How To Get Away With Murder) vs. Maureen Robinson (Lost in Space)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 9

Gemma Teller (Sons of Anarchy) vs. Celeste Wright (Big Little Lies)

The Fairy Godmother (Shrek 2) vs. The Smart House (Disney's Smart House)

Marcia Roy (Succession) vs. Martha Rodgers (Castle)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 10

Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb) vs. Danielle Rousseau (Lost)

Olivia Benson (Law and Order: SVU) vs. Linda Flynn-Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Morticia Addams (The Addams Family) vs. Maeve Millay (Westworld)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 11

Melanie Cavill (Snowpiercer) vs. DCI Amy Silva (Vigil)

Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation) vs. Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)

Abby Bartlett (The West Wing) vs. Laura de Mille (Doom Patrol)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 12

Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife) vs. Ellie Torres (Cougartown)

Zelda Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) vs. Lisa Lisa (Jojo's Bizarre Adventures)

Tsunade (Naruto) vs. Jules Cobb (Cougartown)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 13

Katherine Hastings (American Auto) vs. Esme Cullen (Twilight Series)

Abby Griffin (The 100) vs. Letty Ortiz (The Fast and the Furious 9)

Jocasta (Greek Mythology) vs. Joss Carter (Person of Interest)

ROUND 1 / BRACKET 14

Julia Sugarbaker (Designing Women) vs. Eve Fletcher (Mrs. Fletcher)

Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse) vs. Marion Lavorre (Critical Role)

Tiffany Valentine (Chucky) vs. Jodie Mills (Supernatural)

[misscalming]

The looks of absolute horror I get whenever I explain that "no I've never watched star wars but I have seen the original star trek series, the animated one and the movies :)"

[fallimentiquotidiani]

Kinlochleven to Fort William

The original end of the West Highland Way

[starofhisheart]

2 tickets to Barbie pls

[silver-cleo-fanfiction]

My Masterlist:

Fandom's to be added as fic is written for them

Motherland: Fort Salem

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Warrior Nun (TV)

Willow (TV, 2022)

Leverage (TV, 2008)

NCIS

The Librarians (TV, 2014)

The Orville (TV)

The Hunger Games Series - All Media Types

Lost Girl (TV)

Mean Girls (2024)

Supergirl (TV, 2015)

The Rookie (Tv, 2018)

StarGate SG-1

[ilcovodelbikersgrunf]

🔻 Il Forte Diamante è uno dei forti più famosi e caratteristici dell’antica cinta muraria difensiva di Genova e domina l’intera Val Polcevera e la Val Bisagno dai suoi 667 metri di altitudine. La vicinanza al centro cittadino rese il Forte di Diamante a partire dal 1758, anno in cui venne eretto, il primo baluardo difensivo contro gli attacchi provenienti dal Nord. Il forte sorge nel cuore di un territorio ideale per scoprire percorsi di trekking e ammirare paesaggi mozzafiato fino al mare; anzi fino a Portofino. Questo baluardo difensivo è testimonianza dell’epoca d’oro della Repubblica Marinara di Genova e del dominio degli Asburgo. Durante l’assedio austriaco del 1747 fu costruita una piccola ridotta palizzata a forma di stella per sorvegliare meglio le valli e proteggerle da eventuali incursione austriache. ……

[hartshorn-and-isinglass]

A Day Trip to Ticonderoga.

Oh, we 100% did NOT give ourselves enough time at Fort Ti. Two hours and change were just the programming for the reenactment event itself, when we had only allotted three hours before we were due for the Star Trek tour. We need to go back, man. I didn't have time to ask questions because we were pressed for time at the end and asking questions is hard when your prefrontal cortex keeps threatening to blue-screen because you're surrounded by pretty people in 18th century garb.

I appreciate how they structured the program in terms of directing the crowd and providing a degree of immersion for the viewing public. Having everyone march out with the French detachment is a clever move, honestly. As Brandon F. points out in one of his videos, it's actually really hard to spot a red uniform at shooting distance in a New England forest, and this is pre-standardization so not all the British are even wearing a lot of red. Standing with the French in the woods next to the portage road waiting for Amherst's approaching force, not being able to see fuck-all through the woods--then hearing the first shots and war cries from the Haudenosaunee allies--definitely inspires a little dread.

My phone completely drained its battery trying to find a signal out in bumfuck Ticonderoga so I do not have photos of the TOS set tour, only Spouse does. It is just... holy cow, what a labor of love. Very little of any of the original set remains, as most of it was cannibalized for other Paramount shows or destroyed. The tour set was painstakingly reconstructed by the owner from the original build plans and obsessive study of stills from the show. It is truly, truly a trip to have that moment of stepping from the turbolift portion of the set onto the bridge. NBC was apparently the first network to broadcast in color, which explains a lot about how color got used in the costumes and sets, and you see the remnants of that throughout the subsequent Treks.

Anyway, that was far too much sun for me.

PIC DUMP UNDER THE CUT

[lutnistas]

RheinSteig trail

Engers - Sayn - Vallendar - Fortress Ehrenbreitstein ( Germany )

[vmures]

I had the opportunity to visit the Star Trek Experience in Fort Ticonderoga, New York, USA and it was so much fun, which features a rebuilt set for the Original Series Enterprise. It is a true labor of love and a great repository of Trek history. They are also always adding things (currently they are working on adding a Next Gen set). They also frequently host events featuring Trek actors. Highly recommend checking it out if you ever get a chance.

Photoset one, featuring the cool things in the lobby and tour waiting area.