Date:12/07/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/12/stories/2007071250670200.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Trekking expedition

Special Correspondent

TIRUPATI. For those interested in trekking and adventure sports, here is some good news. A 25-member team of trekkers, with the approval of the Forest Department, will be setting-out on a two-day expedition to ‘Gunjana jalapatham’, said to be the tallest peak on the Tirumala (Seshachalam) hill ranges. The team will start its trek on July 14 at 8 a.m. from Kukkaladoddi village on the Tirupati-Kadapa highway and do a night halt at ‘Kangamadugu’-- the centre-point for Tirumala forests after covering 20 km.

The next morning, it will set out for the ‘jalapatham’-- 10 km away, according to V. Maruthiprasad, one of the organisers. Further details can be had from on: 9440079381 or 9849675867.