Remember your last climb to Sinhagad. You had climbed until the final gradient. You were tired and thirsty. But you saw the break in the wall and few trekkers sitting on it like a parapet way above. That was your destination. The gradient got further difficult. But then you reached that moment when the body and mind resonated with a rhythm. Breathing also got aligned. You didn't feel anything but a desire to reach that point. You kept walking. For the next ten minutes, you experienced those moments which I call Moments of Resonance. Then you got rewarded with Kandabjai and Tak. You can replace Sinhagad with any other trail or climb you had in the past.
When I was climbing from Ghuttu to Panwali, a 6000 ft climb, on the second day of my first Garhwal trek, I first time felt the experience and intrigue of Himalaya. Thanks to the fold mountains, you see the horizon and feel that sense of hope that climb will end there. But when you reach that point you again see some flat land and a further climb. It was an unending journey that day. But still, the body found a rhythm and I started walking with my mind focusing only on the steps. I then experienced moments of resonance for the last half hour of the climb. The reward that day was an amazing view of the valley with meadows, trees, snow-capped peaks beyond, and of course Panwali village of two huts. We stayed in one of them which was a guest house, the other was a cattle shed.
When I did Wari, I found these moments of resonance climbing Dive Ghat. Mind and body resonate with the chants of Gyanba Tukaram and your existence gets aligned to reach the resting point.
