"Stay current, stay focused ! Lakegala is a mountain located more towards north side of Knuckles range which is considered to be the toughest peak to climb in Sri Lanka. Final 150m of Lakegala mountain has to be accessed by a very steep rocky outcrop which will tes the mental & physical strength of hikers. Climbing Lakegala is considered as pinnacle of Sri Lankan hikers. Very few have summited this mountain in Sri Lanka. As to many of the hikers, this was an undying dream for me and Dananjaya. As Dana and me being hiking partners, we were always looking for a window to climb this mountain. We got our window from Yaman headed by Mayura. While we were coming back to Colombo, I wanted to write down the experience we had. More importantly how our mind while surviving 2 days in jungle in hard conditions, which I thought will be a good read for beginners in hiking. Essene of hiking isn’t about getting an awesome view after a harder climb. It’s way beyond that. For you to get started, keep this in mind. “What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.” Day 01 – 11 October Friday We left Colombo at 1...." — naradajay • Oct 11, 2019

"It was a beautyfull day in my bornvillage Şengül. The old/real name is Kürt Kaçağı. It means "Refugeeplace of Kurds". The next villages are Kilise Kaçağı and Ermeni Kaçağı. You can gess: the first one means "Refugeeplace of the Church", the second one is on the other side of now Şengül and means "Refugeeplace of the Armenian". There is also an Armenian church in the mountains 20 km on the eastside of Şengül. Now named "Dikili Taşlar " . It's an inspiring environment with holy plaecs, high mountains and most of them now Alvite Kurdish pure people!" — Murat • Sep 20, 2019

"We did start our hike bit late in the evening at around 7.30pm. Then as we did pass the statue of Lord Buddha we did experience a sudden rain and we had to find our way up under a heavy rain which made it even tough to climb and we did reach the summit at around 10.00pm in the night. Find out more on my journey at lankanbackpacker.com " — jayasingheshenal • Sep 6, 2019

"After enjoying sundown at the summit trig point, my descent route down the western ‘jungle path’ became tricky lower down in failing light. Lost the path a couple of times and progress dropped to snails pace. Dug out my GPS but then my position confusingly ‘jumped’ sideways compounding my navigation issues so I gave up on trying to regain the path a third time in torchlight and downclimbed a watercourse to the road visible below, ending up thoroughly soaked and scratched in the process. Not recommended!" — davidb • Aug 30, 2019

"Karl Marx peak south face Housing in Vrang : 2800m Beginning of the trail in Inif : 2800m Camp 1 : 3850m Camp 2 : 4650m Camp 3 : 5750m Summit: 6723m Day 1: from Vrang to camp1  departure at 5am arrival at 12am Day 2: from camp 1 to camp 2  departure at 7am arrival at 4pm Day 3: from camp 2 to camp 3  departure at 6:30am arrival at 3am Day 4: summit and descent to camp 2  departure at 3:30am, summit at 7:30, back to camp 3 at 9:30am, back to camp 2 at 3pm Day 5: from camp 2 to camp 1  departure at 7:30am arrival at 11:30am Day 6: from camp 1 to Vrang  departure at 9:30 arrival at 2pm Vrang is the nearest village of the departure of the shepherd trail which goes to camp 1. It’s possible to sleep in the only hotel of the village or to go in a guesthouse of the village. We decided to go in the hotel which is linked with the only café of the village for breakfast. The shepherd trail begins in a hamlet called Inif on the maps. We walked on the road for 3km from the hotel to the departure of the trail. The trail ends slightly before camp 1 and is good enough to allow a mule to go to camp 1. After that point the trail is really rocky and thus not feasible for..." — camilledeschoulep • Jul 25, 2019