Bangalore felt lonely at first. So I started inviting strangers for treks.
Around a year back, I used to spend most of my weekends trekking alone around Bangalore.
I wasn’t trying to build a community or start anything big. I just genuinely loved exploring hills, especially the offbeat ones where there are no crowds, no noise and sometimes not even proper trails 😭
A lot of weekends were just me randomly searching for hidden hills, talking to locals, getting lost halfway, finding sunrise spots and coming back home tired but peaceful.
One day I randomly thought:
instead of doing this alone every weekend, why not ask if some strangers from Reddit would like to join too?
That’s literally how all this started.
In the beginning we were just 5–6 people going on bikes to random hills around Bangalore.
Then came the carpool phase where car owners used to disappear the night before treks with legendary excuses 😂
Eventually we shifted to Travellers.
And honestly somewhere along the way this stopped becoming just about trekking.
People who joined alone started becoming friends.
Random strangers started sharing life stories during 3AM Traveler rides.
Awkward introductions slowly turned into inside jokes, mafia games, tea stop conversations and weekend memories.
The craziest part is…
today that one random WhatsApp group somehow crossed 1000 people.
And what I love most is that most of our hikes are still the same raw offbeat trails around Bangalore & beyond.
Many times it’s literally just our group on the entire hill watching the sunrise.
No commercial crowd.
No tourist chaos.
Just mountains, sleepy faces, random conversations and good people 💛
Honestly never expected one random Reddit post and a love for trekking to turn into this.
Bangalore can feel weirdly lonely sometimes, especially when you move here alone.
I think maybe that’s why this community slowly became special for many of us.
Strangers walking into a trek and leaving with memories, friendships and stories was probably never something I planned.
But I’m grateful it happened.
If anyone here loves offbeat hikes, adventure or just wants to meet good people and escape city routine once in a while, you’re always welcome to join us ⛰️💛>!!<