Gudibande Once the gearshifts and the throttle peaks, the wind starts whistling and the mind, is set free. We were on a ride to Gudibande fort. The plan was simple, meet up, ride up, and climb high. But little did we know that we were in for a roller coaster ride. Participants: 1) Tejas D S 2) Sreenidhi S 3) Abhijeet 4) Sumit + 5) Ajeeth Destination: Gudibande Fort, A rampart of the erstwhile Bhairava Nayaka, a provincial ruler of the Vijayanagara empire. This fort was built was built nearly 400 years ago and is an exact replica (though a miniature one) of the Madhugiri fort near Tumkur. The main features of this fort are: 1) The design of the fort is seven layered which prescribes to the seven layers of fortifications, this style of fortification is to bolster the defences. The most popular fort of this design is the Chitradurga Fort which has the rightly earned the nickname of “Elu suttina Kote” (Translating to a fort of seven layers). 2) The water harves...