A 34-year-old trekking enthusiast from Dombivli said goodbye to his wife and a year old son on Saturday night before leaving for his 121st trek to Khopoli. Next morning, Krishna Manohar Parte along with his friends completed a trek to the Anaghai Fort, but did not return home alive.
Parte, according to his post-mortem report, died of cardiac arrest. Police said he was found in an unconscious state by other trekkers around 9.45 am.
Rahul Meshram, owner of TreKshitiZ Sanstha that organised the trek, said Parte was enthusiastic as always and had climbed half the fort from where he was pulled on top of a rock hill where fell asleep.
