Unlike most off-road trails that start off easy and build in severity, the ordeal of Kolukkumalai begins at the very start. On the plus side though the compact dimensions of the Punch are proving to be extremely handy. And the most important contributing factor to the Punch making slow but steady progress up the trail is the 187mm of ground clearance. Over and over again we brace for that painful thadum of the Punch grounding itself over a boulder but it doesn’t come. It’s hard not to use the word amazing to describe what the Punch is doing because this trail is amazingly hard.

Source: Punch February 05, 2024 21:47 UTC