Baba also contacted a sixth-plane mast at this time. The mast was a large and stout man covered with lice, who was staying in a hovel in Quetta opposite Baba's residence. For some time, Baba sent the mast tea and breakfast each day via Adi. The mast would eat whatever was offered to him. "There was a sort of bedspread on which he sat," Adi recalled, "and underneath it he would put all the leftovers. It was full of bugs."
One day Baba decided to contact the mast. As soon as Baba approached him, the mast caught hold of Baba. As if wrestling with him, he lifted Baba from the ground and began swinging him back and forth. Adi wanted to intervene, but Baba had instructed him not to interfere no matter what happened. Slowly the mast calmed down and released Baba. It was a strange and awe-inspiring sight for Adi to witness, but Baba made him promise not to tell the others what he had seen.
On 12 June, Baba said, "Before proceeding to Persia, I have been thinking of traveling six more months in India, walking from Kashmir to Bombay and staying somewhere along the journey for a month."
He asked the mandali to think about this new plan and the route.
The next afternoon, Baba wished to climb the high mountain two miles away that overlooked their house. He walked there at a swift pace and the mandali, finding it hard to keep up after some distance, were practically running behind him. Observing the new strangers and their foreign attire, passersby began staring at them, and one C.I.D. officer even followed the group. Reaching the base of the mountain, Baba started climbing it with sure and swift strides. But none of the mandali could climb the rocks and slid back down as soon as they had gone up a few feet. Baba came down shortly thereafter, and the group returned to the city. The C.I.D. agent, however, did not stop to interrogate them.
During their stay, Baba would go for walks daily to various places in Quetta. On 16 June, he walked three miles with the mandali to the garden of Rusi's friend Ardeshir Golwalla, where they played gilli-danda.
The walking tour from Kashmir to Bombay was settled after some lengthy discussions. (Ramjoo was the main advocate of going to Kashmir, backed by Barsoap.) After due preparations, all would proceed by train to Kashmir, and from there they would start for Bombay on foot. Baba stipulated that there would be enough money for food until they arrived in Kashmir, but from there they would have to beg for their daily meals. No one was to keep any money with him; their meals would be only what was received by begging, and this begging was to last a month.