Monday, April 02, 2007

The himalayan biking adventure - revisited

With the magic magnetic powers of Pangong Tso, the contours of Nubra Valley, the altitude of khardungla still in my head, i just decided to revisit the place again.

This time i weighed the option of a solo ride.

The advantages of a solo ride is quite clear:

  • You ride fast.
  • You can stop where ever you want and photograph the place.
  • Its all fun until your bike breaks down ( Click here to see normal human reaction when the breakdown is trivial ;) )

The disadvantages:

  • You are lonely, You get depressed (when nature weakens you off) and when you are alone.
  • You tend to sleep... you need to keep working in your brain.
  • Stay/Accommodation is costly
  • No high altitude party's
  • Other motorists tend to push you off the road...

I called up my biker pals Rajesh and another guy called Jag and told them of this plan. Rajesh asked me to book the plane tickets to delhi... Well i still have a lot of pressure to put on the home ministry to persuade them to allow me to visit some "forward" positions.

This looks like a perennial craze and I am thinking of giving it (this event) a name (Can some one suggest me a name)

June 1st 2007 is the potential date i plan to embark on this trip.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Addie,

Wish you the best on your endeavours !


-NILESH

Kam said...

Whats there in a name BTW? Just ride mann! Let the Himalayan range witness the Bikini conqueror :D

Cheerz & ride ON!!