Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Countdown begins

Motorcycling is the last genuine form of everyday adventure left to the common man. Riding astride a motorcycle is reminiscent of riding horses in days gone by. The thrill of accelerating, of weaving and banking on a twisty mountain road is addictive … Once bitten by the motorcycling bug, you're never shy of it.

This madness has got me in to riding to the highest point of them all … 10 days left to start romancing the most beautiful mountains of them all … HIMALAYAS … after reading tons of blogs, seeing a guzillion pictures of the tarmac and pebbles and what ever is called road up there … we are gonna start riding to the highest motorable pass on earth.
Doing this ride for a lot of different reasons some personal and some just for the bragging rights … to say BEEN THERE DONE THAT, the personal being for my dear departed friend JOSE LEON who left us on the very same day last year July 27th 2008, we are starting the ride on the same day … am sure our man is gonna look down upon us and be proud for this.

Motorcycling is all about simple pleasures, the simple things that give you the most amount of happiness and fulfillment … things like …
Looking at your reflection of the newly polished tank, suns reflection on chrome ... when you take a break from a long ride and take off your riding gear and feel the breeze dry your sweat … waving to strangers … looking at the road at different angles … seeing new places … chasing the rain … sunrise, sunsets … phew there are a lot … anyways

For all this and more The Himalayan trail … 3 riders … 12 days

Hope all goes well …

Cheers

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Getting LEH ed ...

A dream …

To ride to the highest motorable road in the world, after reading tons of posts by riders, watching videos, and personal interactions with riders who have been there and done that.

I finally decided it was my turn, and the reason for me to start blogging about it.

Started off as a conversation over some beer actually lotta beer between friends to do the crazy ride, which all bikers say is the holy grail of rides.


The ride planned as of now:

Route: Manali - Rohtang Jot - Kokhsar - Tandi - Keylong - Jispa - Darcha - Baralacha La - Bharatpur - Sarchu - Gata Loops - Nakee La - Lachulung La - Pang - More Plains - Tanglang La -Upshi-Karu-Leh
Round Trip: 1000 Kms Approx.

Riders :

Abhilash Sukumaran Nair
Gokul M
Karthik Bhat
Vivek Papoo
Sampath Kumar