My
First Cycling Tour - MANALI to LEH... 8 days,
480 kms - Cycling over high altitude mountains, continuous UP slopes,
uncertain weather, high speeds and the biting cold winds in the face gave a
sense of feel which is hard to explain.
Greeneries,
Mountain passes & Glaciers - a visual treat, Crazy ride in fog, rain,
snow showers, and hot sun in bad roads with high altitude sickness and
inadequate oxygen, sleepless nights in Swiss camps & shared camps with
no network.
It was a
tiresome but an exciting & an amazing ride. It was really challenging
both physically and mentally & understood one has to be well prepared
for it else you have to push yourself so hard. We enjoyed a lot and suffered
too where Climate being the sole reason for both. It is surely a much satisfied
trip to be cherished forever.
This is my route map with my blue trek cycle all the way from
Manali to Leh:
Day1 - Manali - 19km Ride
Day2 - Cycle Ride Distance: 75 km from Manali to Rohtang La –
Spiti valley towards Sissu.
Day3 - Cycle Ride
Distance: 70 km ride along the River Chandra and Bhaga starting from Sissu to
Patseo via Keylong and the beautiful valley of Jispa.
Day4 - Cycle Ride
Distance: 57 km Baralacha La glimpse of the Mountain Desert > rolling
terrain to Sarchu.
Day5 - Cycle Ride
Distance: 81 km Riding along the Tsarap Chu we enter the state of J &
K, Gata Loops.
Day6 - 60 km A stretch of 43 km @ 15,800 ft Tso
Kar’, a salt lake situated in the 'Rupshu Plateau.
Day7 - 2nd highest
Pass in the world ‘Taglang La’.
Day8- Riding along the River Indus we ride
from Lato/Upshi into the main town of Ladakh ‘Leh.
