2200kms to Heaven and back.

Lovemax · Aug 9th, 2005, 22:51

Its been a weekend drive.... to drive upto my second home.
I have been thinking of this journey from a long time and I had no other option than to drive and be in the lap of mother nature.

Started on thursday at 0300Hrs from home to meet "Hippie at Heart", so as he can give a lower to fight chill conditions. Started from there early to head to hills and the weather was all cool throughout with rain welcoming me on the foothills of Bilaspur.

So, on day 1 : I drove about 15.5Hours out of 17hours journey to reach Keylong by the end of the day, covering 700kms. This journey was one thru water and rough roads. I was cramped up after a long ride with little or no respite with one flat tyre on the way.

Started day 2: Left Keylong at about 8am to wind up my journey in leh by 9:00pm driving through the AMS after crossing Tanglangla headed into the night at Upshi with no help from the big vehicles. I was sick against the High beam of light rays from those big monsters.

Reached Leh to find that there was no place to do a night halt

...all housefull for rest houses and hotels, I can reach for
Now, I needed the help from my old friends and wow..

.he arranged the best spot in the town for me ...which from my need was more than i could have thought for.

Day 3: Had to meet my friend so rushed with my pal to Alchi to meet my friend who has been waiting for us to be there. Drive to ALchi is equally appealing and eye-licious, Slept there in Alchi.

Day 4:

Time to go home...shopped in leh - Hunted Pretty faces

Left leh at about 4pm to reach pang by 8pm driving through snow storm in Tanglangla.

...drove on till hell freezes...scared to hell driving alone in more plains with no one to cross me in whole strech ........

Day 5 : ultimate challenge : left Pang at 5:45am
to challenge my health against AMS..... but it was just uptill Lachungla and then it was gone.... reached rohtang to find out the rains pouring heavy till manali and it was 4 hours in all wet conditions

After rains it was a long drive back home... reached Delhi by 0615hours driving for precise 24hours.... covering 885kms.

I won I won I won I did my first 24hours endurance run.
I

I was like

wen i reached home...

For people who wanna catch it on video, I have shot it all on a video which will be put on site shortly....

Photos would be put up shortly.
.....========
<<FreeBirD >>
======.........

jjacquemain · Aug 9th, 2005, 23:05

Wow! I'm exhausted just reading this! Sounds like you had a busy and wonderful time. I'll be looking for the video!

crimsonriver · Aug 9th, 2005, 23:14

*speechless*

cyberhippie · Aug 9th, 2005, 23:50

Now THAT"S a biker, great story lovemax reminds me of a few adventures when I was young. Like a ride between Dunoon and Glasgow over "the rest and be thankful in a evening time January Blizzard!
I was so cold someone had to kick start the bike (trusty Honda XL 125) for me when I stopped for chips!!

24 hours!!!!!..........

Rob_The_Pom · Aug 9th, 2005, 23:54

Wow!
Hours biking, combined with massive gains in altitude!

Top work Lovemax!

tiger · Aug 10th, 2005, 00:11

@Lovemax when r u going to post the writeup and pics at our cyberhome??? do it yaar, u just officially started xBhpians short migration to heaven on earth. Torquemaster is leaving on 13th this month and later on u know who all are going. Btw I need to see the whole video, so we got to meet this weekend. Been a while since u came for a g2g!

crimsonriver · Aug 10th, 2005, 00:15

@Tiger - Asif too! Gr8. looks like dis is goin to be the year of high mountains....

tiger · Aug 10th, 2005, 00:38

@crimsonriver yup even Aditya is planning to go there, the banglore gang, Cathode as well and guess wht Darkside_of_the_sun is also a bit interested in going there now! ofcourse the CEO himself will be going with me, guess there’s gonna be a lot of known faces in leh this year

.

-m2- · Aug 10th, 2005, 05:21

Birdy, my man, that was some trip!!! between the weather, the distance, the altitude, dealing with a flat tire, the traffic, the roads....what can I say?

Looking forward to the pix and video!

SHIMLA · Aug 10th, 2005, 06:59

A great trip of stamina, endurance and skill, fuelled by matching enthusiasm ! Congrats !!

Do post the photos soon.

amyl · Aug 10th, 2005, 12:18

you lucky bikers!!!

guess i should stop coming on IM at least stop reading about your great Leh trips lest someday i quit this sick job and head to the mountains...kinda getting restless....wanna go back there!!!!!

anyways.....thats seems a highly remoted possibilty...not coming on IM...it will never happen!

lovemax...A Bird on the Roads...u r GREAT!!! Both Thumbs UP!!!

i will try biking when i will be able to manage putting the bike on and off the double stand

and yes needless to say...waiting for snaps and the stuff

yeah!! Keep the Zeal!!!

cheers,
Amyl

guerik · Aug 10th, 2005, 13:27

To think I was complaining after a 3 hour ride in the cold this last weekend!

Very impressed though, what kind of bike were you riding?

Hippie at Heart · Aug 10th, 2005, 14:01

Relax maxi, all the time I cross moray I look forward for something scary to happen but all I get to see is an occasional lammergear or chough, no blue bolts to split you in two, not even a two horse band of marauding khampas I saw. Honestly it’s that kind of road where you would need to hallucinate to get scared. Perhaps it was fatigue playing tricks on your mind? ..............I am as disapproving of this trip as I was that night. No one of us here on forum heaping kudos on you would have been there if anything goes wrong with you trying to push limits. Getting tumbled off the road at zingzing bar or swept off by fast current at whisky nullah or Darcha Bridge? Endurance is fun when you have back up or people watching you. But manali leh road is not your mall road in middle of night-no traffic in sight, kind of drive. Not to mention you missed on whole lot things around if you would have been driving a bit slower.
Now that you are back home, you know better for future trails. Leave and holidays can wait, accidents wont!!

tiger · Aug 10th, 2005, 14:08

@guerik this is the bike Lovemax rides

here is the review of that bike http://www.bsmotoring.com/2002/02feb16_3.htm

ddutta · Aug 10th, 2005, 14:59

What a trip man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Mindblowing , waiting for the pics.

Aug 9th, 2005, 22:51	#1
Lovemax -FreeBirD- Road Raker - Da Loner Join Date: May 2005 Location: Delhi\Ladakh Posts: 432	2200kms to Heaven and back.(Pics Added Pg 3) Its been a weekend drive.... to drive upto my second home. I have been thinking of this journey from a long time and I had no other option than to drive and be in the lap of mother nature. Started on thursday at 0300Hrs from home to meet "Hippie at Heart", so as he can give a lower to fight chill conditions. Started from there early to head to hills and the weather was all cool throughout with rain welcoming me on the foothills of Bilaspur. So, on day 1 : I drove about 15.5Hours out of 17hours journey to reach Keylong by the end of the day, covering 700kms. This journey was one thru water and rough roads. I was cramped up after a long ride with little or no respite with one flat tyre on the way. Started day 2: Left Keylong at about 8am to wind up my journey in leh by 9:00pm driving through the AMS after crossing Tanglangla headed into the night at Upshi with no help from the big vehicles. I was sick against the High beam of light rays from those big monsters. Reached Leh to find that there was no place to do a night halt ...all housefull for rest houses and hotels, I can reach for Now, I needed the help from my old friends and wow...he arranged the best spot in the town for me ...which from my need was more than i could have thought for. Day 3: Had to meet my friend so rushed with my pal to Alchi to meet my friend who has been waiting for us to be there. Drive to ALchi is equally appealing and eye-licious, Slept there in Alchi. Day 4: Time to go home...shopped in leh - Hunted Pretty faces Left leh at about 4pm to reach pang by 8pm driving through snow storm in Tanglangla. ...drove on till hell freezes...scared to hell driving alone in more plains with no one to cross me in whole strech ........ Day 5 : ultimate challenge : left Pang at 5:45am to challenge my health against AMS..... but it was just uptill Lachungla and then it was gone.... reached rohtang to find out the rains pouring heavy till manali and it was 4 hours in all wet conditions After rains it was a long drive back home... reached Delhi by 0615hours driving for precise 24hours.... covering 885kms. I won I won I won I did my first 24hours endurance run. I I was like wen i reached home... For people who wanna catch it on video, I have shot it all on a video which will be put on site shortly.... Photos would be put up shortly. .....======== <<FreeBirD >> ======......... Last edited by Lovemax : Aug 19th, 2005 at 10:07. Reason: Pics Added

Aug 9th, 2005, 23:05	#2
jjacquemain Nothing is illegal until you get caught~ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio USA Posts: 533	Wow! I'm exhausted just reading this! Sounds like you had a busy and wonderful time. I'll be looking for the video! __________________ There is no defense against chaos~

Aug 9th, 2005, 23:14	#3
crimsonriver The Nom@d... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Some road.. somewhere... Posts: 325	speechless __________________ Look around and chose your own ground For long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be... Last ride : Bhutan, Arunachal, Sikkim.. (Where do I ride next?) My Travel Journal... http://the-never-ending-road.blogspot.com

Aug 9th, 2005, 23:50	#4
cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	Now THAT"S a biker, great story lovemax reminds me of a few adventures when I was young. Like a ride between Dunoon and Glasgow over "the rest and be thankful in a evening time January Blizzard! I was so cold someone had to kick start the bike (trusty Honda XL 125) for me when I stopped for chips!! 24 hours!!!!!.......... Last edited by cyberhippie : Aug 18th, 2005 at 11:44.

Aug 9th, 2005, 23:54	#5
Rob_The_Pom offcourse essentric Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 1,291	Wow! Hours biking, combined with massive gains in altitude! Top work Lovemax! __________________ The solution to your troubles is at the bottom of a glass

Aug 10th, 2005, 00:11	#6
tiger Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 73	@Lovemax when r u going to post the writeup and pics at our cyberhome??? do it yaar, u just officially started xBhpians short migration to heaven on earth. Torquemaster is leaving on 13th this month and later on u know who all are going. Btw I need to see the whole video, so we got to meet this weekend. Been a while since u came for a g2g! __________________ Bike, Car and Motorcycle Touring Forum

Aug 10th, 2005, 00:15	#7
crimsonriver The Nom@d... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Some road.. somewhere... Posts: 325	@Tiger - Asif too! Gr8. looks like dis is goin to be the year of high mountains....

Aug 10th, 2005, 00:38	#8
tiger Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 73	@crimsonriver yup even Aditya is planning to go there, the banglore gang, Cathode as well and guess wht Darkside_of_the_sun is also a bit interested in going there now! ofcourse the CEO himself will be going with me, guess there’s gonna be a lot of known faces in leh this year .

Aug 10th, 2005, 05:21	#9
-m2- . Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,577	And the Iron Butt Award goes to... Birdy, my man, that was some trip!!! between the weather, the distance, the altitude, dealing with a flat tire, the traffic, the roads....what can I say? Looking forward to the pix and video!

Aug 10th, 2005, 06:59	#10
SHIMLA Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Yangon, MYANMAR Posts: 4,125	A great trip of stamina, endurance and skill, fuelled by matching enthusiasm ! Congrats !! Do post the photos soon. __________________ Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop !

Aug 10th, 2005, 12:18	#11
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	you lucky bikers!!! guess i should stop coming on IM at least stop reading about your great Leh trips lest someday i quit this sick job and head to the mountains...kinda getting restless....wanna go back there!!!!! anyways.....thats seems a highly remoted possibilty...not coming on IM...it will never happen! lovemax...A Bird on the Roads...u r GREAT!!! Both Thumbs UP!!! i will try biking when i will be able to manage putting the bike on and off the double stand and yes needless to say...waiting for snaps and the stuff yeah!! Keep the Zeal!!! cheers, Amyl

Aug 10th, 2005, 13:27	#12
guerik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,038	To think I was complaining after a 3 hour ride in the cold this last weekend! Very impressed though, what kind of bike were you riding? Last edited by guerik : Aug 10th, 2005 at 13:27. Reason: sp.

Aug 10th, 2005, 14:01	#13
Hippie at Heart Born Epicure Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: India Posts: 322	Relax maxi, all the time I cross moray I look forward for something scary to happen but all I get to see is an occasional lammergear or chough, no blue bolts to split you in two, not even a two horse band of marauding khampas I saw. Honestly it’s that kind of road where you would need to hallucinate to get scared. Perhaps it was fatigue playing tricks on your mind? ..............I am as disapproving of this trip as I was that night. No one of us here on forum heaping kudos on you would have been there if anything goes wrong with you trying to push limits. Getting tumbled off the road at zingzing bar or swept off by fast current at whisky nullah or Darcha Bridge? Endurance is fun when you have back up or people watching you. But manali leh road is not your mall road in middle of night-no traffic in sight, kind of drive. Not to mention you missed on whole lot things around if you would have been driving a bit slower. Now that you are back home, you know better for future trails. Leave and holidays can wait, accidents wont!!

Aug 10th, 2005, 14:08	#14
tiger Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 73	@guerik this is the bike Lovemax rides here is the review of that bike http://www.bsmotoring.com/2002/02feb16_3.htm

Aug 10th, 2005, 14:59	#15
ddutta Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: kolkata Posts: 803	What a trip man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Mindblowing , waiting for the pics. __________________ "If you smile at me I will understand, because that is something everyone everywhere does in the same language"

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