For a month debate raged in the Pike camp as to which route we should take from Kinnaur to Nepal. Haz favoured continuing with our original plan of cycling and hiking the whole way from the Pakistan-India border to east Nepal. Neil…
Better to be lucky than good (now put your helmet on!)
There are various reasons why it’s a good idea to wear a cycle helmet: 1. You might screw up and fall off. Probably while trying to get your feet into your homemade Powergrips, or while looking up at a peak…
Getting high in Himachal
National Highway 22 runs alongside the mighty Sutlej river from the Tibet border to the old British summer capital at Shimla. The sections we cycled were no fun at all. The area around Pooh was spoiled by roadworks and dust;…
Pictures of Spiti
Descending from Kibber to Ki Gompa. Indian Army mountain cycling expedition! Climbing above the Malling slide. Descending from Nako, with a storm sweeping in from the south. Here’s the full Spiti photoset on Flickr.
And the mules go on…
Trekking from Tso Moriri to Spiti was an interesting insight into the off-‘tourist duty’ life of a Himachali muleteer. Hansraj was itching to get home for the winter and wanted to travel fast, so suggested we try and complete what…