Himalaya Statistics

Cycling Max/Min Stats

Longest day by distance & time: 112km, 9h22 – Askote to Lohaghat, Uttarakhand.

Maximum Altitude with loaded bikes (on a motorable road) : 5,438m – Kaksang La, Ladakh.

Maximum Altitude with loaded bikes (on a trekking route) : 5,626m – Kozur La, Ladakh.

Maximum Sleeping Altitude when on a motorable road : 4,870m – near Hor La, Ladakh.

Maximum Sleeping Altitude with bikes : 5,380m – near Kozur La, Ladakh.

Most climbing in a day : 2,790m – Askote to Lohaghat, Uttarakhand.

Highest daily average speed : 18.2kph – Chang La – Likche, Ladakh.

Lowest daily (moving) average speed : 1.9kph – Pushing over Shingo La, Zanskar, India.

Maximum speeds : 63kph (H), 58kph (N).

Maximum temperature on the bikes : 36C – lots of places in Ladakh, Zanskar.

Minimum temperature on the bikes : -2C – near Yalung Nyau La, Ladakh.

Longest distance we pushed the bikes in a day : 18km – Kangsar to Dorzong – bike-hiking in Zanskar, India.

Longest stretch without seeing tarmac : ~170kms – in Zanskar. It’s very hard to find ripio in the Indian Himalaya! Apart from when we’re been on trekking routes, we’ve only managed to find 1 day where we’ve cycled on ripio roads with no tarmac. Very annoying.

Most consecutive days of cycling : 12 – Leh – Upshi via lots of high passes, Ladakh; and Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, to Munsyari, Uttarakhand.

Longest stretch without a puncture : neither of us had one.

Most water carried on the bikes : 1.5 litres – we’ve each carried this huge amount a couple of times just before camping.

Most food carried on the bikes : 6 days – trying to get from Tangtse over to the Indus. In the end we only needed 2 days’ worth.

Longest time without seeing another human being: about 2 hours – on the climb to the Hor La. It’s pretty hard to get away from people in the Himalaya!

Longest we were followed by a dog: 3 metres. They have no heart out here.

 

Trekking Max/Min Stats

Longest day by distance & time : 38km, 9h40 – Norbu Sumdo to Tarag Yogma, Parang La Trek, India.

Maximum Altitude: 6,391m – Spangnak Ri, Ladakh, India.

Maximum Sleeping Altitude: 5,600m – Tashi Bok, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.

Highest Pass: 5,768m – Tashi Labsta, Rolwaling, Nepal.

Most climbing in a day : 2,050m – Lukla to Taktor via Zatrwa La, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.

Most consecutive days of trekking: 11 – Juphal to Jomsom, Nepal

Minimum temperature camping: ~-25C – near Jungben La, Dolpa, Nepal.

Minimum temperature staying in a tea house: -27C – Gokyo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.

Longest time without seeing a human being: 2 days – Chharka Bhot to Santa, Dolpa/Annapurna, Nepal

Total Stats

Total Himachal Ladakh Uttarakhand Nepal
Days 244 25 58 13 148
‘Work’ Days 166 18 40 12 97
Distance travelled 5,750km 785 1,729 930 2,306

Cycling

Days of cycling on roads 64 14 25 12 14
Distance cycled 3,964km 729 1,461 930 844
Amount climbed 69,476m 12,508 21,485 16,954 18,529
Time cycling 346hrs 66 127 73 81
Average cycling speed 11.5kph 11.1 11.5 12.8 10.5
Av dist/cycling day 62km 54 60 78 60
Longest day 112km 92 102 112 94
100km+ days 2 0 1 1 0
Biggest daily climb 2,790m 1,880 2,192 2,790 2,570
1,000m+ climbing days 36 6 9 11 10
Av climb/cycling day 1,086m 927 877 1,413 1,324
Longest day 9h22 6h55 7h35 9h22 8h04
On unpaved roads 1,383km 264 564 153 401
% unpaved roads 34.9% 36.2% 38.6% 16.5% 47.6%
Kms pushed on motorable roads 13km 0.5 0.5 0 12
Kms unloaded 102km 10 35 0 57
Max. altitude 5,438m 4120 5438 2763 2263
5,000m passes 5 0 5 0 0
4,000m passes 7 0 7 0 0
Other passes 25 3 1 11 10
Max sleeping altitude 4,876m 4089 4876 2192 1761
Nights above 4,000m 27 1 26 0 0
Biggest daily descent 2,410m 1620 2300 2410 2390
Biggest daily climb+descent 5,200m 3070 3790 5200 4810
Max speed (H) 63kph 63 ? ? ?
Max speed (N) 58kph 58 57 51.5 44.5
Highest average speed/day 18.2kph 14.2 18.2 16.6 13.4
Lowest average speed/day 6.7kph 8 7.5 10.7 6.7
Punctures (H) 0 0 0 0 0
Punctures (N) 0 0 0 0 0
Broken spokes (H) 1 0 0 0 1
Broken spokes (N) 0 0 0 0 0
Cycle tourists met 32 19 13 0 0

MTB-ing on hiking trails

Days on hiking trails 13 3 10 0 0
Distance cycling on trails 52km 9 43 0 0
Distance pushing on trails 131km 34 97 0 0
Amount climbed 5,770m 1370 4400 0 0
Max. altitude 5,626m 5058 5626 0 0
5,000m passes 4 1 3 0 0
4,000m passes 2 0 2 0 0
Max sleeping altitude 5,384m 4650 5384 0 0

Trekking

Days of trekking 89 1 5 0 83
Distance trekked 1,603km 13 128 0 1462
Amount climbed 84,070m 200 3970 0 79900
5,000m passes 14 0 1 0 13
4,000m passes 6 1 0 0 5
Max altitude 6,391m 5589 6391 0 5768

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