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 | |
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Days | 244 | 25 | 58 | 13 | 148 |
‘Work’ Days | 166 | 18 | 40 | 12 | 97 |
Distance travelled | 5,750km | 785 | 1,729 | 930 | 2,306 |
Cycling |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |