LADAKH MOTORCYCLE RIDE 2013

Undeniably one of the toughest journeys anywhere!

Come with us to the highest roads on earth, to altitudes that leaves you speechless!

Come to take landslides, snow-melts waters, desert sands and glaciers in your stride!

The mighty Himalayas full of barren wilderness call you beyond the wildest you ever dreamt! 

Warm people, ancient culture and peace calls you!

Hindustan Motorcycling promises you will go back Transformed. PERMANENTLY!

Contact us at:

+91 88 0018 0333 | +91 2953 1419

info@hindustanmotorcycling.com 

Package Includes

All fuel & oil through out the tour

Full Board Meals

Motorcycle Tour Guide

Back-Up Support Vehicle with On-Board Mechanics

Spare Parts

Inner Line Permits

Oxygen Puffs

First Aider Kit / Medic Kit

All Accommodation in Hotels, Lodges, American Safari Tents on Twin Sharing

Departure Dates

Batch 1:   15th - 30th JUN 2013

Batch 2:  10th - 24th AUG 2013 

For quick look on 2012's Ladakh Motorcycle Ride

FROZEN RIVER TREK - CHADAR

"Chadar" means blanket or veil of ice that covers the Zanskar River over the winters. This expedition style challenging trek takes one to the remote Zanskar valley which can only be penetrated in the long harsh winter months by walking on the “Chadar”- the frozen Zanskar River through the incredible Zanskar gorge with its stunning scenery and landscape. The rocks beneath the icy blue green water and ice and snow above make it look like artist’s work. The brilliant blue skies high above stand out against the brown hues of the narrow Zanskar gorge.

This trip is truly one of the world’s greatest adventure as you trek along the traditional Zanskari winter route meeting the locals and children going to School in Leh. You also get to visit the villages and stay in homes thus getting an insight into the lives of the simple Zanskari folk during the hostile winter period. The harsh climatic conditions (minus 30 c) make this trip even harder as you shuffle along the frozen river and sometime have to even wade through the icy waters or scramble over cliffs.

This trip promises to be a “Lifetime’s Adventure Trip” and a must for those who yearn to do a unique challenging expedition style adventure.

TREK HIGHLIGHTS

Winter Trekking Expedition

Challenging & Exciting Trekking

A glimpse of an ancient unchanged culture

Stunning beautiful frozen river

Spectacular Landscape

Temperatures: -12C to -30C

TRIP AT A GLANCE

4 Nights Hotel

14 Nights Camping

2 Nights Airport Transfer

15 Days Trekking

 CHADAR TREK PACKAGE INCLUDES

New Delhi - Leh - New Delhi Flight Tickets
Full Board Meals 
Field & Safety Equipments
Porters
High Altitude Trekking Tents
Mat & Sleeping Bags
Local Jeep/SUV Transfers
Guide 
Cooking Staff
 

A Quick View Of The Itinerary

Day 1: 21 Dec - Fly to Leh. Rest for acclimatization.

Day 2:  22 Dec - Local Sightseeing

Day 3:  23 Dec - Drive to Gurudho.

Day 4:  24 Dec - Trek to Tilat Sumdo

Day 5:  25 Dec - Trek to Tipkyeak Pulu

Day 6:  26 Dec - Trek to Lingshed

Day 7:  27 Dec - Trek to Tsarak Do

Day 8:  28 Dec - Trek to Pidmo

Day 9:  29 Dec - Trek to Zangla

Day 10:30 Dec - Trek to Stongde

Day 11:31 Dec - Trek to Karsha

Day 12: 01 Jan -  Drive to Pidmo Bridge. Trek to Pidmo

Day 13: 02 Jan -  Trek to Tsarak Do

Day 14: 03 Jan -  Trek to Nyerak

Day 15: 04 Jan -  Trek to Dambuchan

Day 16: 05 Jan -  Trek to Chilling. Drive to Leh

Day 17: 06 Jan -   Fly back to Delhi

For bookings, please contact us at:

+91 88 0018 0333

+91 11 2953 1419

info@hindustanmotorcycling.com

www.hindustanmotorcycling.com

Ladakh 2011: Day Four

Day Three was the day I fell in love, yet again! with the same old mystic! with the swerves and sways, and the signboards telling me that the cat has nine lives, but I have only one, so I better get a good grip on my bike's brakes.

However, day was not only about falling in love. It was about struggling like lovers. It was also about a lot of decision making, and understanding yet again that destiny does have a hand. We were thrown off our program, and schedules like flies on a wagon wheel.

One of our men got left behind riding slowly. We never realized that our man is so far behind that he would go off to sleep parking his bike under a tree. He had a troubled stomach. We did not see him around and about and naturally, got worried.

We rode back close to 22 Kilometers, to see magnificent scene: our man lying down under a tree with the bike parked around.

Now, they may have a heart of 350cc, but they come with their mood swings. His lady decided to choke her kickstart, and tangle her organs up - the auto-start motor got stuck with the engine gears, and jammed the kick. We looked at her, and she gave us nothing - not even a single clue. We decided to get dirty, and got her on to the surgeon's table. A surgeon guided by instinct and old love for the angry lady.

We opened up the hooks, and saw her insides. Like most complex cases, we chose surgery, and removed the autostart system altogether. The kick was free now but she wasn't the smoothly starting autostart anymore.

We gathered our spirits back, and rode to Srinagar. We reached here only late in the evening around 10 pm last night.

Well, this morning looks shiny, bright, and full of beautiful kashmiris. An old friend is here to greet us and help us in any manner we can. We are staying in a houseboat and calling it a day today. We will go shopping. We will visit the carpet factories. We will also visit the paper machet workshops. We will pick up stuff for our loved ones back home, and praying hard. We will indulge ourselves boating in the Shikara, and we will pray, send our salutes to the nature.


........................ it is evening, and we have done every little thing we planned. It is a great day today. We will move on again tomorrow morning.

Good night a.k.a. Shabba Khair!

Team Ladakh 2011
Houseboat, Srinagar, Meter: same old 900 kilometers

Ladakh 2011: Day Three

Ladies and Gentlemen!

An old rider once told me, "Son! it is not the first day and trust me lad! it is not the second either. It's the damn third one when you fall in love." and could he be more correct!!!!! All I wana do is share what is going on in my mind. Here goes a salute to the lands I am riding :

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream My shangri-la beneath the summer moon, I will return again Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through kashmir. Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when Im down... Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well Im down, so down Ooh, my baby, ooooh, my baby, let me take you there Let me take you there. let me take you there

We rode and the mountains roared in base voices. The wind kept us in meditative pose. I am so thrilled, and overwhelmed with the beauty that I cannot write much.

Let us just pray to the universe! Peace!

Team Ladakh 2011
Srinagar: 900 kilometer on the meter

Ladakh 2011: Day Two

Probably the best sleep in months!

Yes, the last line was my explanation to why we did not leave up early at 0800 as mentioned in the last post!

Well... that's called flexibility for a change.

The ride when I look back at the day, has not been so smooth as I had imagined it would be. It has been .. ummm.. yes... tough.... and .... adventurous.

We are done another couple of Hundred Kilometers, and we are not at the station we planned to halt at. We are in a small place called SAMBA, which is about a Hundred Kilometers before Udhampur, our planned stop.

HOWEVER!

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. We are thumping hard, this second day. Gods were either in an extremely funny mood, or they did not like the subtle arroagance of the riders of the machine. They sent some fragments our way, and our bullets roared even louder, spat some fire, and kept us on road. However, our bodies did give way to some of the attack. One of our man is down today with stomach trouble; man is vomiting everything he is eating. If he doesn't eat, heat is going to get him soon.

No, he is not going to end up an aspirer. Man's got stamina; man's got zeal; and above all, man's got the medical team stationed back in Delhi to take our call and advise at the smallest of our calls. We reported situtation to base camp in Delhi, and they told us what exactly to do. We did the same. Man looks good. Those tablets have worked, and he will thump alright....

Well, to be honest, we have been going rather good on the bikes. Two little problems - a bolt from the engine got lost from one of them, and on another one, the kick jammed. Little problems! Really, the bullet enfield is like open source code. Open up easily; debug easily; shut back easily; integrate easily; thump your way to glory!

I am promising pictures when I return. Till then, make do with whatever you have.

Cheers,
Team Ladakh 2011
Samba, about a 600 km on the meter!

Ladakh 2011: Day One

So, let us see where we are, and how we fared on the first day!

First things first, our babies are fine, and we are thankful to them, for they keep us alive through the hardships, winds, and the heat. We report no punctures, no engine failures, and we don't report anything from the list of Thousand Things That can Go Wrong in the First Thousand Kilometers. We love our ladies, they are not 28 inches at waist, but they are 350cc at the hearts.

The day started up early at 0500 hrs. Mother nature blessed us with as pleasant a start as she could. It was windy, silghly chilly, and there was moisture in the air - perfect riding conditions on the first day of a cross country ride!

We had paranthas at a roadside dhaba, and loved it. We kept stopping by sweet shops, and at various places we wanted to explore. That's the fun part of riding sane, riding the hindustan motorcycling way. We stop. We don't claim macho, and we love and respect what we pass by.

A fellow rider from Swtizerland, has taken a special liking to our very own biscuit brand. He has gobbled up three packets of Parle-G already.

The winds grew a bit too powerful during the afternoon, and our bikes were being pushed sideways. That's about when the crossroads hit us. We checked our maps, and realized that if we followed the signs, and the normal way people ride, we would do a 665 kilometers instead of the 455 that we planned for the day. Now, since this is Hindustan riding, we looked for that cheat code that is built in all our rides. I will admit that we were not exactly sure of how to reduce the odd 200 kilometers extra on us. So, we rubbed our lamps and appeared a genie... a man with turban on a good head, which rested on broad shoulders and a good heart. Now, he looked at our ladies and was taken immediately. He told us to ride slow, and not miss that key shortcut to reduce our 200 kilometers. We found it and here we are.

The day done, a good hard day of good hard riding. Some cramps, slight catches in muscles, slight ruffles in our hair, and a big bad sunburn on both my arms. Whoever asked me to take the SPF 30 sunscreen. First replacement tomorrow: A hard nut sunscreen, the highest this town will give us.

So, we started on a wing and a prayer, and here we are with some light grub, and lots of beer. Basecamp called, and we reported all okay.

Time to dive down deep! We fly again at 0800 hours.

Signing off, 
Team Ladakh 2011
Ludhiana, 465 kilometers, Happy and thumping

Ladakh 2011: Day Zero OR The Night Before

Thank you, Thank you world, Thank you people, Thank you supporters, Thank you those who encouraged us, and Thank you those who tried but could not make it this time. The moment has come. We launch the rockets tomorrow.

There were many requests, and many aspirations, and many many people who wanted to come along could not. Out of them, again, many said that they wanted to know everything we will do, and everywhere we will roam.

So, for all the supporters of the I've set up this routine where I will try my best to convey daily, to the basecamp how has life been for us. The team at basecamp have access to my inner organs, and will update accordingly on this blog.

I will miss not sending the pics along, but will definitely try to do it whenever I can.

So far so good! Here we go buddies!

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There is definitely a log of adrenalin rush. I am excited about a lot of things. The ride brings along so much. I am excited about thumping all the way to the holiest shrines of the religion of motorcycling but that is not all. I am excited about the team that is riding with me. I am excited about meeting up old friends who I met aquaintances with, as a lone rider, back when I did my last tour.

I try to sleep, but my body is failing me. I call up my sis, who is a doc, and she tells me this is normal for people before the moment of truth arrives. Did she train for being  a doc or a priest?

So, I leave the bed, and hold on to my pack of cigarette. Take a lady out and we dance. I wonder how my cigarette brands have changed over the years. I try to remember some of the best smokes I have had. They turn out to be around my various motorcycle escapades, including the one with villagers in interiors of Rajasthan, sitting under a truck, narrating ghost stories.

I find myself drawn to the mountain curves that I will navigate in the coming days, and I think PEACE.

We leave at 0500 hrs tomorrow. The day will be hectic, and a bit tough on the first time riders. We aim to cover around half a Thousand Kilometers.

Wish me luck! Wish me peace! Wish me symbiosis with the universe!
Wish the world peace! Wish the hills long life! Wish the evil away!

We launch Now!
Ladakh 2011 begins!

Laddakh 2011 - A Motorcycle Ride To Find Yourself Again!

Undeniably one of the toughest journeys anywhere – we take you across some of the highest roads on earth – on top of the world and at altitudes that will leave you speechless with anticipation and exhilaration.

This adventure takes on hazards such as landslides, snow-melt waters, desert sands and glacial movements. The mighty Himalayan range with its wilderness and barren landscapes will eclipse anything you might have ridden through before or ever imag­ined of in your wildest dreams.

Laddakh is an experience and an extraordinary place where stupendous scenery and its people are truly charming. Immerse yourself in ancient cultures will thriving in these remote areas of the upper Himalayas and the experience you take away with you. We guarantee these journeys will definitely leave a remarkable impression on you.

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Your Responsibility

You participate with HMC knowingly as a competent rider and do so entirely at your own risk. Understanding that motorcycle touring on and off-road involves certain amount of risk and you need to have the openness and the ability to adapt to your environment. Riding through developing countries – besides the terrain – challenges are prevalent.

A full motorcycle license comes in handy with at least a year to two’s riding experience. One thing we do ask of everyone is please respect your fellow riders and the people whose lands your cross.

Our Responsibility

Is to make sure you have the time of your life. But at our discretion any rider seen taking unnecessary risks en-route will have their journey terminated, thereafter travelling in one of the support-vehicles for remainder of the tour or their tour ended forthwith. No reimbursement will be given. It is also our duty to make sure in the event of any unforeseeable circumstances – we keep your adventure on track without too many interruptions.

Booking

To book a place on your chosen tour you must complete booking form attached and submit with the required deposit. A contract between you and Hindustan Motorcycling Company will exist from the date on the confirmation invoice. From your booking form, it will be deemed you have read and accept the Terms & Conditions set out in this document.

START DATE: 1ST JUNE 2011

END DATE: 16TH JUNE 2011

Deposit and Balance payment

· 60% of the total payable amount needs to deposit per person as a confirmation amount.

· Balance made payable 8 weeks before the departure date.

· If you are booking within 8 weeks of departure, full payment is due.

How to pay?

Cheque:
Please make cheques payable to

HINDUSTAN MOTORCYCLING COMPANY, LLP and send to:

Hindustan Motorcycling Company, LLP

B34, LGF, Freedom Fighter Enclave

IGNOU Road, Neb Sarai

New Delhi – 110 068

INDIA

Online banking: Deposit payments can also be made via bank transfer and online banking - or you can pay your deposit into HMC’s bank account at any AXIS BANK. HMC’s banking details can be provided on request.

Included:

· all fuel – basic spare parts

· all accommodation (twin sharing hotels – guesthouse – camping)

· all meals (breakfast – dinner) Lunch is not included.

· guides – team leaders

· Royal Enfield Mechanic

· medic/first aider

· bottled mineral water (No alcohol)

Not included: The above mentioned cost does not include:

· International / National flights

· Visa

· Travel Insurance, including medical and repatriation

· Entrance fees to world heritage sites

· Any type of internal transfers

· Support Vehicle

· 500cc / 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet (On Request Only on an additional cost)

· Permits Fees for restricted areas (India-Tibet border)

· Entry Fees/ Tickets to any museum, zoo, or where ever it is applicable.

· And anything which is not mentioned here.

Accommodation (2 people per room)
Accommodation ranges from hotel, guesthouses to camping and Leh-homestay. All accommodation is on same sex twin-sharing (couples double-room). Sometimes there might a single occupancy in a double room.

Single Room Supplements
No single-room supplement.

Cancellation
If you need to cancel your booking, please do so in writing. If your cancellation is received more than eight weeks before your departure date, 50% of your deposit will be refunded. If cancellation is received less than eight weeks before the departure date, there will be no refund.

If you are delayed or think you might be late. Contact details will be available and everything possible will be done to make alternative arrangements in order to meet further down the road. Extra costs may be incurred.

No refunds given if a person/s leave a tour en-route.

Our tours are planned several months in advance to avoid adverse climate conditions. However, changes will be made (en-route) if unfavorable weather hampers our progress. However, while on tour should any unforeseeable situations arise beyond our control, e.g. landslides, snowpack, earthquake or glacier movement. As safety of all our riders is paramount, we will make changes en-route and detour to continue with the adventure.

Tour Amendment
If we find there are insufficient numbers of riders in a particular tour group. We reserve the right to amend or cancel the tour. We will also ensure to the best of our ability that you get exactly what you pay for. However, if there are circumstances beyond our control, i.e. political unrest, or any other unpredictable events, we will take every precaution to take an alternative route to continue with your adventures.

Insurance

You are responsible for your travel insurance and it is a condition of joining any of our expeditions that you are covered against following: Trip cancellations and delays, full medical – accidental cover including repatriation, general liability – loss of luggage.

Please be aware, that HMC or any of our agents will not be held responsible for any damage to or loss of your personal property.
Health

On our Trans – Himalaya and Ladakh expeditions, Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) on the high-roads and passes can cause some riders problems. We take great care of those susceptible to such difficulties and make sure immediate action is taken. For general health advice and inoculations, please consult your doctor.

Please let us know if you have a medical condition which we should know about, or if high altitude is a problem. We can take appropriate actions when journeying.

Please feel free to contact us anytime for clarification or click here to got to FAQ’s.

WISHING YOU A SAFE & HAPPY RIDING

HMC TEAM

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