Nice writeup.
I have always wondered about it myself, especially after the HXIII ride to Spiti. I am glad that inspite of some differences in opinion, the friendship stays.
I did a big group ride last year in december. Because of the large group and pillions, we could not reach the destination the first day. But no one fought or said anything to others. Its a group ride. There were small disagreements but no one let that come in between all the fun we were having together. Thanks to my chinese pump, one of the bike's tyre we were trying to fill got a broken valve. We could start very late after getting it fixed but no one showed any impatience and everyone was ready as soon as the wheel was fixed. Its about patience, brotherhood, sticking around for co-riders even if its against your 600 kms per day plans, and enjoying the 'ciggerate door khara ho kar smoke kar' kinda arguments.
I recently did a solo trip for 8 days. It was amazing. However at places I felt if I had company it would have been great.
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