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  • Spiti Sortie (8-11 Mar 2012 ex-DEL).

    Folks,

    Simple plan - Ride as far as possible into Spiti - ideally upto Nako or such on day 2.

    Broad plan:
    8 Mar - ride out early morning (like 2am). Try and get as far as possible. Jeori would be the ideal stop, and Rampur is okay.
    9 Mar - Reach as much into Spiti and chill out (stop for the day by 3pm).
    10 Mar - Ride as far back as possible. Narkanda is the targeted stop for the day.
    11 Mar - easy ride home, touch hatu if possible, else delhi border by 5pm.

    Oh and did I mention the missus? She's coming as pillion. jalva is joining in on his CBR with his missus as well.

    The plan is for a mostly boringly hectic ride-ride with a fairly disciplined riding day that starts at 7am and least possible breaks. This is not a count-the-butterflies or shutterbugs' ride.

    Show of hands? Drop me a line in case anyone's interested.
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      Thanks MG. Any other delhi xmen riding that side? Even if our plans are not same, its always good to meet other moto tourers on the way.
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        Shump bump hai rabba!
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          Good to see you back on motorized two wheels, TAO

          Who is Jalva? Kurt?
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            • #7
              Originally posted by hitanshu View Post
              Show of hands? Drop me a line in case anyone's interested.
              Stuff like these is why I get tempted to move back to Delhi.
              More so when I don't have a off at office for Holi as well.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by sunilg View Post
                Good to see you back on motorized two wheels, TAO

                Who is Jalva? Kurt?
                I am Jalva - not much a forum guy

                And this ride turned out to be a good and hectic ride. Ran into an insurmountable wall of snow just before Spiti and had to turn back.

                Did Rekong Pio to Gurgaon in one day through endless broken and muddy stretches and an active rainfall. Though the roads were good and bad in stretches, the view was consistently breathtaking. And it was tiring

                P.S. wanted to post higher res pictures, but that was too painful...
                Last edited by jalva; 04-19-2012, 11:46 PM.

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                  re: Spiti Sortie (8-11 Mar 2012 ex-DEL).

                  Originally posted by jalva View Post
                  I am Jalva - not much a forum guy

                  And this ride turned out to be a good and hectic ride. Ran into an insurmountable wall of snow just before Spiti and had to turn back.

                  Did Rekong Pio to Gurgaon in one day through endless broken and muddy stretches and an active rainfall. Though the roads were good and bad in stretches, the view was consistently breathtaking. And it was tiring
                  Sorry for coming out of the cold like this, but better three years late than never, right? :-)
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                  THE ICE WALL!
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                  Views around Kalpa on the next day - we just lazed around a bit, and then moved back towards Shimla. Jalva here raced ahead since we took a bit of time chilling around.
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                  On the last day, as Jalva raced ahead, we got late enough that we faced heavy snow at Narkanda, making progress onwards to Delhi impossible - it took a lot of effort to get there only!
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                  View from Hotel Hatu next day morning:

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                  Last edited by hitanshu; 03-19-2015, 12:41 AM. Reason: Explanations
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                  • #10
                    re: Spiti Sortie (8-11 Mar 2012 ex-DEL).

                    You are never late!
                    Beautiful photographs.
                    A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

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                    • #11
                      re: Spiti Sortie (8-11 Mar 2012 ex-DEL).

                      Super awesome pictures!

                      And good to see you back

                      aur dikhao
                      (Been There Done That) x 3.25

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