Everything is good apart from, proving world!! Why to prove to world. It would sound much great if "Self confident, Courageous boy did it!, Leh'd"

World is foolish if they think he wasn't capable of doing this!!
He is brave!! BYW where are the pics ???

Few Images till now

Excellent Pics Brother!! You really Rock !!! You gave a different dimensions to such challenge !!!

Wonderboy!

You're indeed a WONDERBOY!

Amazing bravery!

However, I still agree with what Somen1984 mentioned.

But this is amazing my friend.

Keep inspiring!

Kudos to your spirit

Congrats for successfully undertaking such a beautiful but treacherous solo trip.
Thanks mansur for sharing the trip.Writing is awesome.I am confused mansur only posted or wrote the travelogue also?

I wrote the triplog as well

Congrats bro waiting for the remaining part

Veer tum badhe chalo

mansur bhai waiting for more

Day 11 - 11th June 2012 - 6:00hr LEH to Pangong Tso

Its 6:00 Am and time to move, took some important luggage and went to the Fuel Bunk to refill by the time get the refill and start moving it was already 7:00 AM, the road was awesome, so many kids in uniform going to school, most if the kids are more than happy to see bikes pass by them and give HI5’s as we move along, I really felt good, on the way we saw many bikers returning from Pangong Tso and they would give us a Thumps Up as we would pass by and we would do the same. Slowly and steadily we started to climb Changlang La, the weather was really very bad, it was snowing everywhere, it was anyhow an awesome experience riding in the snow fall. We finally reached Changlang La. There is an army Unit stationed there, they gave us free tee and did a medical checkup, I had 3 cups of Lemon Tea and some biscuits took some photos and started our decent, it was still snowing and the road conditions were treacherous to say the least. When we reached down the road conditions again were really very good. We reached Pangong Tso at 4 PM. The sight of the lake was just Heavenly, I was really very excited, found a good tea stall, had some tea and Maggie, now was the time to absorb in the beautify of the lake, enjoyed a lot, I just could not take my eyes off the lake, it was just mesmerizingly beautiful. Around 8:00Pm it was getting really cold found a good tent on rent and slept for the night, woke up again at 2:00 AM the what I saw was just out of this world, the Moon’s reflection in the lake was outstanding, I will never forget that moment in my life, the cold was biting me but the warmth of the moment kept me going. After a while I slept again.


Day 12 - 12th June 2012 8:00hr pangaong to leh

8 AM, time for some breakfast, the weather was superb, sunny and clear. Took our last shots and started to move towards LEH, on the way back we encountered a lot of Horses, yaks and other animals grazing in the grasslands. We reached Changlang La and had our Tea and were talking to the Soldiers there, took some photos while playing with the Snow and moved on towards LEH. Reached LEH at around 4PM and hanged out in the market for the rest of the day, had Dinner and planned out for the next days ride to Khardung La.


Day 13 13th June 2012 8:00hr LEH to Khardung La to LEH


As per routine woke up at 8, its very difficult to get up earlier with the weather being so cold and that you just don’t feel like getting out of bed.
Today was the day I have been waiting for and the mission for which I had taken this journey, time had arrived to conquer the mighty Khardung La, the world highest motorable road.
Started off enroute Khardung La via South Kullu, the road was ok but was a bit dangerous as well. Took rest at South Kullu and had some tea, showed our permits and registered our bikes at the Army Check post. I saw some 15-20 Bulletiers there, I started off a conversation with them but they all showed too much of attitude, in a moment they all started moving and so did we, I don’t know what spurred me on by there was a lot of adrenaline going through my system, felt like Khardung La Baba all off a sudden descended into me and I started to rip like crazy on those difficult and treacherous roads over taking one bullet after another and in no time I was up there at the top of the Pass, I did not expect Khardung La to be such an easy ride, but it turned out to be far easier than Changlang La. I was waiting there at the top for quite sometime and then one after the other the bulletiers started to arrive they all looked at me as though I was some sorts of monster and then they moved on towards Nubra Valley.

All of a sudden one Jawan came to me and started to talk to me in Gujarati, it felt so good to be able to converse with someone in my own language that too up there in some of the most remote place. He had actually seen my bike’s registration plate with a GJ1 Passing that is what prompted him to start off the conversation, he called one more jawan and he too was from Gujarat.

After a while my other companions also arrived and they told my story to the other Army men around, they told them that I had just 1 Kidney and that I was here just to drive upto Khardung La. All of the soldiers were so impressed they started cheering me up and the entire battalion gathered and gave me a Salute, I felt so proud, it was the most happiest moment for me, something I will never forget in my life.

We took some Photos and videos and started moved back, My Aim, My Challenge is complete, I have a great sense of relief and a sense of achievement. I feel proud of myself deep down under. The our return leg we crossed an Army Convoy and I saluted each and every vehicle that passed by and they all saluted back, it was a great feeling.
Before we reached LEH my bike started playing games with me again, it stalled and would not start at all, again the same issue, engine heat up it seemed. Anyhow managed to reach LEH and the bike again stalled in the market area, I waited for over 1 hr but the bike would not start so I called up Shashi, but he too was unable to get the bike started. He tried for over an hour himself but no luck, he finally told me that we need to take the bike to his garage, he check and told me that the battery fuse had blown off, the issue is the parts are not available in LEH, I was shocked but could not do anything, took the bike back to the garage and slept with a heavy heart and and and upset mind.



Day 14 14 june 2012 7hr LEH to Kargil

I was mentally prepared for a lot of troubles and that did not help me much overnight, I really woke up early today and was ready by 7:00 am. Checked my bike and loaded my luggage, today’s plan was to ride upto Kargil, took NH1 from LEH to Kargil, the road was awesome, after a long long time got to ride on some good roads. After 25 Km came to Magnetic hill, stopped but I did not feel anything magnetic about the place. I knew it was going to be a very long day so did not waste much time and started to move forward and after a few Km my bike stalled, engine again over heated, poured water on the engine and let it cool off for a while, I would move a few kilometer and bike would stall would have to wait around atleast 30 minutes before I could move again this happened around 30 times in the day and I was totally fed up. I saw a lot of riders coming from Kargil and Srinagar, the roads were good running parallel to rivers and the water was green, again after a few km we encountered a lot of traffic, felt like a traffic jam but infact it was land slides. One trusk was stuck there, though no one died but the truck was in a mess. After an hour the traffic opened up but only for small vehicles, we ripped the bikes as much as we could and somehow we managed to cross the traffic. Now the road was open only for us, there were so many loops in the roads, zig zag, up – down and in all of that my bike would stop – start and we reached kargil around 7 in the evening. Kargil is a beautiful city but hotel rents are very high, so we decided to move on, 60 Km from Kargail near Tiger hill my bike again stopped for 30 minutes, I decided to load the bike on a truck and move on towards Srinagar, but bad luck no trucks came by, so had no choice but to ride on. After a few kilometers came across a small army base, I talked to one of the soldiers and narrated my bikes health issues, the soldier conveyed the message to the Major and asked permission for us to stay there over night, the Major was convinced and permitted us to park our vehicles in the cantonment area, they even offered us a room and free food, that was such a kind gesture on their part, without their support we would have had to sleep out in the open and would had a lot of issues.

Day 15 15 June 2012 6hr Kargil to Srinagar

This turned out to be the toughest day for me so far on this trip. Got up early as per Army rules and had out complimentary tea and breakfast, started to move to Drass all the way my bike giving me issues, it was the regular stall-wait-start process which I was really getting frustrated with by now. We were just 7 Km from Drass and my bike stalled and even after 1 hr wait it just did not fireup so waited and waited, after sometime finally a truck arrived, I talked with the driver and told him to take me to Srinagar, we agreed on Rs. 1500 as transport costs. The driver’s name was Makbul Nazim, he was a good person and honest but I could not trust him so send the vehicle number along with the driver’s name and mobile number to my Mom and told her that if I don’t call back by the end of the day she should give the details to the police station. Now me, my bike and the truck reached Zozilla Pass, it was an awesome place, again after crossing Zozilla encountered traffic, another landslide, 2 hrs of wait and finally small vehicles are allowed to cross, after that it was our turn to cross over. The road was very narrow but the driver was skillful enough to take the truck past and then again I saw another landslide happening, I told him to stop but instead he accelerated hard, I was frightened but he took narrowly managed to escape the second landslide. Moving on saw a truck accidents, this one was bad, the driver was dead, felt very sad, we reached Sonmarg, there are no words to describe the beauty of this place, its just heaven on earth, on reaching Srinagar I asked the driver to arrange me a hotel, he was like “Hotel !, Hotel kyu, mere gar chalo, Idhar Hotel bahot mehnga hota he,khana khao sojao, subhah nikal jana” – “Hotels are very expensive here, come over to my place, have dinner and sleep, you can leave early in the morning”, I was confused as to what to do, as Dhruv and Vijay (my 2 companions all the way from Jispa) did not call, it was 6 PM, Truck entry is only after 9 so the driver took me on the Srinagar Jammu ByPass and took me to his home, gave me tea and some snacks. Finally Dhruv called me up, he told me they were at the Army Cantonment, and asked me to get there before 9 as after that there would be no entry. I had a tough choice to stay here or go to the Army Cantonment. I didn’t know the road, and my iPhone was off so could not start navigation and get to the cantonment either. I decided to go to the safety of the cantonment. I stopped an auto rickshaw and told him to lead while I would follow him, if my bike stopped I would horn him to stop, he agreed and we moved on, after just 1 Km my bike stalled I horned and the driver stopped, my bike won’t start and its almost 8Pm, just one more hr before the cantonment closes doors. I requested the driver to give me a push from the back but it did not work out, time was running and I was out of options, I did not know what to do, then I got an idea, I put all the luggage in the auto and with 1 hand grabbed the auto and the with other I was steering, it was really very painful and in traffic it was even more so difficult, kept going along for some time then at the dot of 9 reached the Cantonment aread, took my luggage, had dinner and slept. Tomorrow is time to get my bike up and running again.

Day 16, 16 June 2012 8hr Stay in Srinagar and get bike repaired.

How to get my bike repaired, where to get it done, where would PBK be in Srinagar, or is there even a PBK here. Whole night these were the only thoughts going through the mind. Got up at 8 and had my tea and talked to Ayazbhai and got the PBK address for Srinagar. Loaded the bike and moved towards PBK, WTH the bike again stalled, tried everything and the bike would not start at all, even poured water on the bike still the same no luck. Waited for quite sometime, finally an auto came by, the auto wala used his brains and tied the bike behind the Auto, the idea worked but the guy literally robbed me in brad daylight, charging me a mere Rs. 150 for a 2 Km ride. Anyhow I was at PBK, talked to the service station and they started to show their arrogance, Can’t take the bike today, we are over loaded, can do it tomorrow only, come on Monday and stuff like that. I was already very frustrated and angry, so vented all that at the service guys, I then talked to manager and he helped me out, he called a mechanic and told me that this guy is very good with P220s, the guy opened up my entire bike but could not resolve the issue, then the manager called someone else and he checked the fuse near the battery, it was fused (Fuse was Fused ha ha ha). He changed the fuse and the bike was as good as new, I was so happy all my headache was gone, all my troubles sorted out, I thanked them all over and over again, I don’t even know how many times I thanked them, total expense Rs. 100, WHAT, Rs. 100 only and I was having issues since the pas 1 week, only if someone could diagnose the issue before. Then called up Vijay and met Vijay and Dhruv at Dal lake, roamed around and enjoyed the beauty, we decided to drive at night till Jammu so at 7 we started to move towards Jammu. There was a lot of traffic, as it started get darker and later the cold started to increase to almost an unbearable degree. So we decided to stop at a place, I took out my E63 as it had a torch so managed to take out my Jacket from the luggage and unfortunately dropped the phone there only, did not realize that till later when we stopped for dinner, it was already over 100Km and the road was also not safe, there was no guarantee that I would find the phone even if we returned, so moved on with a very heavy heart.

Riding in the mountain roads was a lot of fun but it was also not very easy. We reached the tunnel but it was closed as there was some work going on, we had to wait for almost 2 hrs, we all slept there for that time. The tunnel was an ok experience nothing exciting as such, he decent after the after the Tunnel was really awesome. That is when I started feeling very sleepy, it was 3:00 Am, we stopped for tea and it was an Amarnath Yatri Seva Camp, so tea was free for us and so was the night hault.

Day 17 17 June 2012 6hr Katra (Vaishnao Devi)

Woke up at 6 but everyone was still sleeping so slept again and woke up only after 8, had the tea and breakfast. Checked my bike and loaded my luggage, but Dhruv’s bike is punctured so gave him my hand pump and we were able to move, after some 10 Km found a Puncturewala (a small Puncture Repair Shop), got the puncture repaired, again the road was all twisties and full of traffic, but my P220 had no issues negotiation either of the 2, after 30 Km waited for Dhruv and Vijay, 1 waited for over an hr but they did not arrive so I thought of moving on to Udhampur and get my mobile recharged so I could call them up. As soon as I recharged my phone I got a message from Dhruv that his bike’s tube is gone, it had 5 punctures and needed to be changed, he also tome me to move on till Katra. Katra was very hot, my skin was burning and I looked around to see if I could find a dharamshala but it was full. After a lot of struggle I found a cheap hotel, got fresh and slept. After 2 hrs I called from Vijay but his phone was switched off. So I moved out to see if I could find a Helicopter ticket to get upto Vaishnao Devi. I found the place and saw a big queue all waiting for the Helicopter tickets but the tickets were not available. I waited for over 2 hours and showed them my Transplant Card and told them that I can’t walk, I need a ride, they told me to come tomorrow 11 AM, if any ticket get cancelled they will give it to me. I moved back to the hotel and then Vijay called, they wanted to walk to the Temple for darshan but they were very tired, we all slept.

Day 18, 18 June 2012 Stay in Katra
Today was a possibility to take a Helicopter ride, left the luggage at the hotel and I left for the ticket window where as Dhruv and Vijay walked, after waiting for 3 hrs I finally got a ticket, I rushed straight to the helipad and I could not control my excitement, this would be another first for me, my reporting time was 2:00 Pm so I had to wait for 1 hr at the helipad, collected my boarding pass and in 20 minutes they announced my name, finally I sat in the Helicopter and I felt like a small boy full of joy, and then the helicopter flew and it was an awesome experience, something to cherish for the rest of my life, The Helicopter took just 4 minuted to reach the top, I saw a lot of garbage and the whole place looked so untidy. People in India are really bad mannered they don’t even spare places like these. Anyhow got chance to do my Darshan and then went to take a ticket for the return but I was late, so had no choice but to walk, called up Vijay and Dhruv and in a while got together, we started to walk down. It was almost 2:00 in the morning by the time we reach Katra and the hotels were all full, what do we do, talked to the hotel owner and he allowed us to sleep on the terrace.

Day 19, 19 June 2012 Katra – Amritsar.

Whole night could not sleep, was feeling very uncomfortable, when I woke up it was smelling like shits all over the place, and what do I see, 2 big cat sized mice lying dead right next to me, I was like Oh God where did I sleep, I took a look at the mobile and it was 6:00 Am.
Got ready and had our breakfast, moved on towards Amritsar, none of us was able to sleep well, after we crossed Jummu none of us were in a state to drive further, we needed rest, we had to sleep, we came across a temple, we parked our bikes there and slept for almost 3 hrs. We had our lunch in the temple and moved on for Amritsar. Roads were superb, After crossing the Punjab boarder everything changed, all you can see is greenery everywhere, we reached Amritsar at night 2 and found a place to have dinner and also found a good hotel to sleep well. The hotel was cheap and hear a bus stand, parked the bikes and slept for the day.

Day 20, 20 June 2012 stay in Amritsar.
Was so tired by the lack of sleep the previous night and the long drive the previous day I just could not wake up early, by the time I was up it was way past 11 in the morning. Got ready and loaded the bikes and moved to Golden temple. All the rooms at the temple were full so they offered us to stay in the common hall and sleep on the floor, we agreed and kept our luggage in the lockers. The temple is full of Gold, did our Darshan and moved on to Jaliawala Baug, When I saw all those gun shots and the well where all those people fell in to escape those bullets, I felt very sad. I was already too late for Vagha Boarder, so no benefit in going there, took a walk in the market and moved back to temple, took our dinner and went to see the Temple at night and slept on the floor.

Day 21, 21 June 2012 Amritsar - Jaipur
It’s 6 in the morning and I get a shock, my shoes are gone, someone stole them !
At this time no shops are open and I need to get to Jaipur and I’m alone again, I will say good bye to friends I made during my journey, friends who were there when I needed them, friends who helped and stayed with me during some of the toughest times of my journey. Woke them up and said our last good byes, who know where or when we will meet again, they will be going to Jaiselmer today.
I took out my gum boots and started to move on towards Jaipur. By noon my feet were really hurting and almost burning inside those Gum Boots, I could not bare it all. Poured some cold water on the shoes and felt some relief, I had to keep doing that every 20-30 km for the entire stretch. Reached Delhi at 3 in the afternoon and switched on my iPhone and started the SatNav, was able to cross Delhi by 4. Delhi is an awesome city, buildings, malls, roads everything is superb, specially the 16 lane road is mind blowing. Was on NH8 and headed to Jaipur, reached there at 9:00 Pm, went straight to Gujarati Samaj, took a room, got fresh and slept, 1 last day of riding left before I can reach home.

Day 22, 22 June 2012 Jaipur - Ahmedabad

First thing I need to do is get myself a pair of shoes, those boots were just not what I needed, atleast not while crossing 2 of India’s hottest states. Shops open at 10, so had to wait and luckily Bata was just nearby. Took a pair of shoes and headed on the Ajmer Road, I kept riding hard and ripped as much as I could but still the tiredness and fatigue of the past 22 days was now fast catching up, could not keep up the speeds to much, reached Ahmedabad at 9 at night.
Reached home, oh that feeling HOME SWEET HOME, I proved to myself that I can do it, I am now no longer some sorts of a handicapped boy, I proved that I am normal and can take care of myself.
The satisfaction that I achieved something in life, but then what next ? Again the same boring life awaits me from tomorrow. Same old house, same neighbors, same college, ah, set me free. Next ride, BHUTAN ? who knows, only time will tell.

This is Ayaz Mansuri Signing off on behalf of Chintan Gambhir with one small message to all, Remember that everything is possible in life, all you need to do is be focused on the task at hand and have to guts to complete it. Ride safe guys.

hello my friend i m chintan gambhir and this is my triplog..
u said me about my mother...i m only 1 child , no bro no sis..and i have kidney problem so obviously wont me go alone..so i lied..
and u tell me why i have prove my self..
in here everyone think that 1kidney is big problem...
if u r kidney transplanted so u cant to anything...
u have to sit home thats sit.
same problem with me my friend, my relative everyone think like that for me...
so i have to prove that 1 kidney boy do everything that normal person cant do.
and for food..
i take only tea. biscuit ,if hotel gud i eat otherwise eat biscuit or like that..
i start my trip at 1 june that time my weight is 50kg and when i return i loose my 5kg weight..
i faced lots of troubles during trip...that u never like to face in ur life...

Ride safe dude..

Chill bro, everyone knows and understands what you gone through is tough, we all salute you for your efforts

Chintan's Story gets published in Ahmedabad Mirror

...by taking bike ride to Leh and back, News - City - Ahmedabad Mirror,Ahmedabad Mirror

wonderful...... at a loss of words
You need a well deserved rest and get your body and mind back in shape .

thanks....

Re: The One Kidney Wonderboy Gets LEH'ed

Congrats to him.......

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