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  1. #21 Re: Ride Report: The India Ride Expedition 
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    Ryan cleans up in Delhi. Let's see what he looks like in 60 days.

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    Colin also getting cleaned up in Delhi. Who will have the bigger beard at the end?

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    Day 01: Colin and Ryan in front of the India Gate at 630am on Saturday September 1st 2012. The India Ride has begun. On Day 01 the team road 405km from New Delhi to Shimla. It was an intense day of riding and the roads were very challenging. But at least now we are up in the mountains and enjoying some much cooler air.

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    Day 02: Today it started at 930am in misty (almost raining) Shimla. The 267km journey from Shimla to Manali took us a staggering ten hours to complete (Highway 88 and Highway 21). After weeks of rain, the mountain roads around Manali were luckily dry but debris of previous landslides did pose some challenges. The highlights of the day were the exceptional weather we've been receiving and the great time we made on the twisty narrow roads from Mandi to Manli. The photo caption: "Colin Pyle (gray + blue jacket) hangs back while Ryan Pyle (gray + red jacket) gets a face full of exhaust from a bus on Highway 21 near Manali"


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    Day 03: Today was the first day that we enjoyed an "off the bike" filming day where we were scheduled to learn a little more about Manali. Today was also the first day we witnessed northern India's torrential rains, which are very intense but short in length. And lastly, today was the first that all members of the India Ride team enjoyed the adventure sport of Paragliding. Manali is considered the adventure sport capital of India. You can go helicopter skiing, white water rafting, mountain climbing, hiking and paragliding. While all the other activities are very time consuming, and we have a television show to produce, we thought we would opt-in for a quick 10 minutes of sheer adrenaline by running off a mountain and gliding down to the valley below.


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    We are very excited to offer you this new "Live Tracking" feature for our friends. This new live tracking feature offers anyone to track Colin Pyle and Ryan Pyle online and in real time. This service and technology has been brought to the India Ride by our motorcycle helmet partners HALO. Check it out, assuming the time zones differences are not too great, this should provide you with a fantastic tool to keep track of the distances and the various locations that Colin and Ryan will be covering on a daily basis.


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    As you can imagine, due to the lack of updates, we’ve had an intense few days in the remote Northwestern Himachal Pradesh. We’ve gone 48 hours without mobile phone service and internet access and we’ve fully succeed in going “off the grid” in search of unexplored regions and some truly challenging adventure motorcycle riding.

    Today we started our day riding in light rain heading North from Manali, eventually climbing in heavy rain up the Rohtang Pass, at around 4,000m above sea level. The Rohtang Pass, has a name that translates in to “pile of dead bodies”, a name given to the pass in memory of all the travelers who had frozen to death while attempting to make the cross. Our adventure was not that extreme, but the roads were slick, in the early stages which eventually gave way to thick and heavy mud, road construction and some of the most challenging motorcycle riding conditions our team has ever faced.

    From the Rohtang Pass we dropped down in the valley and finally left National Highway 21, by heading west on National Highway 26 into the remote and visually stunning Pattan Valley. As cattle grazed and families worked their fields our team cruised along dirt roads covering 50km in about 3 hours and eventually making it to Udaipur at dusk.

    The team covered a very very challenging 165km in about 10 hours of riding and were left physically and mentally exhausted, and yet spirits were very high as we thoroughly enjoyed the riding through the Pattan Valley.
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    Day 05: We’ve just gone our second day without internet access and mobile phone reception as we head deeper in to the Pattan Valley and further Northwest into the diverse and exceptionally beautiful province of Himachal Pradesh. After a restful night in Udaipur we were up early and on the road at 7am as we head Northwest on National Highway 26 towards Killar. The plan today was to reach Killar before noon and then make our attempt at the Sach Pass (4,500m above sea level) and then cruise in to Chamba for dinner. Sadly, nothing like that happened. Coming out of Udaipur the road deteriorated rapidly and entire roads were either washed out by rivers or perched so high on the mountainside that the blind corners left our entire team with the chills. With the roads in rough condition our schedule for the day was quickly unattainable, and we were lucky to reach Killar (only 86km away from Udaipur) after an entire day of riding. The average speed of our team today was little over 10km per hour, and we never saw a paved road. With our bodies bruised and battered our spirits have remained high as tomorrow we are looking to be rested in our attempt to climb over the Sach Pass and down in the culturally vibrant Chamba Valley. From there, we should be back in the land of mobile phone reception and internet access and we hope to begin making regular updates again.

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    Day 06: Today was a most remarkable day. After utter disappointment yesterday, with such a short distance covered on nearly impossible terrain, the India Ride Team managed to successfully cross the Saach Pass (4,500m above sea level) in remote northwest Himachal Pradesh. We were up early and attacked the pass with vigor. Starting in Killar we climbed narrow unpaved switch backs for over four hours coving roughly 45km before finally summited the Saach Pass in freezing rain and completely clouded in. Some days just don't work out like you think they well, but yet we must persevere and carry on; and that's exactly what the India Ride team did. Once we crossed the pass we descended quickly down narrow, mud covered, switch backs until we exited the clouds and arrived in the stunning Chamba Valley.With it's warm weather, it's lush green hillsides, and it's PAVED ROADS, our team had their spirits lifted as we finally felt like we were on the move again. We rested in Chamba, the regional capital of the Chamba Valley. Nearly out of the mountains and nearly back with in mobile phone reception range.

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    Day 07: We are back! That's right, we've made it out of the mountains and covered 268km today and we are currently in Amritsar, Punjab province. Our incredibly challenging days of riding through remote H.P. province are past us and we are back on good roads as we pass though the farming communities of western Punjab. It's been an incredible adventure up until now as today we mark our 7th day on the motorcycles and what a week it has been. In the last 7 days we've covered Delhi - Shimla - Manali - Rohtang Pass - Udaipur - Killar - Saach Pass - Chamba - Amritsar. Tomorrow we are heading out to visit the Golden Temple and then we delve deep in the Rajasthan next week. Wish us luck, and we hope you are enjoying these updates.


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