Welcome back reader. It has been a long time so I am going
to warm up gently.
We are still in India
which is probably no surprise to you. We left Kerala and the comforts of the
Queen’s Pantry in Misery Mountains Plantation. which serves as he headquarters
of Mountain Bike Kerala’s winter operations.
We are now 3500km north in Nainital in the foothills of the Himalaya on
the trails leading to the Pindari
Glacier.
Its been lunatic busy here since last September riding in
great company on trails panning across the Indian Himalaya from the north east
to the north west, to Kerala in the
tropical south and a few excursions into India’s rural, timeless state of Tamil
Nadu. We have crossed the biggest mountains in
the Indian peninsular; the western ghats; by bike and by foot. Sheffield
Mike and I walked 7 hours through the
highest tea plantation in the world climbing1200 metres and descending 2000
meters on a path that no on has ever done before (we made the path up as we
went) just to get a few super strong beers down
in the famous Tamil Tapas bars of Thenni. (It was a dry day in Kerala)
We have suffered all sorts of mechanical failures, come face to face with
bears, been leaped over by deer, brutally assaulted by bar managers, ridden the
most dangerous ride in “the world the death trail”; doors have been opened when
all looked lost and doors closed when all look to be going great. In short a
thousand stories to tell so will get on to it these next few days. In the
meantime have a look at the new short MTB film we have put together. Some have
complained about the camera work being a bit shaky, that’s the least of its
failings, me thinks. Let us know what
you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=733X7FuK3fg
