Before the trip.

Ladakh bike trip was in our minds for a long time. It was only after months of reading on various travel sites and getting to know what it exactly involved in terms of preparation that we decided to go to Ladakh. The team included Abhisekh Verma, Rahul Prakash and me. After seeing several pics of Ladakh at various places, it was inevitable for us to turn back. Several emotions had filled us even before the trip started. The awe feeling of Ladakh, the Heaven on earth feeling of Kashmir valley, the nationalism arising from the fact that we would be visiting places like Drass and Kargil, and most of all the eager anticipation of what all we will have to endure on this trip.

The preparation involved, preparing ourselves physically for the trip (where I didn’t do anything at all), preparing our bikes, getting spares for anything that may go wrong with the bike, getting proper riding gear, medicines – especially Diamox, etc, etc. To our benefit, Abhisekh had done the Delhi to Leh trip via Manali once earlier. After all the initial preparations, we were almost set to start our trip. Rahul and I had sent our bikes to Delhi and we also reached Delhi on June 11. June 12 was when we had to start riding.

About us: Abhisekh, Rahul and I (Rohit) are people earning their daily bread due to IT industry. Abhisekh and Rahul are bikers in true sense and I am a slow and over cautious biker (courtesy three accidents in one year). So the title of this log actually applies to me in its sense. I ride a Pulsar 150, Rahul rides a Karizma R and Abhishek rides his Avenger 200.