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Finally, after 14 days of struggle with the team, I have reached the Umling La pass
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I reached here with a 125 cc bike from tanjore
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I'm feeling proud and this place gives different feel
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"upbeat music"
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Umling La pass is a dream destination for bikers
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you don’t know how many bikers are eagerly waiting to visit here
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this is a dream come true moment for me to visit here with my vespa
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after 14 days of struggle
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Even tough me and my team faced many hardships
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we learned lot of new things at each day’s starting
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this is not an ordinary bike trip
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we learned many life changing things in this trip and
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this one is a memorable trip as my shasha only seen ooty and kodaikanal as long trip so far
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this will be a example for people wish to ride long in scooter
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no other thing will give comfort than riding on your own bike
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the final video in this Ladakh series is waiting for you
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if you have any other work to do, leave that and
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watch this finale of the series till the end
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and I'll sho my whole experience virtually to you, let’s go
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01:44.0
"upbeat music"
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01:48.3
3 litres here and fill 2 litres here!
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01:53.2
why I'm filling fuel here, it's hard to find fuel for last 2 days
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01:58.1
it's started!
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Let’s go, for the past 2 days getting petrol is a tough task
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as we saw pangong lake, there was a petrol bunk near that
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that was the last one we saw so far and can was emptied after that
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02:17.7
this village is called as Hanle
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it's 170-200 Kms from the lake
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02:27.5
it was 7-8 hours journey completely in off-road
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it's extreme off road, so we can't connect batteries for charging in home stays
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as power get shut after 11 and they won’t have power in the morning either, they only use generators in the evening
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so can’t charge equipments so I only took clip in my phone
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02:47.1
the end of the lake will be the starting point of the china border and it was thrilling
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from tanjore to the head of the Indian geography
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that was a unique feel only can be experienced
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while crossing hanle checkpost
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I encountered a wonderful road for 40 Kms
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it was a finest Thar road in the desert and we were flying on the road
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at some point we experienced adrenaline rush
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after that we're again riding in this mediocre sand road
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shasha somehow managed to bring me here, I'll show the home stay
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so two sweetest sisters are running this home stay and
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if you ask where I'm heading now, you won’t believe my answer
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I'm going to world's highests moterable altitude
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which is located 19k ft above the sea level
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that's the highest point, we have visisted Khardungla already which was 14-16K ft
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this is 19K ft and we'll visit that only
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I'm so much excited for this
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"calm music"
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way to umlingla 92 Kms it says, superb!
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I saw it yesterday when I reached here in evening
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this is the main highway and our home stay has one shortcut
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but it’s completely off-road, main way is 92 Kms and shortcut is
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almost 40Kms and we planned to go via that route till morning
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but we can't decide which route to choose
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as we'll face sand roads and google maps also won’t work either
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as we're using offline maps since no network for last 3 days
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so we're going in main route so we can get assistance from other bikers if we need any
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it's easy for us to go i this road, 90Kms
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we both need to survive this as temperature wil rise and oxygen levels will get low as we go further up
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we need to face any situation and
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we need to be mentally prepared, that’s the main thing
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"calm music"
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almost I crossed 3 hairpin bends and
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one hairpin bend went like a swift and other one makes me ride slow
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but that looks steep still...
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if I go on 20-25, it will get more time
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as per google 2.45 hours but this speed will make that into 3.5 hours to 4 hours
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Jai sir is going over there
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he is the biggest inspiration in this ride as we think like even Jai sir can pull it off why can’t we?
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That’s a great motivation for us
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Ram rider is riding slowly for me
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other's are ahead of me, the end is near as in 3-4 days
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our group ride will be over
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and time went just like that
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if you travel high altitude kindly keep medicines with you, and if you don’t know
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check with your friends who have been already traveled to high altitudes or simply ask me in comments
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there is one medicine for altitude sickness and for cold infection too, which I faced in this ride
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we'll wander in this cold weather, you can’t stop it completely but atleast control the level to an extent
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06:29.4
bike is again struggling, 20-30...
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06:34.3
can you see that yellow mark, it's the road, after this zigzag I can reach that
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look! it's very hard to lay roads here as this sand pit can easily slide down
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it's gravel sand...
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Border road organisation in the service of nation, our men! our mission! it says
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each vehicle has different load capacity
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I think all bikes can climb it equally
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07:03.7
I pulled down saddle bag, and now it’s struggling
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but earlier it was easier for it... totally opposite in nature, Have to ask vespa company for that
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bye, bye! all are having weird look as I'm riding in a scooter
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even I can’t control the laughter
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07:23.3
many are speaking nicely
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but due to the language barrier it's tough, they speak Ladakhi
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it's not Hindi actually, will show how those ladies in home stay speaks that language cutely
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they look so innocent and when I think that we used to ride to 6-7k ft high in south region
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and now 19K ft high in north
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that gives me chills, look at this view guys
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you can’t see this in your lifetime for sure
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I'll show you that
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we came via this zigzag path, I'm speechless now
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this feel is different
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and it makes me think that I'll reach 100k ft if road is like this
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this magnetic power pulls us!
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what! trying to manage!...
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shasha is struggling now, come on shasha!
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I think I need to push it, come on!
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just a bit, you can do it darling!
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this place is so steep!
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don't lose my hope shasha!
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we're here, thank you!
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he is from Karnataka in a CBR 250
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I was in fear for a while, it was in 0 and literally full throttle
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I'm panting now, Jai sir is going
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shasha you can do it, just a little bit
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just 30 Kms, we can do it!
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I'll push you manually if I can, don't lose here
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it's a cold climate and now cold breeze also
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God save me please!
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09:50.3
I'm feeling so much colder despite of having all these gears
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we don’t need to worry or be ashamed when other bikers see your bike struggling to climb
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Everyone will face that kind of situation at some point so
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sking them for help is not wrong and that CBR guy asked me if my bike is okay
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I said I'll try and pushed a bit
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then my bike got pickup
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so don’t be ashamed as everyone faces these kind of issues
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let's see, from the starting
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we haven’t stopped yet, while other's are taking break, as if we take break it will be 'full stop' for us
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that's my fear, you can see that white thing right, you know what it is?
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that's the snow, I want to grab and play with snow
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but stopping will finish us,... what is says
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Photi La pass it's the worlds 6th highesst motorpass
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we're heading to the world's highest one
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18k ft and no one in Tanjore can see us
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there is a camp, I guess he is the worker from 'BRO' union
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they're even camping at this location!
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I don’t know how they adjust to the coldness, as it's very chill in the day itself
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after 3 hours of the ride, i saw a T-junction and
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confused about taking left or right so waited for someone to guide me
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after 30 minutes nobody came and offline map also don’t have this route
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thank God, one group of bullet riding group came
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and I followed their suggestion for umling la pass
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one group of riders came and showed this is the path
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they said don’t take any diversion and the road seems fine
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one lady in that group speaks Tamil well
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okay sir, shall we go! okay sir. I'll be the first
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so brother is waiting for us show boys won't struggle
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snow fall? is snow is falling?...let's go
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we'll go first, if they're returning I wonder how early in the morning they have left
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oh superb, I guess
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they should have left during 7 or 8 AM so they can return now
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I mentioned about the shortcut right? Don’t choose that path as all other the routes are not good
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and that lady advised us to continue in this same route
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I forget to record otherwise I would have showed that lady's good tamil speaking skills
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it was old FC the first model came in 2011
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which she was riding,it shows 37 Kms more
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maximum 1 hour to 45 minutes we'll reach that place
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I guess that snow mountain is the spot
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does we're riding in road or anywhere else?
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it's like I'm in a dream
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I'll witness this for one time only as mostly I won’t come again
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and visiting again will be boring
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I can find 'Kaziranga cafe' on my right
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he is leaving me while vlogging, it's snow here at Kaziranga cafe
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they only have Omelette, it’s actually army owned cafe
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cook also belongs to army, we'll have 2 omelettes for each and
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in 30 Kms, actually 27 Kms we'll reach Umlingla
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it's so cold here and can you look at the snowfall over there
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"calm music"
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Guys! welcome to the world's highest moterable road way
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it's going to be an awesome experience
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we had omelette that’s the highlight
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last time they put a checkpost and they wanted each perso to get a permit after checking to visit
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but when we came to leh we got Inner line permit(ILP)
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and this location also included in that
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snow is melting now
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if our locality is like this it would have been nice
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our guys are throttling ahead and just 15 Kms away
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they're excited and rushing now
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can you see this, it says you're now on...
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you're now higher than Everest base camp! oh!
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we're at a higher location than Everest base camp in terms of altitude
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OMG! this is a lifetime achievement in my life!
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we we'll show some swag in Umlingla, germens is there
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there is one yolk! and in surroundings
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you can see the bulls that live in hills
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they have the tags in different colours in their ears
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it looks superb, thanks Germens
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while nearing that place my heart was pumping
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I can see a small place there, that's Umlingla Pass
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this is my 2 years dream and 3 months planning
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and while reaching in my own vehicle it's a unique feel
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1000 metres to reach Umlingla Pass, guys we're going to made it
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from TN in a smal scooter to reach Umlingla pass
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from Tanjore I'm the first person, Thank you! and Love you all!
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this gives a good feel, I faced difficulties and
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14 days was filled with many hurdles
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faced many issues and gained some experiences
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finally we're here, and in 1000 metres we'll reach Umlingla
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I'm so happy and proud! love you mom and Dad!
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I'm here because of them
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and these 4 guys with me are the reason to push this much to this place
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I need to kiss in their cheeks
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I have no words, we're at Umlingla!
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we're here! what...
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What an achievement! they're filling fuel
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super...! hey!!!
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super...Bro welcomes you to highest motorable pass in the world, Umlingla
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guys we're 19024 ft high from sea level
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I never thinked about this
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this is highest than Everest Base camp and we done it with Vespa
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"calm music"
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Thanks to you and without your support it's not possible
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I'm so proud of this and I got tears in my eyes
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I can't talk a bit
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It's so chill here
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and I'm filming while going inside out
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finally after 14 days of struggle with my group, I have reached Umlingla pass
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thanks to my vespa shasha
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for getting me here, with this 125cc I'm so proud
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from Tanjore to Umlingla it's so cool
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"calm music"
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in world's highest motorway and in world's highest cafe
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I'm having the world's highest tea!
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look my hands I may spill the tea
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all parts are shivering and
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they're having tea and munch, this is the tea master
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he is from India's last village which is 25 Kms down from here
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you can come here only if you have the will power to withstand the cold
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sir! Jai sir...
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he decided to come here and we later joined him
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how do you feel - it was a good drive
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it's a greatest achievement in 64 years and
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keep this big thing in your book of records
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"calm music"
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-Namaste and Vanakkam...no Namaste ...Vanakkam!
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-Vanakkam sir!....
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you may ask why I showed this place directly after Umlingla, I showed the making of roti
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we're sitting in a kitchen of a Home stay
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I told about two sweet persons right? -name of the stay?
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20:00.1
it's name is dulquer in Hanle
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Hanle is famous for?...- it's known for milky way
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-and we know that in yesterday night only
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he went to sleep after waking up us in 3 AM, we tried to take photos and I set it for timelapse but not captured well
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- he got the clip and will add that
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so tell your experience about Umlingla - it's the highest with 19k ft high so I decided to visit
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- all bikers are visiting so I thought the same and this ride truly worth the effort
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- if you want an adventure trip this is the best one for you
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- people who don’t know how to ride properly can’t reach there and if you enjoy riding bike well
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- you must visit and he is the one who reached 120 Kmph in Enfield classic 350
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that too in this hills!
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I was excited and also in panic mode
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because it was a slope so sudden steep is also there
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and we haven’t prepared for air against our direction
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- and we mostly rided on off-road
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my bike also never exceeded 10-20 at some point and for us this backup rider!
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ram rider is there to help us with his R15
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- he followed the vespa and it's fine if it was driven by a girl!
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- sister is looking angry!
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sister tell hi, say vanakkam!
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[BACKGROUND NOISE] so they're sisters
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and they run this home stay, it's good
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- my bullet went like a swift for so long and right near Umlingla
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- like 2k ft below Umlingla where we started climbing
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- and my bike started to struggle, I even pushed with my leg
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- I pushed and tried everything and no use
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- it was struggled and then sir said that it's carburetor engine and behaviour like this are expected
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- as oxygen level is so low, when we checked internet said it's 50% lower than usual
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- and that place only had this stone only
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- both Umlingla and khardungla both have indicator stones only
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- the way we travel to that places are more important
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- that experience, heights and breathing issues
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- you will face many and that too is an experience
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- routes will be dangerous and thrilling you may saw in bro's video
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- and 50 Kms before Hanle the route was terrific
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- it was a good ride and I can't bear the cold
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- you need to get proper gloves and if you bring any ordinary ones, then your body will suffer
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- don't think like you know everything and you’re great
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- and those with that attitude will face dying feeling
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- and if Ram haven’t gave the thermal layer for my gloves, my chapter may have been way worse
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- and we ask to ride Classic to germens and he is riding a plane!
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- we crossed 40 Kms for Hanle and the road was down like this
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- and he rushed in that downward path and jumps with a rush
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- if you want to enjoy do visit Hanle
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- the road is like a child's scribble from a distance
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- so we may worried about that and you will feel the same while returning
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- and that was nice when we climbed up and down in hills
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- about Umlingla the temperature was dropped heavily with strong wind blast
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- we can't take photos or videos beause of low temperature
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- so our Jack and Thirufarm are another level
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- I don't know how they can take reels and videos there
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- that's so great
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- I can't stand there and if you drop your gloves your hands will freeze
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- thanks to number plate Gowtham
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- we became friends four months ago in a group ride and we're here now
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- got friends with Ram, karuna bro and
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we need to eat now!
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this roti with sabji
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we'll close this night with this dinner
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during the beginning and the end of the journey
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we saw many issues, like the deley of our vehicles delivery in the start
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also in the end of the trip
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we reached a place called pang from Hanle
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till then it was smooth and there we faced a issue as germen's bike is not starting at all
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so one guy from near home stay helped us to start but it's not giving desired results
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so me and germens pushed them front
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and we pushed our bikes in the truck
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and we planed to drop at manali
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look here, we have tied our bikes in this vehicle
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I'll tell about this issue, but this man helped us a lot here
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Thank you so much! -welcome!
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so let's continue our journey
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but things ended differently
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usually they allow oneway traffic in high passes, but during our visit it was heavy snow fall so
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they stopped two way traffic so
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heavy vehicles halted here and 3 others who went ahead
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crossed this pass and travelled across manali while me and germens got stuck here
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so we planned to fix his bike and want to leave immediately
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but as time went by the climate got changed
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this is the shed where we stayed for two days
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and we waited for our release and we got no signal
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so our communication with the team is broken
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his name is Chamba and we stayed in the room which situated behind his tea shop
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he gave us guidance and hope for us, only trucks were waited in the start
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but later cars and bikes also halted here
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we haven't released the bikes in the truck
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we planned to ride our bikes when they release the pass and meanwhile we met a family from coimbatore
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they gave the hope by saying they will drop us in their car if the pass opens
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as they said they opened the pass on the second day at 10 PM
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so we left immediately and 6 people managed to sit in a 4 seated car
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they adjusted to accommodate space for us
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and we stuck at 1 AM due to the lorry that moving opposite towards us
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we stuck in a snowy path and we had no sleep and when the sun rised
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we cleared that road with the help of 'BRO'
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adn it was so difficult to navigate via that snow filled roads
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but somehow that family managed to drop us safely in Manali, we're thankful to them
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the guy in the centre of the picture and his family are the kind souls who helped us
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he owns a shop named 'Grease Monkey' in Coimbatore, thanks brother!
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I finish my Ladakh series here
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I'm thankful to all the good souls who watched it and gave support for me
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and more upcoming beautiful videos are waiting for you
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and my journey will not over from here
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I need to explore more, so for that don't forget to watch, share my videos
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and pour your love and suppot to me, till then stay tune guys
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I'm you're Sailendiran, This is your Follow Jack...signing off...!
