A Roar in the Mighty Himalayas

After planning then comes execution part!
since this being my first long MotorCycle journey on the bike, lot of things to be purchased.

So had a huge list to name a few important ones.

1.Saddle bags @Cramster,
2.Kneeprotector
3.Jacket (Leather or Riding)
4. Shoes
5.WaterProof pants
6.Bags
Medicines and so on..

and now comes the most important thing "Sending the bikes to Jammu"
Well first contacted BlueDart a month ago, they quoted 3K for sending the bikes till Jammu.. and he needed a max of 10 days from bangalore to jammu and asked us to call after 2 weeks. Later 12 days before our journey, we tried to contact the Bluedart guy, as a shock!!! the guy didnt respond to our calls, and now that the time was nearing we had to send the bikes so contacted the bluedart customercare and got a new no.. to our badluck it was the regional manager.
and the quote we got from him was really surprising he quoted 5K all of a sudden 2K hike.. and when we asked earlier he had quoted 3K and now its 5K Y is that so?? then he replies saying the fuel charges have gone up! 2K fuel charges??? too much isnt it??
so we thought this could be tricks!!! so we didnt stop, then we checked with AFL, and DHL all these quoted 4K. then we again tried to the Bluedart guy who had quoted 3K, and luckily he received the call and then he said, we people did a mistake by talking to the regional manager! but still he says, you people come down to the godown and then i shall give you the best possible price..

The DAY is ON! so we went early from office.. thought of coming back soon.. reached the godown, and then after a long discussion, the final and best price we got was 3500 for courier and 500 for packing. the next step was to drain out all the petrol from the tank, Though we were cautious before itself that we shouldnt have too much petrol as we have to drain it.
My friend had a jerrycan so he drained out all the petrol from his tank, and i didnt had anything, then the hunt for bottles started.. got some 2 ltrs bottle from a nearby workshop, then started to drain the petrol was just flowing didnt stop even after 2 ltrs, then 1 ltr and then still it wasnt on Reserve, then thought for sometime.. didnt know what to do and how much is left in?? then filled that 1lt into my friends jerry can, filled up that 1ltr bottle again... then it finally comes to reserve.. then iknew there is still 2lts of petrol in my tank.. some suggestions from the Blue dart co.. they say its ok sir, just 2 liters rt? no 1 wil take it leave it as is.. but i was sure this petrol was definitely going to their tanks, so went to a nearby shop purchased a 2liter water bottle had a quick stats! petrol a ltr costs 75bucks and 2 lts 150 so no mind wasting 35bucks on a water bottle. purchase the water bottle and asked the shop guy to fill dat water and give me the empty bottle, he said NO showingi his attitude, the reply was "i have enough water for today so i dont want it". i then i had to drainout the water and then quickly comeback.. as it was already 10mins by the time i had started to find the bottle, then quickly take out all the petrol from my tank and then keep all the bottles in my bag, and left the place..

And waiting for the D-Day

Riding in the Himalayas, was always A dream.. wanted to make it come true!
So Started Planning..
Last year planned to Roar in the Himalayas,but didnt have time to execute and more of it didnt have too many friends to join me!
To whomever i propose the plan of himalayas "ARE YOU CRAZY?? abe saale zyaada kaam mat kar, abhi se paglagaya lagraha hai..." these were the words from my friends..

so as usual the plan was cancelled.. and as u know MIND doesnt stop thinking about it.. when ever i see some blogs by my fellas or some pics of the snow capped mountains, water from the stream passing in between the mountains..i used to go crazy.. and then NO i am going to himalays let me do this time SOLO... who ever joins me or not i m not cancelling this plan!!

But couldnt stop asking my friends..Again went to them.. trying to convince, forget asking i was on to begging them lets do it this year..
And This year, Penning down the plan was my job, and some of my friends said 2 weeks is too much dude!! i cant get so long vacation. so no other go, i had to make another plan for a week..

We had a gathering.. to discuss about the plan and just had a estimate (I was very mean, i was calculating very small amounts so that these buggers get ready for it and then let the trip cost go higher later, they wouldnt have any othergo but to spend) but still "Are yaar bahut zyaada hai.. itne mein to Singapore ya Malaysia jaake aasakte hai.." i was lyk myself for proposing the plan to these or should i kill these Ba*****s??
I made up my mind.. NO Himalayas is not going to work with these kinda thinkers, for that u need a Keeda "Biking keeda"

Then asked few of my office friends but then some of them cancel right away and some say let me think on it.. but there was a guy who said Dude!!! this is wat i was looking for, he had planned for last year too. but cancelled b'cse of his friends... so he @ 1 shot told "let me know ur plans i have 2 more friends, i shall check with them too", so i shared the plan in which we can cover the himalayas in just 8 days?? but then we thought are we making justice by just planning for 8days, when every place needs atleast 1 or 2 of your days...

and then here was the plan earlier..

Day 1 Bangalore to Srinagar
Day 2 Srinagar to Kargil
Day 3 Kargil to Leh
Day 4 Leh Getting permits
Day 5 Leh PangongTso Upshi
Day 6 Upshi to Tsokar to Pang
Day 7 Pang to Manali
Day 8 Manali to Mandi and to Delhi
Day 9 Delhi to Bangalore

Got comments suggestions from so many xperiences. so modifying the plans and after so many iterations to this plan, and Then the final plan was for 16 days
And dates too were decided but getting the leaves approved was the major roadblock.

Day 1 Bangalore to Jammu (Send our bikes till jammu and after reaching Jammu collect our bikes)
Day 2 Jammu to Srinagar
Day 3 Srinagar to Kargil
Day 4 Kargil to Leh
Day 5 Leh Arranging permits
Day 6 Leh Via Khardungla To Panamik to Hunder to Diskit
Day 7 Hunder back to Leh
Day 8 Buffer Day
Day 9 Leh via ChangLa to PangongTso
Day10 PangongTso to Leh
Day11 Leh to Tso Moriri
Day12 Tso Moriri To TsoKar to Pang / Sarchu
Day13 Pang/ Sarchu via RohtangPass to Manali
Day14 Manali Buffer
Day15 Manali Chandigarh
Day16 Chandigarh to Bangalore....