stupendous feats

My nephew, Sudeep went biking from Mumbai to Leh via Manali - Rohtaang Pass with 13 of his colleagues. They returned back in about 2 weeks. A couple of them had to abandon their mission halfway through due to failures of their bikes and some other reasons. rest of them made it, and made it well. They all were first timers to such a long biking trek and hence it makes it special to them all.

Sudeep on his bike



Similarly my Friend Kedar went cycling from Manali to Leh with half a dozen younger enthusiasts, including his teen aged daughter. It is nothing new to Kedar as Adventures like Cycling, Trekking, Mountaineering keep the blood flowing in his body, but for the other youngsters and my friend Pawan it was a first major cycling trek.

Kedar with the camera

Both these feats are highly commendable because I had been to that area very recently, albeit on jeep. But I have seen the terrain and the difficulties you face as you travel at those heights.

I salute their spirit and will power. It is nothing but alchemy of chaning common human being in to special ones. These are men of Gold turned in to Steel. So it is reverse alchemy of sorts as far as their spirit and will pwer is concerned.