MANGALURU: In an try to encourage girls to take up journey rides, 17 girls from throughout India, led by Sameera Dahiya, accomplished a 1,500-kilometre trip that started from Sonmarg on August 3 and ended at Manali on August 13.
Six riders from Karnataka, 5 from Maharashtra, three from Hyderabad, two from Tamil Nadu and one from Kerala travelled a median of 140 km per day (most being 240 kms) on Royal Enfield 500, Bajaj Avenger and Royal Enfield Himalayan bikes. They confronted a number of challenges, together with altitude illness, emotional and technical breakdowns solely to emerge stronger like by no means earlier than. The youngest rider was 24-years-old and the eldest was 48.
Sameera Dahiya, co-founder of The Limitless Path, a Bengaluru-based platform that introduces and trains girls on journey motorbike using, mentioned, apart from making girls really feel empowered, the aim of the trip is to unfold consciousness about sustainable travelling, no littering and defending the surroundings.
Being a part of a number of motorbike expeditions throughout India over the last 5 years, Sameera determined to organise this journey after Delhi based mostly K2K Expedition got here ahead to supply highway help. “For each rider, doing the Leh-Ladak journey is a dream. After six months of planning, we hit the roads to create reminiscences at among the stunning locations like Turtuk, Nubra Valley, crossing the Khardung La, a mountain cross and create new friendship bonds. The help staff was catering to an all-women group for the primary time and had been assist for all riders to remain constant on the highway,” mentioned Sameera.
The riders used to hit the highway by 6.30am and trip until 6pm each day. The ladies obtained a heat welcome at most locations and so they shared their experiences with the Ladakh tourism division. The stayed in tents and motels, and so they had been additionally hosted by the Kargil tourism division as a part of a tourism promotion drive and by a motorbike group in Srinagar. The staff underwent RT-PCR checks twice through the trip.
Six riders from Karnataka, 5 from Maharashtra, three from Hyderabad, two from Tamil Nadu and one from Kerala travelled a median of 140 km per day (most being 240 kms) on Royal Enfield 500, Bajaj Avenger and Royal Enfield Himalayan bikes. They confronted a number of challenges, together with altitude illness, emotional and technical breakdowns solely to emerge stronger like by no means earlier than. The youngest rider was 24-years-old and the eldest was 48.
Sameera Dahiya, co-founder of The Limitless Path, a Bengaluru-based platform that introduces and trains girls on journey motorbike using, mentioned, apart from making girls really feel empowered, the aim of the trip is to unfold consciousness about sustainable travelling, no littering and defending the surroundings.
Being a part of a number of motorbike expeditions throughout India over the last 5 years, Sameera determined to organise this journey after Delhi based mostly K2K Expedition got here ahead to supply highway help. “For each rider, doing the Leh-Ladak journey is a dream. After six months of planning, we hit the roads to create reminiscences at among the stunning locations like Turtuk, Nubra Valley, crossing the Khardung La, a mountain cross and create new friendship bonds. The help staff was catering to an all-women group for the primary time and had been assist for all riders to remain constant on the highway,” mentioned Sameera.
The riders used to hit the highway by 6.30am and trip until 6pm each day. The ladies obtained a heat welcome at most locations and so they shared their experiences with the Ladakh tourism division. The stayed in tents and motels, and so they had been additionally hosted by the Kargil tourism division as a part of a tourism promotion drive and by a motorbike group in Srinagar. The staff underwent RT-PCR checks twice through the trip.