Subash, Be safe, that's a lot of altitude. Enjoy yourself and have a good trip. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Subash <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > haven't been contributing all that much to the list though i *have* > been looking at most of the pesos posted. :) > > saturday i am catching a three-hour flight to new delhi, spend a couple > of days shopping there and then take a 20-hour bus journey to a village > in the upper himalayas from where i am starting my three-week bicycle > ride. i am hoping to cover roughly 900 km in about 18 days, through a > road which will take me through five high altitude passes (the highest > of which is about 18,000 ft). this road remains under snow most of the > year and usually gets open by may end. due to unprecedented snowfall it > only got open last week so it's going to be a bit of a rough ride. i've > prepared as well as i can. hopefully i'll go out and enjoy it now... :) > > unfortunately i am not taking my kx with me as planned. three of us had > planned this trip. the other two have dropped out, if for genuine > reasons, i am doing the ride alone now, so have to take other > essentials. i am just taking a p&s with me, the fuji f70exr. hopefully > i can still bring back some interesting snapshots. > > there should at least be a couple of places en route having mobile > network. i'll be updating my progress as and when network becomes > available on my blog: http://jeyan.wordpress.com > do drop in if you feel like it... :) > > catch you all later, regards, subash > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.