Re: OT: cycle trip
On Jul 3, 2010, at 2:03 AM, Bob W wrote: good luck, and enjoy - I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip. I tried cycling up the Causse Mejan on Tuesday - a 500m climb in 1km. Couldn't do it. Best of luck with the Himalayas! 1 km of 30% grade? That's impressive. I think that the steepest road around here is only about 24% for a short while, the whole road only climbs 630km in 6.3 km Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Subash Sent: 03 July 2010 02:07 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: cycle trip On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:02:37 +0200 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: good luck subash and enjoy your trip thanks Ecke for the wishes. and Paul, Stan, Bob and Evan too. the good news for me is that i have found the means to take the kx. 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
RE: OT: cycle trip
good luck, and enjoy - I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip. I tried cycling up the Causse Mejan on Tuesday - a 500m climb in 1km. Couldn't do it. Best of luck with the Himalayas! 1 km of 30% grade? That's impressive. I think that the steepest road around here is only about 24% for a short while, the whole road only climbs 630km in 6.3 km it's not a particularly steep road - it's 1km as the crow flies, but it switchbacks on itself several times to keep the gradient reasonable, and ends up as 5.8km as the bike wobbles. But still too much for me on someone else's mountain bike, carrying a backpack, in 30+ degrees of heat. I hate mountain bikes - can't understand why people use them at all. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3858684 -- 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.
RE: OT: cycle trip
good luck, and enjoy - I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip. I tried cycling up the Causse Mejan on Tuesday - a 500m climb in 1km. Couldn't do it. Best of luck with the Himalayas! Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Subash Sent: 03 July 2010 02:07 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: cycle trip On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:02:37 +0200 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: good luck subash and enjoy your trip thanks Ecke for the wishes. and Paul, Stan, Bob and Evan too. the good news for me is that i have found the means to take the kx. 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: good luck, and enjoy - I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip. I tried cycling up the Causse Mejan on Tuesday - a 500m climb in 1km. Couldn't do it. Best of luck with the Himalayas! thanks Bob (and Bruce too). apart from the cycling, i am just so looking forward to being on the road, in that vast emptiness so to speak. am not too worried about killer inclines. if i can't, i'll get down and push it... :) another half an hour at work and i am off.. :) 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
You should make a post on Crazyguyonabike they would love to hear about your trip. Evan On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Subash 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 ps 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
good luck subash and enjoy your trip sincerely ecke 2010/6/30 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: 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 ps 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:02:37 +0200 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: good luck subash and enjoy your trip thanks Ecke for the wishes. and Paul, Stan, Bob and Evan too. the good news for me is that i have found the means to take the kx. 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.
RE: OT: cycle trip
Wow, sounds like an amazing trip! Be safe and share when you can. -Original Message- From: Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:26 PM To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: cycle trip 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 ps 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
Looking forward to your updates and pics. This is a very ambitious undertaking, and I wish you well. Be careful and don't take unnecessary risks. Be safe. Paul On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Subash 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 ps 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
I envy you and applaud you, setting off on this grand adventure. Enjoy each moment as it comes. stan On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Subash 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 ps 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.
Re: OT: cycle trip
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 ps 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.
