Adventure Sports Club
IIT Kanpur

Travelogue : Kinnaur and Spiti

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This was the first High altitude mountain cycling expedition organized by Adventure Sports Club, IIT Kanpur.

Mountain Cycling is gaining popularity in India, but high altitude expeditions still remain a challenge for the most. A group of 11 people were selected for this expedition to Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh after a rigorous conditioning camp. Conditioning involved regular physical exercise at main stadium everyday in the morning. Timed cycling with load on bikes for stamina building, power cycling for testing limits and cycle repairing sessions at SAC.

Route
Shimla - Rampur - Recong Peo - Yangthang - Malling Block - Chango - Attrang - Kaza - Ki Gompa - Kaza - Lingti - Attrang - Tabo - Lari - Hoorling - Sumdo - Shailkar - Chango - Yangthang - Kah - Khab - Puh - Shimla - Chandigarh - Kanpur

Members

1. Ravindra Vishnoi (Y1291) : Leader

2. Gaurav Bhutani (Y2148) : Dep. Leader

3. Ravi Verma (Y1290)

4. Amit Kr. Chouksey (Y4104005)

5. Ajayendar Reddy (Y2435)

6. Ankur Garg (Y1053)

7. Archisman Ghosh (Y1071)

8. Raja Banka (Y3263)

9. Nikhil Rasiwasia (Y1230)

10. Harshat Pant (Y1158)

11. Shivesh Ranjan (Y1340)

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Detailed Route

Day1
* Chandigarh (353 m.) - Shimla (2206 m.) - Rampur (924 m.):  248  kms.

Day 2
* Rampur - Recong Peo (2290 m.): 85 kms.

Day 3
* Recong Peo - Yangthang (3800 m.)- Malling Block: 106 kms.
Malling Block - Chango (3658 m.): 7 kms.

Day 4
* Chango - Hoorling (2885 m.)- Attrang (3250 m.): 71 kms.

Day 5
* Attrang - Kaza (3600 m.): 22 kms.

Day 6
Kaza - Ki Gompa (4116 m.) - Kaza: 26 kms.

Day 7
Kaza - Lingti - Attrang (3250 m.) - Tabo (3050 m.) - Lari (3050 m.) - Hoorling (2885 m.): 71 kms.

Day 8
Hoorling - Sumdo (3230 m.) - Shailkar (3119 m.) - Chango (3658 m.): 32 kms.
** Chango - Malling Block: 7 kms.
Malling Block - Yangthang (3800 m.) - Kah (3598 m.) - Khab (2831 m.) - Puh (2837 m.): 50 kms.

Day 9
* Puh - Shimla: 283 kms.

( * => Covered on BUS)
( ** => Covered on Truck)