Kashmir: mystic adventure – Over the top…literally

Adventure Rider Issue #19

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• How To Ride with Miles Davis
• Preparing for adventure with Andrea Box
• Cornered with Karen Ramsay
• Reader’s ride – I Finke, therefore I am
• HARD Kits Husky 710 – Phwoar!
• Industry player – Philth Hodgens
• The Precious 3: Peter Payne’s XT1200Z Ténéré
• LEDs – Light work
• WTF – Not what you think
• Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 – Updated, upgraded and up to the job
• BMW Safari Enduro – No bull! No wait…
• 25 years, 280 DRZs and only one Roy Kunda – Suzuki’s best customer?
• Kashmir: mystic adventure – Over the top…literally
• It’s What We Do

There’s something about India and the Himalayas that beckons to adventure riders. Ian Bowden felt the call and bit the Bullet.

The first time I visited India I told myself I’d never ride a bike there. Sometime later I watched a TV series depicting rides run in the Himalayas. The scenery in the mountains and Kashmir looked fantastic. “Never!” became, “When can I go?”

I checked all the details with Mr Google’s aid and found the Ferris Wheels ride ticked all the boxes, including traversing several of the highest mountain passes on this planet, venturing beyond Leh and through to Srinagar.