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First solo overnight cycling experience part-1

Trip started from Gwarko Lalitpur. I had figured out a shortcut to reach the main way that I was about to that day and was cycling. Ya reached on the Sankhu-Sindhupalchwok highway at Thali, Kathmandu. This is a paved way and hence easier to paddle ahead. But there is no solution for hills which I have to climb. From Lapse Phedi(‘phedi’ means base of hill) I had to climb for around 1 hour or so to reach Jarsing Pauwa. Then after my way was mostly downhill upto Everest Tea Garden, which was my primary destination for that day. But as they were converting that tea garden to organic one, it was closed and the tea plant were being cut down for replantation. It was around 1:30 pm and hence I decided to proceed further.
My next point was reach Chisapani, Newakot and spend night there. But for that i had to climb another hill and where there is no paved way, not even graveled. And hence i had to push my bike most of the time. I was pushing my bike on Haibung VDC of Sindhupalchwok District. I was getting tired and wanted to rest there, but the condition of the village was not well enough due to the earthquake of 25th April 2015. Sindhupalchwok was one of the most affected zone. On this village people are getting shelter under hut and hence finding space to adjust me could be hard for them. As I lacked tent I decided to pull myself to Chisapani, where I could find some hotels. I pushed myself to road which passes through Shivapuri National Park and leads me to chisapani but by then i was tired to such level that even when i saw a small slope i can’t paddle anymore. And the jungle was dense, sometimes I heard some wild deer making sound somewhere near. It gave me sense of fear and relief at the same time. Fear of wild animal and relief that presence of deer means no carnivorous animals. 🙂
It was almost 6 when i reached there at a hotel. And first thing I felt was the cold weather outside and presence of no visitors

Statistics

  • Created by Google My Tracks on Android 
  • Total distance: 51.61 km (32.1 mi)
  • Total time: 9:35:07 
  • Moving time: 9:23:52 
  • Average speed: 5.38 km/h (3.3 mi/h) 
  • Average moving speed: 5.49 km/h (3.4 mi/h) 
  • Max speed: 36.94 km/h (23.0 mi/h) 
  • Average pace: 11:09 min/km (17:56 min/mi) 
  • Average moving pace: 10:56 min/km (17:35 min/mi) 
  • Fastest pace: 1:37 min/km (2:37 min/mi) 
  • Max elevation: 2141 m (7023 ft) 
  • Min elevation: 1246 m (4086 ft) 
  • Elevation gain: 1897 m (6225 ft) 
  • Max grade: 32 % 
  • Min grade: -21 % 
  • Recorded: 1/10/2016 08:15

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Some snapes

Tea Garden as seen the opposite hill
The paragliding seen on the way

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