It wasnt your usual travelgoal

Hikkim Post Office हिक्कीम पोस्ट ऑफिस

The story I'm gonna tell you today isn't your dream #travelgoal. But trust me, if i list up all of my achievements on my life till date, it'll be within top 3 .

Everyone has good memories of spiti and that too for it's outstanding beauty and the freezing temperature. But it's memorable for me for a different reason apart from it's beauty. And I'm gonna share that story with you.

Photo of Hikkim Post Office हिक्कीम पोस्ट ऑफिस, Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh, India by Debanjan Mondal

TVS Motor Company made a plan to make a record, an unusual one. Record of stunt riding on above 14000ft. And they really worked hard to make India's name to the world. But it may sound easy but it was 100 times tougher than what you thought. It was a collaborative work between TVS Motor Company and the local administration. Local worker's wasn't able to continue the work due to the temperature in most of the time. Problem with transportation system and freezing temperature, everything was against their efforts but they did it after working hard for about 3 months. They made a track for the event. Without a proper track it's not possible to do this kind of record at that high altitude. And that track was made just 10 mins walking distance from the monastery on hikkim. I was the official media crew member from TVS Motor Company and i never thought that I'm gonna experience something like this in my Life.

Finally the day has come. The day to witnessed one of the craziest event I've ever been to.

Temperature was freezing cold, it was snowing little bit. Oxygen is also bit low from the normal sea level that's why you can't run properly. Even it's hard to walk for a long time at that height. While practicing, A day before, a rider had to admit on the local hospital due to low oxygen level. So you can think that it's not an easy task. But it was a different kind of event and we're ready to do it. Everyone was pumped up for the whole thing. Cause at the end we gonna make our country proud.

Total 3 biker's were there on that event. They're professional rider and they're from TVS Motor companies factory racing team. Just hats off to those riders.Finally they started doing the Stunts and there was hardly 30-50 people including fellow travelers and local villagers. Audience was very less and that's very normal cause we're doing something which isn't a normal record. But the cheers they made was enough for those riders.

And they did or should i say we did it. continuously for 1hr 31mins which itself is a world record i think. They successfully made the record, record of stunt riding on 14800ft for more than 1 hour.