4-30-07 // Himalayan Freeriders: Hans, Richie and Wade
Blake Jorgenson
Back in KTM we reorganized ourselves, washed some laundry and had a local press conference, followed by a trials show from me for the local bike community and more bike handouts to the workers at the local Kidney Health Centre, who make less than $60 per month and use the bikes to get to work and in the field. That night we stayed at a monastery at the outskirts of town.
The following morning we found ourselves in front of a sketchy looking, gigantic, old Russian helicopter, with oil spilling out of the side and a Russian pilot watching the petrol truck in action with a cigarette in his mouth; our confidence was diminishing by the second and our anxiety mounting.
We all had sweaty palms as we choppered into the Langtang mountains to Kyanjin Gomba at 3800m altitude. Not only was it a relief to land and get out of the heli, but this place was everything I had imagined about the Himalayas. It was the coolest little Tibetan village at the base of several majestic glaciers. The whole town came to greet us before we started our 2-day ride.
This trail flowed much more than previous and we had a blast cruising the alpine. We camped not far from the village of Langtang, the temperature dropped near to freezing at night. The next morning greeted us with beautiful sunshine and another incredibly long day of endlessly technical trails with an ever-changing landscape. Soon we entered the forest, first with beautiful blooming Rhododendron trees, then later it became more and more like a jungle and rainforest with monkeys.
From here it was a 10-hour bus ride on bumpy dirt roads, which jarred every bone in our already exhausted bodies. However my long journey home was only just beginning. Next came a flight from KTM to Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, a 16 hour layover, then on to Taipei and Los Angeles and finally an hour and a half shuttle to mi casa in Laguna Beach, home at last! Overall, we had a blast - it was some of the most hard-core riding I had done on any of my trips, it’s for sure not for the faint hearted, but the memories and impressions make it well worth doing it all again.
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