Lhasa to Kathmandu 2010

January 25, 2010 · Filed Under 2010

Article submitted by: jim

A Bike for Bibles ride is being planned from Lhasa to Kathmandu from 20/08/10 to 14/09/10. Hopefully as we face the coming year, some of our plans can become firmer. For this ride to happen, we need a minimum of 10 people to commit to doing it – with an upper limit of 25. At this stage we are planning for Glenn to be the designated Australian leader, liaising with the local Nepali and Tibetan leaders who will accompany us. This reduced the cost per person to $5550 for 10 – 19 riders, or $5390 for 20 – 25 riders.

Glen and I are hoping that we can get enough people to commit to this ride so we can actually plan for it to go ahead.The cutoff date to get the threshold of 10 is MID-MARCH.

If you would like to book in the ride with a deposit, please contact Dave who is the contact at RAW Travel, who have been organising this ride for years – dave.rawtravel@gmail.com – he will keep us informed as each one books in.

If you would like to talk it over more before committing to it, please contact either Glenn (Ph 0243852240, email rev@isage.net.au) or myself by return email (more reliable than phone) or Ph 0243843669 (sometimes home at sociable hours for phone calls, but messages always taken).

I have attached some photos that Dave has sent me to illustrate the terrain and surface. Most of the road is sealed, except the last section to Everest, which is quite rocky, needing mountain bike. The rest could be done on road bike or hybrid, leaving the Everest leg to be done in the bus, or hiring a mountain bike for that section (still expensive), or sharing a MTB with someone else in relay stints. There are no really steep sections, as the road was built for underpowered chinese trucks.

I am also still exploring options to connect up with local Christians in Kathmandu and even Tibet if possible, which would add to the special nature of the trip.

Hope to ride with you all,

Barry