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When Canadian brothers Colin and Ryan Pyle finished their
record-breaking motorcycle adventure around China in 2010, they
promised themselves that it would be their last such venture. Of
course, they were wrong. Back in the saddle again, Colin and Ryan
have set out to tackle the diverse country of India, and they had
no idea what to expect! Whether it was monsoon rains, crashes in
Mumbai, the claustrophobic roads of Kerla or even a brutal
paragliding landing in Manali; nothing could stop these two
adventurers as they triumphantly completed a 54 day -- 14,000 km --
motorcycle circumnavigation of India. In an Indian expedition of
unforeseen extremes, Colin and Ryan battled the Rohtang Pass in a
rainstorm, made a pilgrimage to the most visited holy site on earth
in Amritsar; they also jumped off a perfectly good mountain and
learned how to make the perfect cup of Indian tea in Darjeeling. If
that seems like a lot, all of this was done while traversing over
isolated mountain passes, blazing a trail through the roasting hot
deserts and battling the insane traffic of Mumbai, Delhi and
Kolkata. In this book Colin and Ryan take us with them as they make
their way through the remarkable and stunning landscapes of India.
In the end, the brothers had learned what it takes to succeed as a
team as they had circumnavigated a billion people, pushed
themselves to new limits, and shared in an adventure that most of
us will only ever dream of.
When Canadian brothers Colin and Ryan Pyle set out from Shanghai on
a motorcycle journey that had never previously been attempted, they
thought they had some idea of what lay ahead of them. It was a
misconception that had become evident by the end of Day 1. But,
despite the many challenges they faced, 65 days and 18,000 km later
they'd succeeded in circumnavigating China. In an expedition of
extremes, Colin and Ryan visited the third lowest point on Earth
and slept at Everest Base Camp beside its highest mountain. They
travelled off-road through deep desert sand in suffocating heat,
traversed mountain passes in freezing temperatures that turned the
moisture in their clothes to ice, and rode in torrential rain
through mudslides beside rapidly rising flood waters. At the end of
their remarkable journey, the brothers has strengthened the bond
between them, gained a Guinness World Record, tested their
endurance to its limits, and shared an adventure that most of us
will only ever dream of having. In this book Colin and Ryan take us
with them as they travel through the diverse and extraordinary
landscapes of China, from its border with North Korea, to the
ancient Muslin city of Kashgar, across the vast empty spaces of the
Mongolian grasslands, over the mountains and into the monasteries
of Tibet.
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