Ride Statistics index | gen | pass list | biggest climbs Destination    Guatemala    Peru (Cusco) Spiti   Andes   Garhwal Maritime Alps Peru (Huasc.) Salta   Pamirs Arunachal Pradesh   Kumaon    Peru (Safuna) Year 2001 2002 2003 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Month Jan Aug Sept Jan Oct May July Nov Aug Nov Oct June Rating                                     Days touring 14 16 16 22 21 13 17 19 19 21 20 20 Total km 744 917 986 1064 1164 795 949 1021 1162 1323 895 864 Roughstuff km 280 590 145 380 121 136 659 400 364 40 153 600 Km/day 53 55 60 48 55 61 54 53 58 61 44 42 Avge altitude 1800 3000 2840 1950 2080 670 2750 2470 3365 1350 1880 3550 Max altitude 3260 4320 4335 4335 3100 2800 4890 4790 4465 4080 3620 4960 4000m passes 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 2 7 1 0 10 Total ascent 15815 17470   16580 20000 24370 20050 18940   13400 12825 26190 21222 16900 Ascent/day 1130 1060 1000 910 1160 1540 1080 690 640 1218 1035 824 Ascent/km 21·3 19·1 16·8 18·5 19·5 25·2 20·0 13·0 11·0 19·8 23·7 19·6 Laden No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Nights camping – 6 5 4 0 – 4 0 9 – 0 8 Notes: All averages include rest days. All altitudes and ascents are in metres. Average altitude: this is the average altitude of sleeping. Maximum altitude: this is the maximum altitude of cycling. Ascents, distances: walking is included as roughstuff, but in a couple of cases (Andes, Garhwal) when we walked without our bikes the ascent/km is limited to cycling. The table omits Thailand (), where we toured for 17 days unladen in Nov 1998 without an altimeter. Colin covered 800km of which only 8 were rough, averaging 47 km/day; Tracey did a little more by dint of riding on rest days. The high point was Doi Inthanon (2565·3341m), reached by Tracey on her own. It also omits the Chilean lakes (), where we toured for 3 weeks unladen in Jan 1997 without collecting any statistics at all. Guatemala: the figures omit two short cycle excursions from Antigua before the tour began. The high point was the pass between Huehue and Todos Santos. Peru (Cusco): daily ascents were measured on an altimeter which probably exaggerated them (our true daily ascents may have averaged less than 1000m). The figures omit the two day-rides we took at the end from Cusco on hired bikes, each probably giving another 1000m of ascent. Spiti: we had a policy of sleeping high so as not to worry about malaria. Andes: distances quoted are for Colin; Tracey did a couple of additional training rides. Garhwal: the high point was Badrinath (but we walked to 3980m at Gaumukh). We carried a tent and sleeping bags but no other camping gear. The tour starts with the descent towards Dehra Dun and ends at Auli; we climbed another 1000m a couple of days later. Maritime Alps: the high point was the stele on the Cime de la Bonnette (but we walked to the orientation table a little higher). Peru (Huascarán): although we carried full camping gear for the tour, a fair number of kilometres were ridden unladen on day rides. Salta: we carried full camping gear for only part of the tour, though that was the harder part. Arunachal Pradesh: we had a support vehicle, so we were very unladen indeed. Average altitudes are of our cycling destinations each day: a couple of times we drove somewhere else to sleep. The tour breaks down into two circuits – an 11-day Tawang circuit and a 9½-day Ziro circuit with a transfer day inbetween – with different elevation characteristics.        Tawang circuit:  15000m ascent = 1365m/day = 22·6m/km;  avge. alt. = 2120m.        Ziro circuit:  11200m ascent = 1185m/day = 17m/km;  avge. alt. = 630m. Kumaon: the high point was the Baba Ashram just below Zero Point. Again we carried a tent and sleeping bags but no other camping gear. Some of the riding was technical mountain biking, and at times our bags were portered or muled, and once or twice our bikes were portered too. Pass list high point   altitude   reached from   ascent   region   date Pasto Ruri  4960m   Carpa  790m  Safuna    June 11  Punta Olímpica  4890m   San Luis  1720m  Huascarán    July 06  Abra Yanashallash  4880m    Safuna    June 11  Punta Huarapasca  4800m    Safuna    June 11  Abra del Acay  4790m   S. Antonio de los Cobres  1140m  Salta    Nov 07  Portachuelo de Llanganuco   4740m   Yungay  Puente Llacma 2300m  2260m  Huascarán   Safuna    July 06   June 11  Tunel de Cahuish   4510m   Catac 910m  Huascarán    July 06  L. Llaca   4470m   Huaraz 1280m  Huascarán    July 06  Ak Baital pass  4465m   both sides 400m  Pamirs    Aug 08  Abra Hatun   4350m   Km 131 (Conococha)  290m  Safuna    June 11  Huinchos   4340m   Pte. Choquechaca  2270m  Huascarán    July 06  Unnamed pass (Collota)   4340m   Río Rupac  1950m  Safuna    June 11  Portillo Argentino  4335m   Los Sauces 3450m  Andes    Feb 05  Kunzum La  4335m   Batal 485m  Spiti    Sept 03  Abra Huilcapuncu   4320m   Yucay 1500m  Cusco    Aug 02  Upis camp  4300m   Tinqui 400m  Cusco    Aug 02  L. Rajucolta  4280m   Huaraz 1160m  Safuna    June 11  Matz pass  4270m   Javshangoz junction 700m  Pamirs    Aug 08  Punta Mojón  4265m   Río Pativilca 700m  Safuna    June 11  L. Safuna  4240m   Collota 270m  Safuna    June 11  Khargush pass  4205m   Khargush checkpoint 315m  Pamirs    Aug 08  L. Parón  4200m   Caraz 1950m  Huascarán    July06  Abra Malaga  4200m   Chaullay 3000m  Cusco    Aug 02  Abra Cahuacona  4200m   Yungay Pampa 2900m  Safuna    June 11  Koitezek pass  4160m      Pamirs    Aug 08  Unnamed pass (Urcos)  4100m   Urcos 1100m  Cusco    Aug 02  Kokbai pass  4090m   Bridge camp 400m  Pamirs    Aug 08  Se La  4080m   Sapper bridge  Jang bridge 2300m  2120m  Arunachal    Nov 09  Tagarkat pass  4045m      Pamirs    Aug 08  Neizatash pass  4040m      Pamirs    Aug 08  Abra Blanca  4000m   Campo Quijano 2530m  Salta    Nov 07  Biggest climbs from to   ascent   region   time   tarmac Los Sauces   –   Port. Argentino (4335m)  3450m  Andes  2  days 25%  Chaullay   –   Abra Malaga (4200m) 3000m Cusco 2  days 0     Los Andes   –   Cristo Redentor (3820m)   3000m Andes 1  days 70%  Yungay Pampa   –   Abra Cahuacona (4200m) 2900m Safuna 2  days  0     Campo Quijano   –   Abra Blanca (4000m) 2530m Salta 1  days  75%  Luhri   –   Jalori Jot (3050m) 2300m Spiti 1  days  100%  Sapper bridge   –   Se La (4080m)  2300m Arunachal 1  day  80%  Yungay   –   Port. de Llanganuco (4740m)  2300m Huascarán 1  days  0     Pte. Choquechaca   –   Huinchos (4340m)  2270m Huascarán 7  hrs  0     Jang bridge   –   Se La (4080m)  2120m Arunachal 1  day  80%  Manali   –   Rohtang Jot (3820m) 2000m  Spiti  6  hrs  100%  Note: all figures are approximate. The pass list is limited to places reached by bike. Altitudes of high points are mostly our own measurements. Some of the low points have been estimated from maps. The low points are the points at which climbing begins in earnest, and are somewhat arbitrarily chosen in any case. We could stretch a point by including Conococha (4050m), cycled through during our Safuna trip, but it is not a natural high point. Near misses: the pass list omits the Paso de los Piuquenes, the Abra del Condor and the Rohtang Jot. The Piuquenes is about 4037m but we reached it on foot, our bikes being carried by mules.The Abra del Condor and the Rohtang Jot are occasionally (but wildly) claimed as above 4000m. The Abra del Condor is about 3850m, while the Rohtang Jot at 3820m figures in the list of our biggest climbs. We omit the climb from Puente Llacma to the Portachuelo de Llanganuco because we broke it with a rest day at Yanama. index | gen | pass list | biggest climbs