Just got an email from Catherine, one of our fellow cyclists...
Look at this thread. Or don't:
It was a question about the Friendship Highway on a bike and the important comment is:
“I did that trip via Land Cruiser last year around December. An amazing trip but gruelling even in a truck. Permits aside it seems like a pretty ridiculous notion. It's a barren cold deserted wasteland. Stoic and beautiful perhaps, but often in breathtaking (not in a good way) high altitude with gruelling climbs and small destitute towns few and far between, not to mention the last stretch to the nepalese border is completely off road, pothole ridden and under construction. A dangerous and insane trip on a bike, but if you do it you will have more than a few man stories to share around the campfire... I'd love to hear how it goes.... but seriously don't do it. @
Dear God, what have we done? “Better memories than experiences”, as Richard says.
Dave Reynolds in our London office has done it in a truck and agrees that it was hard on the truck – but he also said it was really a high-point (?!) of his travelling time. And very VERY windy on that highest pass…
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