Tag: manali to leh bike

Men vying for the best biker titles by riding their bikes on the roughest terrains of the Himalayas seem to be losing to women as hundreds of female bikers from across the world are reaching here to prove their mettle. All available roads have been trampled under the bikes ridden by women but they are intended to do what men cannot do. India, Canada, USA, Germany, Italy, France… adventure enthusiast women from every corner of the world are flying to Kullu to organize their high altitude motorbike expeditions. Women bikers are searching if any motorable road has not yet seen any female. Most of the women are newbie while very few of them are professional, still they are testing their limits on 15,000 to 18,400 feet high roads. Many women are joining men in their tours and proving their riding skills. Not only that, some women riding their bikes alone in terrains of Manali-Leh highway want to go beyond their limits. “I’m loving riding my bike on Himalayas. This is difficult but rewarding,” a well known Canadian celebrity Lia Grimanis informed Discover Kullu Manali over phone from Nubra Valley of Ladakh. Lia has an experience of biking on ice in Norway when temperature was -55 degrees Celsius. “I’ll ask all women in my country to try their luck on Manali-Leh highway once in their life.” There are no races or rallies, but groups of women motor-bikers can frequently be seen on Manali-Leh highway. This is for the first time that Royal Enfields are not easily available on rent in Manali. Motorbikes are being hired from outside the state. 500CC bike, long leather shoes, windcheater, helmet and a bunch of long hairs peeping out of the helmet, the Himalayan roads are thundering with presence of adventurous housewives. Unfortunately, negligible numbers of