Sinjini Sarkar

It was a pact made over a lazy Sunday brunch with my best friend: "Ladakh, this year. No excuses." We sealed it with a high-five and a lot of hopeful scrolling through travel blogs and motorcycle forums. Months later, on July 5, 2024, we were standing at Leh airport with

I could see the folds and the edges of the mountains at Umling La. As I attempted to lean on my bike, the freezing steel frame of the Himalayan indicated to me not to. This was not a place to rest for long, the oxygen saturation was very low and