Riskiest roads in the world – Umling La Pass, Himalayas – the world's highest!

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It’s time to take on one of the riskiest roads in the world on a motorcycle! This is part 5 in a multi part Himalayas motorcycle adventure riding the Royal Enfield Himalayan and today we take on Umling La Pass in India. Day 5 being our marathon motorcycle day. In this episode we have a good distance to achieve and a very high risk and noticeable mountain pass to do within the 386km days target distance. Like all routes across the Himalayas, there is very little certainty on the road conditions you’re going to face. We’ve been using multiple data points to triangulate the best route plan, but the conditions change so quickly on the ground that you have to plan for the unexpected. The aim of the day was to get from Nyoma over to the Photi La pass and then descend to start the Umling La. Umling La is the highest motorised road in the world, reaching 19,024 feet /5,798m - sailing higher than Everest base camp and only 12m lower than the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The air density at the top is sub 50% of sea level oxygen levels. Having spent multiple days gradually increasing our altitude and progressively enhancing our exposure to the risk of altitude sickness we were still unsure if the three of us would make it to the top. It’s amazing things like getting all of your kit off to go pee can completely take your breath away with such low oxygen levels. The good news is we made it! Officially conquered the highest pass in the world that’s acceptable with a motorised vehicle! 💪 India you’re an incredible country to ride and to do it with such heritage on a Royal Enfield is just perfect. Day 5 (8th June): Nyoma - Day trip to Umling La via Henle Total time: 11hr 19min Riding time: 7hr 31min Distance: 240miles / 387km Max altitude reached: 19,009ft Mountain passes/Road/Highway Names: Photi La (number of hairpins = 84) Umling La Let me know in the comments below if you have any other additions, tips or advice for adventure riding through the Himalayas Filmed on the Insta360, DJI drone, Osmo Action and iPhone cameras. #himalayas #motorcycleadventure #indiatravel #travelvlog #umlinglapass #thegirlonabike Please follow my adventures on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlonabike Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegirlonabike Website: https://www.thegirlonabike.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessaprocter/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegirlonabike WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6y5Ne47XeFmFGhXn2b If you made it this far, comment and join the conversation Supported by Teng Tools #getorganised https://www.tengtools.com/ Cardo Systems #askforcardo https://cardosystems.rfrl.co/5gxzq and use code “TGOAB“ Michelin #teammichelin Revolution Race Tracks Tracks: ES_Fate's First Call - Jon Bjork.mp3 ES_Fine By Then (Instrumental Version) - Ray.mp3 ES_On the Shore - Shiver Disk.mp3 ES_Shame (Instrumental Version) - Carvings.mp3 ES_Space Age Girl Machine (Instrumental Version) - Conditional.mp3 ES_Growing Pains - Shiver Disk.mp3 ES_God for a Day - Honeycutts.mp3 ES_Let's Go Go Go - Tigerblood Jewel.mp3 Timestamp: 0:00 - Recap on the series 0:35 - Diskit Homestay - Nyoma 4:22 - Ride from Nyoma to Photi La pass 4:58 - Checkpoint to Photi La pass 7:11 - Shortcut to Photi La pass 8:16 - Ride from Photi La pass - Umling La 9:59 - Crossed Photi La pass 10:26 - Watch Transfăgărășan Highway Romania 10:56 - Road to Highest motorable road start Umling La 12:12 - Higher than Everest Base Camp 13:15 - Reached Umling La Max altitude reached: 19,009ft 21:07 - Overall experience during the Ride Please follow my adventures on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlonabike Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegirlonabike Website: https://www.thegirlonabike.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessaprocter/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegirlonabike WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6y5Ne47XeFmFGhXn2b If you made it this far, comment and join the conversation