Can We Survive A 4000m Himalayan Gravel Climb?!
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2023
- We’ve come to one of the most unforgiving places in the world, the Himalayas. High altitudes, steep climbs, brutal temperatures, all this adds up to one mighty challenge for Hank and Simon. 3,500m of elevation in under 1 hour and a half, can they do it?
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An Epic Climb, but the presenters have to buy a bike for 100 pounds and then go up those climbs
There is only one challenge I have for you, it is the Tour Divide. Get that done and I have more for you. Cheers kids! - M
Colorado. Mount Evans. Pikes Peak
👀 Mt. Fuji beckons! Come do it in the magical season of spring so you can enjoy the sakura along the way 😁
How about riding the longest straight highway in the world.
This is one of the best GCN escapades for me in your series. It is so human and inspirational. Well done guys. I loved every minute. ☺
Glad to hear it! Check out our full Himalayas film on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
GCN exploring my beloved country Nepal is just what I needed on a Sunday ❤️🇳🇵
Awesome! Have you seen our full film we made on GCN+? 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
If gcn would do this epics with 3 presenters on used bikes that the presenters have to buy on the cheap, you would basically end up with peak- old Top Gear. Just saying...
You can’t do that if You are sponsored by Rab and 3T unfortunately. It is just how sponsorship works. Not that this video was bad or sponsorship is bad. Most sports are based on sponsorship.
Not only on the cheap, but on the local economy like in the Africa Special.
GCN pretty much resembles old Top Gear now, and that’s why I like it a lot.
I’d love to see an epic day trip from Bath to Diddly Squat Farm though.
Without the equivalent budget it’s not possible. Top gear could only do that because of the many millions of pounds it received as a budget per season. Otherwise you need sponsors
That would be awesome!
Imagine the guys attaching random things to Olli’s bike to kill his aero setup
Simon really does wear his heart on his sleeve, and there's nothing wrong with that. Great vid. Those bikes are awesome too.
This was a pretty eye opening shoot for all those involved. Great to hear that you enjoyed the video. Have you taken on any rides that have pushed your limits?
I watched the documentary on GCN+ before I watched this and I still teared up when I saw Si become emotional when they got to their destination. Well done guys. I absolutely loved this!!! 🤩🥰
GCN+ has all the emotions 🙌
Brilliant (full length) film. I rode from Lhasa to Kathmandu in '95, including up to Everest base camp at 5200m, and you perfectly capture the bleakness, the isolation, the toughness, and the emotion. Great stuff guys, well done.
Sounds like an epic journey! 🙌 Do you hope to do more longer tours like this?
I appreciate GCN coming to Nepal and promoting us❤. Thank you so much. I feel proud.
You have a beautiful country 🙌
@@gcn Thank you! I really appreciate it ❤️
What an awesome adventure! This is the kind of riding I would only dream of. It’s this kind of experience that puts life into perspective. When you are on the limit, nothing matters, apart of, self preservation. This makes me emotional just by watching you guys. I can not imagine how emotional I would be if I was there. This is a healing kind of experience, something to cherish for the rest of your lives. Well done 👏 lads!!
Thanks for such a lovely comment! Have you seen our longer film on GCN+? 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
That landscape has taken my breath away almost as much as the altitude did for Si and Hank. Awesome effort lads!! 💪🤜🤛❤ Heading over to GCN+ now to watch the full version.
The views are heavenly!!
You guys know how to show the countryside!!
The tears at the end made it soo human and so deep.
Thank you @GCN!
Glad you enjoyed it! You can watch our full Himalayas film on GCN+ here 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
Just watched the complete docu. Kudos. I don't think people realise how bad and difficult the roads are. Epic.
Epic in every way 🙌 It was an amazing shoot and doc we're super proud of.
Wow, I conquered a pretty big climb in Altai region of Russia and always dreamed of going to Nepal. Maybe some day. Thanks for this inspirational video, guys!
You're welcome! Go for it!
A grand tour of India would be Epic. Imagine going through the coasts, flats, western ghats and the himalayas - a true test for the likes of JV and TP. I did a small segment in the himalayas a long time ago and it is just uncanny the way those peaks keep coming and coming one on topof another :)
+1 to this
Well done fellas. You’ve outclassed yourselves this time. What a fantastic video? I have no words!!!
Brilliant episode guys and well done on getting up so fast. One place you ( have to) not should but have to go is the pass between la Serena to paso agua negra in Chile. It starts at sea level and tops out at 4800 metres before descending to rodeo in Argentina. Its approximately 256 km from bottom to top and goes through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world and half way up is where there are massive telescopes due to having super clear sky's. If you need a bit of training before hand you can ride from Los andes near Santiago to Uspallata in Argentina then back again over the infamous and beautiful paso cristo redento at 3800metres.
Also a small but significant hack you might be interested in. Try cutting an inch piece of mtb inner tube and slide it over the front brake side of your handlebars then stretch over your front brake when you lean your bike against something. This will stop it rolling away. Keep it up and all my best tim bridgman
Genuinely brilliant. This is exactly why I watch/support GCN. You guys are the best and so inspirational.
What an inspiring GCN video this has been for me, I can tell there is so much more Si and Hank went through during the filming of this video. GCN+ here I come!
Enjoy 🙌
Well done Si and Hank. Outstanding video and amazing adventure
I watched this video on October 8, and I feel so fascinated ; the way these guys are exploring my beloved country NEPAL (so called THE HIMALAYA COUNTRY). Thank you so much @GCN for this amazing Documentry.
Whoa, what an adventure! I'm jealous, seems amazing. And good on you for getting the KOM.
Way to go, Team Dal Bhat! 🥳 What a truly epic ride this was, hats off to the gcn crew for getting it all on film too, you guys are heroes. 👏
Glad you liked it! Have you seen our full Himalayas film? Watch it here on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
Chapeau! Great film and a fantastic achievement
Good to see Si and Hank's knowledge of Buddhism doesn't clash with what i have learnt in order to teach some basics to a bunch of year 7s each summer term! 😀 And, yep, not God - although whether Buddhists believe in god(s) or not seems to be an exceedingly complicated question! Lovely film chaps. Nepal is a special place.
much awaited video. thank you very much GCN for exploring Nepal.
Such an inspirational adventure. Kudos to you fellas!
This was reaaaaallllllly good 👌 Amazing scenery and epic efforts by both of you!! Well done, boys 🤘
Thanks so much! Where else should we go to get an epic KOM?
Loved this guys. Great to see the highs and lows of the journey
Epic! And now a new top three ride for my bucket list. Not sure the family expected next year's Nepal trip, you legends.
Awesome to see, memories of cycling a different part of the Himalayas (Lhasa back to Kathmandu) in 2014. Can so relate to the awe and overwhelming nature of the place, and the lovely people.
It's such an amazing place! Have you ever shared your photos of your adventure to the GCN app? Our community would love to see them!
That was epic! That was incredible riding and being able to do those challenges is so inspiring.
I spent 6 months on a tour of Bosnia with the 1st battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Listening to their story of what they went through to join was humbling enough but when they started telling me of home it went to a different level.
The nicest,friendliest people I've ever met and I don't think I ever saw one without a smile on their face
I've just watched the full video, what an awesome adventure ! I've trekked in Nepal a few times (Annapurna and Everest) and climbed one of the minor peaks, this part of the country is completely different...but the dahl just as welcome ! Well done to both of you ! And the camera/support crew !
We bet you had some adventures trekking this area? 🗺The team really want to head back 😬
We are launching a gravel bike race in 2024 that will include part of the route you cycled here. There is also a far better route from Kathmandu to Pokhara you could have taken. Give us a shout if you are coming back, our team can show you some great routes :)@@gcn
Best Gcn video ever!
Thank you very much!
Best wishes from Brasil
This is GCN! nothing else to say, fabulous 🤩
That was great. Terrific material beautifully presented by two skilled and honest people. Thank you so, so much.
Very inspiring thanks guys
Such a great watch. The GCN+ episode was brilliant to
Loved this so much 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Beautiful ride, looks awesome. I would also like to thank Simon for the excellent geographical Nepal facts. I approve.
I’m looking forward to watching the full length version.
Epic, totally epic. Well done,both!
Loved this “teaser”, watching the full version on GCN+. I’d love to know if you guys do any sort of training leading to these challenges?
Talk about your all time EPIC rides!!! GREAT video!!!
Awesome! Next GCN climb should be Mauna Kea on Hawaii , ~4200 m if you start at sea level.
I have done a couple of ~2800 m climbs: Nice at sea level to Cime de la Bonette in France and Granada to Pico del Valeta in the south of Spain; all paved roads though.
Stunning effort, scenery, challenge... The best GCN video. Simply wonderful!
It is pouring with rain here in Barbados, so the morning has been spent in bed instead of on the bike. And GCN have delivered two of their best ever videos. This and Ollie’s 1000 ride. I’m almost tempted to get GCN+
The cinematography was truly magnificent! Chapeau!
Great flic. Would love to have seen more off your off bike experience staying in the tea houses etc.
I don't know how to thank you . I love the cycling community both the gcn and gmbn . I always wanted the cycling community to know about Nepal and it's unique as well as adventurous places . For me its like a dream come true . Thanks for coming to Nepal and I also hope that you will visit Nepal in the future and explore it's more places .
That's top of the shop for epics, superb
I'm just gonna say it.
This is better then new top gear and grad tour.
It's fantastic.
One of the best episodes GCN has made 👏 well done
Glad you liked it! For something similar, why not check out our 'KOM hunters' film on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/KOM
Outstanding!
One of the best films I’ve watched on GCN+. I’m already looking at flights to Nepal 😍
So nice~ what a trip that is!
Nepal has the only non-quadrilateral flag. There are 2 countries that have square flags (technically not rectangular). Vatican city and Switzerland. Switzerland may not have a lot going for it but it's flag is a big plus...
Good job guys!!👏👏👏👏
I loved this segment boys. Well good ride in a spectacular place. If you run into Ram Grundig tell him hello. The people that live there are the toughest people on earth in many ways and they are some of the most beautiful in my opinion. I love their culture and the terrain. The scale doesn't come across equally if you know what I mean. Cheers boys on a great ride and a very enjoyable segment.
Glad you enjoyed it! Check out our full Himalayas film on GCN+ here 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
Before there was ever a drivable road back in the 1970s, I walked from Pokhara to Jomson and back over about 7-days. Wonderful to see the guys cycling even further into Mustang up the Kali Ghandaki River valley. Well done! What a ride!
Nice to see Simon shed a tear because it means that much to him, pride and achievement 👍🥹😁
you should make a video on GCN Tech about all the gear you used like the bike but also all the different kinds of clothing and the use of them would be very interesting to see
Best show-case for gravel bikes needing front suspension. We all know that ultimately, gravel bikes will be hardtail mountain bikes with drop bars and the frame geometry as close to a road bike as possible.
Absolutely impressed with your adventure to Nepal. My 4x4 journey in 2022 was extremely exciting but hairy to say the least, & here you are cycling all the way from Ktm to the Kingdom of Lo. OUTSTANDING. FANTASTIC. Thank you for visiting NEPAL, & hopefully this will encourage more riders to come to enjoy Nepal.
To think you shot this while shooting what looks like the toughest day in you Himalayan trip, is remarkable considering how brutal the climb and weather. On the Himalayan video, the good: the videography was exceptional, the camaraderie inspiring, the sheer magnitude of the ride perhaps not the distance Hank or Si's done in the past, but likely exceeded those others and many in the future. We loved it.
Great feedback! We loved that you enjoyed the doc, this is one we are particualry proud of 🙌 Where should we take the team next? The more remote the better!
@@gcn I could say: British Columbia/Alaska, though the grizzlies and moose (think: big, horned cows that are precisely as dangerous as Si thinks a Brown Jersey is) might be more the challenge than the sheer remoteness of the area; much of Africa has been done, the rest might have too much unrest to make the trip safe. Remote is a tricky subject, so let's take the Big Bend National Park region of Texas: considered to be the most remote area of the Lower 48 (though much more populated than 30 years ago when I raced my mountain bike at the Chihuahua Desert Challenge and started doing bike camping trips in the park), there are enough 4wd roads (Old Ore and River Road) that are so dry and remote, you might see other vehicles, but without water support it's not feasible (I wrote a story over 20 years ago that Ray Jardine--father of modern minimalist backpacking--never backpacked in Texas else his packs would have been closer to 40 pounds than 15). Or a route through the collapsed volcano in Big Bend Ranch State Park (largest state park in the US at approx 300,000 acres), though that also presents a water challenge. These are places I've ridden, bike packed and backpacked the last 30 years, and would be happy to help move you forward into a next challenge in my back yard. Big Bend Landscapes: clayewing.photodeck.com/-/galleries/big-bend-landscape
great effort lads!!!
What amazing job you did! Congrats!!!!
Absolute dream destination for me, that or Mongolia..looks amazing 😍
It's easy to see that Hank would make a great teammate and road captain on any cycling team. The way he encouraged Si in this video and Blake in the Alpe d'Huez, he is a natural coach.
Incredible show, for those of us who can't we have Simon and Hank to thank.
Now that is T-shirt worthy 🙌
This is my kind of adventure. Climbing in an almost mystical setting. Humbled by the surrounding mountains that remind you that you’re just a mere speck moving about among the gravel, dirt, rocks, and cliffs. Yes, we a part of something greater than ourselves. And it begs us to explore and push ourselves to find our limits. Adventure is out there. Always.
Now this is a proper use of gravel bikes
I have backpacked that same road and it showed me just how big the world really is. Extraordinarily humbles you with its raw beauty. Crack on✌🏼🤙🏼
Spent three weeks mountain biking around the Katmandu Valley 20 plus years ago. Great people, climbs and descents something else, drank more chai than was probably safe (chai is made in a saucepan, with milk, a lot of spices and black tea, never found anything close in the UK). Also, seeing the Buddhist faith in action changed my worldview, as in this is our lot, live in the moment and all you need (queue music) are the bare necessities.
In our case, a bike, some cake, coffee, ginger tea and the landscape.
Probably yak milk...
Awesome journey
Australia also has a 45 minute time zone in Eucla. It’s nearly as remote as Nepal but much flatter.
outwordly. It's incredible. Is Si crying by the end of the video? Or is it just the cold? That has to be one of the most epic adventures for a human being. Congrats to Hank and Si. Si tagged Hank and other people, so many people in fact he could end up Roald Admunsen if he could
These landscapes are just amazing!
Brilliant film. Brought back a lot of memories of trekking in Nepal. Luckily you didn't get the stomach bug that I did!! I'd really be interested in a behind-the-scenes story about how you did the trip.
Don't worry the stomach bugs came later 😉
Cory set that record during Yak Attack race (world highest mountain bike race) in 2016 that time there wasn't any highway and nobody noticed second person 😆
Anyway good video thanks for promoting Nepal 🇳🇵 🙏
Excellent vid!!
Thanks! If you liked this you should watch our full Himalayas film on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/Himalayas
Si & Hanky!!!!! so much fun to watch
What a magnificent country and i am so grateful to call it my home ❤️
Epic video guys! 🤟
I did Nepal in '95 including Pokhara and the Annapurna trail. Outstanding scenery!
Wow, that sounds incredible!
excellent video...spectacular views
We also have the world’s highest triathlon - the HimalayanXtri, part of the XTRI World Tour - and the same event organisation is launching a gravel bike race in this area very soon.
nice adventure guys.... good job
That’s a very cool KOM to get. Will be in the top ten for a long time !
Epic. I honestly think these guys have just about the best jobs in the world
Si & Hank wore onesies for the first couple of days out of Kathmandu. Worth a watch!
Wow ! What an incroyable journey!
Chatham Islands is also at the 45 minute time zone. GMT +12:45. It's part of New Zealand but 45 minutes ahead of the the rest of the country
@Simon @GCN mentioned that he had not ridden his bike on such terrain before, so I suggested that he try Manali to Leh or Kaza to Losar. The Thar range is also worth exploring during winter. I am confident that you will experience a diverse range of landscapes.
Best video of GCN so far, although I skip the KOM thing.
18:50 Hank is hilarious, man
Absolutely epic vid
Looks bloody epic, something I'd like to have a crack at.
One small call out though, Nepal fun facts, the worlds deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Russia, which is actually a flooded rift valley, at 1.6km deep.
It is so enormous that its estimated it contains 20% of the worlds fresh water thats not in ice form.
Thanks for the fact!
Those views 😍😍 simply outstanding
I'm mid watch of the full video. I don't care how many crew, support etc. you have... that is a real adventure and challenge. I miss my mountaineering days, which were pretty European and achievable, but still carried risk, personal challenge and a big breath - and this reminds me of the times when you just had to suck it up. Great stuff (RAB kit looked pretty nice too).
The Mountains haven't gone anywhere, go search for adventure 🙌Great to hear you enjoyed this video, it was an EPIC shoot! 🏔