Ladakh: Marsimik La

The pinnacle moments of my riding.
Riding up the Marsimik La, the highest motorable pass in the world at a staggering 18,634 feets. Even higher than khardung la.

The pain we went through while climbing up vanished as soon as we reached the top.

Check out our experience.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• RE
• Royal Enfield
• Classic 350
• Ladakh
• Marsimik La
• Marsimek La
• highest
• mountain pass
• ride
• motorcycle

[harimp10]

Amazing stuff dudes..appreciate your effort & courage to haul the unwieldy enfield atop the mighty pass. The sound of wind, breathlessness in the air, stark but pristine beauty of the place, utter loneliness, all take me back to our 15 day trip through leh, zansker, siachen base camp etc undertook in 2007 June-July...would love to visit marismik la some time

[thecoolestsid]

@harimp10 thanks for you beautiful words! Marsimik La will always be a cherished memory for me.

[zambaktu666]

awesome! but i dont see the fz16 in the video struggling like the bullets? dont tell me it performed better compared to the mighty 350+cc beasts??

[thecoolestsid]

@zambaktu666 Maybe the parts where FZ struggled are not in the video :P

FX almost died at Tanglang La itself... But some retuning helped it to reach M'La.

At M'La any bike you bring will struggle, because the elevation is not the only problem there. It is a steep and loose track. If you rev on the slopes, the wheels dig in. Any bike would stall there. So had to push.

Only thing good about FZ was that it was not as hard to push as the bulls :D

[thecoolestsid]

i know.. cannot be described in words... :)

[roushan1988]

I did this solo!!

[thecoolestsid]

@roushan1988 hats off! :)

[harimp10]

Khardung la is not for kids, defntly no, ask any soldier to recount their experience of living there day in day out..Chang la is even harsher..There is no snow in Marismik la to make situations worse, though the terrain is steeper..Also as it is off the main road by some distance, marismik la is less visited than its peers...but appreciate the effort nonetheless guys

[zambaktu666]

@thecoolestsid

HAHA :D well said.

i own an fz & regretting it since the day i took it to higher altitudes.. planning to get a thunderbird soon

\m/

[roushan1988]

thnx mann!! unfortunately dont have any video...dnt ask how it feels reaching the top..