Camping at Kullu Sarahan, some trekking to nearby waterfalls, Cricket on lush green ground and some bike stunts around water bodies... It was a wonderful day at Kullu Sarahan and probably I would not be able to write about amazing bike stunts by Aneesh !!!
Basically it started with some random chit-chat while coming back from a short trek to nearby waterfall... Aneesh came on his bike and was doing some crazy stuff on the way... Like crossing a thin wooden bridge with his bike, irritating bulls who started chasing him later etc..
Later some of the folks asked him to show some stunts and he was very happy about it :) ... It seemed he was already waiting for this request :)
As we said that we will be shooting photographs and videos of your stunts, he thought of washing his bike in style :) ... We shall be able to share those videos soon !!!
It was important to wash it well, so multiple rounds in this water stream were required...
After washing his bike, Aneesh thought of writing his name on this lush green ground at Kullu Sarahan... Video embedded in the end is about the same activity of writing name on ground !!! Just check out this warm-up session !!!
Suddenly he realized that helmet and other required equipments were missing and he should not proceed with stunting exercise without those... A quick ride till camp and coming back took 8 odd minutes and everyone was excited to see real action !!!
Sarahan school was open during the day and classes were going on in open area outside school boundary from where whole Sarahan ground was visible... All school children along with their teachers were looking towards us and somehow we were feeling bad about it... Bust suddenly teachers thought of freeing up all the students for some time and watch the action in their village !!! You can one boy and a girl in the background of photograph above...
While going up, he drove bike on this bridge but somehow he was cautious in front of my Travelling Camera :) ... which was quite obvious ;)
In case you don't see much energy and adventure in these shots, that's pure fault of my photography as this whole session was mind blowing and his bike was flying like anything... Even I feel that I could not capture it well...
Suddenly whole environment changed in Sarahan... People form village started coming to this ground and few folks who used to play cricket also thought of coming to this ground in advance... Whole day in Kullu Sarahan was full of fun and masti ... And we enjoyed each moment of it...
Chief Bike Marshal and MTB offical Mr. Aneesh Ariborne Awasthi, showing off his gadgets :)
Anyway Aneesh is currently looking for sponsorship to get new bike and here he is showing everything on his Pulsar... As per knowledge I have, he has won many competitive bike rallies with same bike while other competitors have been coming with imported bikes mainly used in such rallies...
There were lots of water streams in this ground, but the whole session was smooth and enjoyable... and I pray to god that Himachal Government don't see this ground, as they are spoiling some of the natural beauties by building sports complexes on top of them... I don't think it's right...
In Feb 2011, Aneesh had made a record of reaching Hatu peak with his bike when whole area was covered with snow... If you have missed, I strongly recommend you to see this story about the amazing Climb @ Climbing, Falling, Stumbling, and Crawling to the Hatu Temple : MISSION HATU PEAK (21 FEBRUARY 2011)
Lot more action to come... So just keep watching this place for more fun and Stunts !!!
All these photographs were clicked during Mountain Terrain Biking event in Himachal. It was forth day of the event and a rest day at Sarahan.
More Photographs of the event to come... So keep watching this place and get in touch at VJ@travellingcamera in case of more information about this event !!!
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Please keep in mind that I was not a rider in this event and can't comment anything about the difficulty level of these stretches... If I have mentioned anything about the same, that's my personal opinion and feel free to correct me...
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