Tag: Bir
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My Week Paragliding in Bir – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 93 – 30 March 2019
– ODO- 11742 – 11873km – Location- Near Darlaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India – Weather- 14-32 Clear (Thanks to Adrian for the photo) I’m sitting for lunch in a large hotel on the highway out of Mandi and away from the mountains. This morning I cashed in the height I gained cycling up to Bir almost…
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Arriving in Bir – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 92 – 19 March 2019
– ODO: 11742 – 11820km – Location: Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India – Weather: 12-24 Bright and clear I realised today that I’d seen the Himalayas before. From 38,000 feet as I flew to a conference in Australia in 2017. That first time the ridges and valleys seem to flatten out, splitting the sea of cloud.…