The Inside View

The song from movie PK,   ख्वाबों का मुसाफिर   (Traveller of Dreams),  sung by Ankit Tiwari, kept playing in mind for the entire trip. The 10 days we spent in and around Spiti Valley felt like a dream! The idea of travelling in the Spiti Valley on cycle completely self supported germinated in my mind during my Manali to Leh cycle ride, when I saw a Commercial Aircraft pilot and an Italian guy doing it all alone carrying their load.  As a first step, I purchased a touring bike in Feb 2017. And started training the body to get to a level where I will not struggle. Low oxygen terrains are challenge on its own and carrying load on top of it would mean fitness levels have to be really up there. Needed a company, so I messaged my "Partner in Crime" Stefan and discussed the idea with him. He took in total of one millisecond to sign up for this crazy thing. We started detailed planning in January 2018 for a trip to be...

I record my bike rides on Garmin Vivoactive and then sync it with my Strava account. I notice that I normally get anywhere up to 40% less number than my fellow cyclists who record rides on Strava Mobile App. I posted this to couple of forums on WhatsApp, Facebook and went through some blogs, other online content. But nothing was conclusive. So I decided to do my own research. To get the elevation profile a device has to keep recording elevation data at frequent intervals. There are two important things to do this. Accuracy of the elevation data each time it is recorded How many data (stamping of GPS & Elevation) is taken/stamped for a particular distance Accuracy of the elevation data There are two way elevation data is captured by devices. GPS Positioning GPS Positioning also has elevation data tagged. So with attitude and longitude devices also get elevation data Barometer Some devices and some phones have Barometer. Barometer can measure atmospheric pressure ...