North India is shivering in chilling winter when temperature is around 2º Celsius and if anybody takes decision to getaway on bikes, impromptu the answer will be ‘no way’; but if we mix together patriotism, courage and adventure we can produce a definition of Team 456. One side 5OO km topsy-turvy stretch and snowy peaks of Uttrakhand from Delhi through U.P. on MOTORBIKES. They leave on 23rd from Delhi and return successfully on 27th January.

Every year the urge to do different and to display patriotism this daring biking team defines him to go with the limits of adventure. Taking challenges from nature and grabbing them with smiling faces team of young guns Parmesh, Vijay, Vinod, Mohit and Venugopal hoisted Indian flag on the snowy carpet peak of Chopta (2900mtrs) in “Dev bhoomi” Uttrakhand and I was with them to see the madness diluted in patriotism.

Parmesh who is team leader has experienced driving his bike to Leh laddakh and worlds highest road Mashmik la says, republic day is mean a lot to us that make us to do different on this auspicious day and we proudly completed our motive to hoist tricolour.
Most important that all the members are working with MNC companies in their different fields, and any person who is mature enough to handle the thrust of his bike could be the member. It is unique feature of this team who distribute all the expenses on cruising with road and biggest thing is that they have no sponsors. Like they do every year now their motive is to 1. Interact with people on the way to the destination Chopta (uttrakhand)and tell them what 26th January is all about.2. To hoist the Indian flag to share the moment to be a proud citizen of Indian Republic this means “equal rights”, Liberty, Equality and Justice.

Doing trip on bikes is very different; have to keep limited wares but you have to keep complete gear for the surprises like puncture. Every rider must know technicality of his bike and should keep tool kit for that and according to the climate must have helmet good pair of gloves, shoes, sunglasses and keep your legal document with you.

Mohit who is working with YKK limited speak, this is my New Year resolution and life time dream comes true after hoist the Indian flag on the high mountains taking all the challenges.

The evening of first day (23rd) was chilling that make freezing feel to the legs. The way to Khatauli and Haridwar lead the bikers to Rishikesh for the first stay. In the night team do a small meeting for the hilly road condition for the next day. On bikes you have to drive with the co ordination and covering each other for the safe ride.

Day two (24th) Team start driving in the morning on day second now brooming of the engine speak the height of mountains and popular rafting and camping could seen clear at Biasi on the banks of river Ganga. At Devprayag we had glimpsed holy Gangafrom the heights with sound of flow. We take tea from a highway dhaba that make us refresh. Bikers had covered more than half stretch to their destination. While crossing Maletha the yellow pasture came into existence and local mud smeared houses create a postcard scene. Sincerely there is a divine power and human resurgent that keeping these biker to keep on riding.

Uttrakhand is newly emerged state but we can easily see the amount of progress in the rural areas where education is important and we are quite happy to see little children coming from school with smiling faces and cheering to see the flags on the motocycles. We take some time interacting with the common people as well student that ‘26 January is the day when India’s constitution came into force’. We will remember the hospitality of the people saying namashkar and offering us tea.

(25th) The third day bikers have to cross the challenging altitude of Tilwada and where one can easily see far snowy Chaukhamba peak of Himalayas. After crossing Ukhimath there is forest range of Duggalbitta where we surprisingly glimpsed leopard that immediately abscond to the green camouflage in seconds.
Final day of 26th January was the day attached to the sentiment of biker who take all the challenges courageously, and fresh snow fall make that more difficult. Team covered last 8km snow filled road by feet after parking all the bikes at safe place. This was magical moment in my life when flag taken to the highest peak with cheer and national anthem sung in chorus; feel was same in every person standing ‘Proud to be Indian citizen’.

Rahul  
Member Team456