Hi everyone

Hope this post is in the right spot.

Bec and I are heading to Nepal in October / November with our DR650’s and are hoping for practical advice regarding elevation from anyone that’s ridden there (or in similar countries such as northern India, Pakistan, etc). We will explore as much as we can off-road and hopefully get out of the touristed areas. We have 6 weeks starting in Kathmandu, so can afford to take it as slowly as we need to. Looking forward to that.

Our biggest question is how many metres people are riding between overnight stops to avoid elevation sickness? Some of the route’s we’re planning rise from 1,000 to 4,000 m and might only be 80 to 100 km in length. Big fast rises! We’ve read that you should only ride up 300 to 500 m in a day before overnighting, and every 1,000 m in elevation increases should have a 2 night stop. Would you agree with this? What did you manage comfortably?

Once you’ve gone up and then down a few times, do you get ‘elevation fit’ or do you have to go through the whole process every time you ascend?

Lots of questions we know!

Last one - carby’s! Any comments on tuning pre and during the ride would be very helpful. As suggested we’ll be going up and down a lot and could be in low elevations for a week or so in India

Thanks very much everyone - really looking forward to hearing about your experiences
Dave + Bec