Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Trip Preparations

Today was the first day when all seven of us were on chat and finally freezed with the name Altitude 18k.


11:28 PM kanchanepally: You've been invited to this chat room!

41 minutes
12:09 AM gowdadeepu: You've been invited to this chat room!
12:10 AM guess peddu has to carry his own private collection of spares
me: yes
i have made a list and i wil have them ready by weekend
Pramod: :)
12:11 AM G: hey can we hav a session of basic bike repair. i never did it
gowdadeepu: niranjan: how bout u?
12:12 AM me: how many of us have repaired so far
gowdadeepu: crash course wont be of much help...
Pramod: dont worry Srinu... u dont require...
yours.niru: i'll be ready by next weekend, including bike preps
me: okie
gowdadeepu: i have not repaired as such... but went to a class
me: ok cool
deepu wanted to ask
12:13 AM gowdadeepu: confident enough to change the tyres, put puncture, and change bulbs,
kanchanepally: i just know puncturing, and changing clutch cables.
yours.niru: yeah if sumthin happens, me & deepu will tell u how to repair it :D
me: is leather jacket fine for the trip
gowdadeepu: change cables
Pramod: dont worry... time will make every1 learn everything.. in the best way.. :P
me: right pramod
gowdadeepu: leather jacket is fine.. but i guess u need to have more inside
more layers
me: okie
12:14 AM gowdadeepu: pramod also is using leather jackets
so both of u can share ur experiences during the trip
:-)
me: lol
G: @deepu: in case of much due or rain, leather jackets tend to absord moisture n get s heavy
yours.niru: we can always buy extra jackets wherever we go...
and it shrinks too
12:15 AM gowdadeepu: i have never tried leather jackets
pramod should answer this
Pramod: hmm i didnt found any problem during my rainy Vizag ride..
12:16 AM gowdadeepu: i think we have to worry bout cold more
Pramod: it was well protecting from raain... but its ZIP got damaged..
gowdadeepu: did u get it changed pramod?
me: okie
gowdadeepu: peddu: do u already have one or u intend to buy one?
12:17 AM Pramod: no supposed to out today to fix it.. but struck vth office work..
gowdadeepu: by the way... so light on the route... r v going to amritsar
some
me: i have one bought from manali
12:18 AM gowdadeepu: i saw ur snaps
yours.niru: yeah i thot we all decided to...
gowdadeepu: who else have gone there
Pramod: yeah we r going to amritsar...
kanchanepally: yes. game for amritsar
me: iam Inn
gowdadeepu: i gues no one has done ladakh
G: mee too
me: nope
gowdadeepu: peddu: till where did u go?
12:19 AM ashok is also here
me: i went till rotangpass
from delhi
gowdadeepu: k
12:20 AM was it the final destination or did u come back>?
me: cool
well i went for a week
gowdadeepu: k
me: planned just till rotangpass
gowdadeepu: k
@ peddu: what all u need from bangalore?
12:21 AM Pramod: anything else to discuss...??
getting sleep..
gowdadeepu: pramod is sleepy!!!
me: i wanted the pads/knee ones
gowdadeepu: whaaaaaack!!! wake up
me: glowses
12:22 AM Pramod: come on peddu.. lets ride to B'lore.. :P
gowdadeepu: yeah
me: lol
i have photoshoot to saturday
if nt iam ready to join
Pramod: k
me: anyways let me check and come back to u by tomorow
gowdadeepu: peddu: saddles?
12:23 AM me: deepu u said to buy in delhi na
gowdadeepu: cramster is not available in delhi
only carriers
me: to check the ladak carrier and see if the sadle fits in
gowdadeepu: some confusion here
12:24 AM Pramod: peddu tomorrow lets call those Nawab guys and find out abt these things.. how they did..??
gowdadeepu: thats better
gowdadeepu: find out if u can outsource one carrier in hyd itself
me: okie
Pramod: at lunch time we will make a conference call vth them....
me: thatz cool
welcome ashok to the late night club
12:25 AM ashok641260@gmail.com has joined
gowdadeepu: welcome aboard ashok...
lot of reading for u to do
Pramod: hi ashok..
G: hey Ashok!
12:26 AM yours.niru: he says he's having trouble with gtalk...he's unable to see us...
Pramod: if no msgs here i start feeling sleepy...
gowdadeepu: niranjan... go to ashok's place n tell him to type something
Pramod: ZZzzzzzz...
gowdadeepu: o oh
12:27 AM ashok641260@gmail.com has left
Pramod: zzzzz...zzzzz....
gowdadeepu: pramod:
who all r getting a camera here?
me: wakie wakie wakeup
me
12:28 AM Pramod: deepu dont worry abt cams.. we hav two pros.. on board...
Pramod: Peedu and Srinu...
me: cool
yours.niru: cool. which cams do they have?
Pramod: DSLRs..
vth huge lens..
12:29 AM yours.niru: nice!
gowdadeepu: i guess i'm the only model here to pose for 6 cameras!!!
me: well i have canon 5d , 50d and sony alpa 700
lol deepu
Pramod: hahahaha.. pls peddu.. pls..
gowdadeepu: i'm gonna like it!!!!
me: iam only worried abt lense carrying
i will restrict to one camera
12:30 AM dont want to miss the fun
gowdadeepu: looks like ashok has some probs here in connecting
Pramod: hmmm
gowdadeepu: he can see us talking bout lens... good... its working
me: yup
12:31 AM gowdadeepu: ashok... what camera is urs?
yours.niru: but his replies are only coming to me...
yours.niru: he's got a FZ28 Panasonic...
gowdadeepu: anyways... i am far from cameras!!!
12:32 AM G: @ peddu: at cold climates i read, ders more risk of getting dew n moist inside the cams n lenses. true?
yours.niru: then why did u ask :P
gowdadeepu: doesnt make sense to me as long as i look good in the snap :-)
Pramod: actually am also thinking.. not get my cam...
me: yes thatz true
Pramod: so tht i can also pose vth deepu.. :P
gowdadeepu: hee hee
bugger... i know u'll bring
me: iam sure camers will get adjusted like us
12:33 AM gowdadeepu: i think the batteries will drain off fast
ashok641260: hey guys
Pramod: u better carry those silicon pouches vth lens..
gowdadeepu: finally!!!!!
ashok641260: this is ashok
Pramod: hi ashok..
gowdadeepu: oh isee... that is ashok
me: yes
G: hey Ashok
12:34 AM yours.niru: phew! finally! :)
ashok641260: hey G (i only know u as G)
me: hello ashok welcome aborad
kanchanepally: heeeeoo ashok..
G for Gspot.
ashok641260: hi eeshwar
hi harry
gowdadeepu: @ ashok: srinivs... ur honda partner
me: lol
ashok641260: i was just thinking in the same lines
12:35 AM G: hehe
me: well iam just unique - then
bullet
yours.niru: wat abt me? :P
G: yes the royal one
gowdadeepu: yeah... i have heard bullet guys will have to carry one more bullet with them
ashok641260: So G is srinivas rt?
me: lol
Pramod: hehehehe
yours.niru: lol
kanchanepally: lols..
gowdadeepu: yes
kanchanepally: hehehehe
12:36 AM me: i have the entire 6 to carry my bullet
G: @ Ashok: yes G is G.Sreenivas
gowdadeepu: yeah yeah... i have heard ladakh is famous for sec hand bullet sales too
Pramod: but Peddu u will lot of bullets on the way...
gowdadeepu: want to risk it?
ashok641260: hehehe i just followed ur name as G in all the mails - my honda partner heheh
12:37 AM me: lol
guys check the link
and come with the name for the trip
Pramod: long back done mama..
ashok641260: hey guys u guys were talking abt camera i just missed it..
gowdadeepu: @ ashok: discuss with srinivas bout the spare u both can carry
me: we need to start to blog
ashok641260: what was that?
G: ya i checked that link some time back and uploaded at facebook.
12:38 AM kanchanepally: Peddu., i can put the wordings...
gowdadeepu: i have given it the himalayan saga in my album
and the route: route to nirvana
me: lets have some unique name
G: can we have a document shoot in those lines?
ashok641260: n niru is getting laid...
hehehe
Pramod: Mission: Altitude 18K
12:39 AM me: Altitude 18K is cool
similar lines
yours.niru: how abt "things ppl do to get leh'd" :D
kanchanepally: Altitude 18k.
Nice.
gowdadeepu: hmmm
G: "Get laid at 18" ;)
gowdadeepu: can we get stickers done to put on bikes?
Pramod: :P
ashok641260: hehehe
12:40 AM kanchanepally: Get Leh'd at 18k.
ashok641260: with the Gspot??
kanchanepally: Super.
me: cool
gowdadeepu: nah... 18k to get laid!!!!
me: how abt seven wonders
kanchanepally: HEHEHEH
me: lol
yours.niru: or "how we got leh'd" lolz
gowdadeepu: enough of getting leh'd ... laid etc
me: seventh heaven
ashok641260: hehehe
12:41 AM how abt himalayan saga??
me: Seventy Times Seven
gowdadeepu: peddu... looks like u r great fan of tirupathi balaji
G: DIRTY SEVEN
gowdadeepu: all in terms of seven
me: haha deepu
Pramod: 7 ppl.. 14 wheels..
12:42 AM me: 14 wheels looks cool
G: can't say we may need to change a wheel or two :)
gowdadeepu: but still we wud be 14 wheels:-)
me: Seven in Tibet.
ashok641260: that would be a part 2
Pramod: still will b riding on 14 wheels only at max and at min.. :P
gowdadeepu: tintin in tibet will be part 2
12:43 AM kanchanepally: My vote goes to Pramod's Altitude 18K
G: "Rollin 7"
kanchanepally: Rolling 7 is also nice.
ashok641260: why dont u combine n say Rollin 18k?
gowdadeepu: @ ashok : u missed 7.. peddu will be angry now
:-)
12:44 AM me: rollin word doesnt add punch mama
haa deepu
ashok641260: if i miss 18k then pramod would be angry
me: yes very true
gowdadeepu: hmmm... if i miss my miss on friday she'll be angry!!! god save me
kanchanepally: Hello, one second, once we start blog, what we do with that after the Leh trip?
Pramod: not at all... ashok..
yours.niru: u knw enid blyton wrote these books for children called "Secret Seven series"
12:45 AM all the titles were like 7 do this, 7 do that etc :p
me: yes
12:46 AM 7even.
G: or simply say - "Motocycles" thats simply discribes everything!!
me: lol
12:47 AM iam sure pramod is awake
ashok641260: "motor cycles of himalayan deserts"
Pramod: yeah yeah...
me: hindi movie title nakko mama
gowdadeepu: harry is fed u p of the naming ceremony!!!
me: lol
Pramod: applying presure in Brain..
12:48 AM ashok641260: or wheels of himalayan desert
hehehe
Pramod: on*
yours.niru: how bout "in & out of the icy desert"?
G: or as the claasic movie- "Motorcycle Diaries"
me: some more short names
G: i mmean somethiong in those lines
Pramod: @G : tht is for all india RIDE..
gowdadeepu: if its movie names... "WILD HOGS"
12:49 AM me: i know they were old guys
yours.niru: hehe i just saw that today!
me: lol prasad
kanchanepally: Rubbertramps.
gowdadeepu: PEDDU: WHO'S PRASAD HERE?
me: niranjan prasad
Pramod: he is sleeping..
gowdadeepu: oh
G: "Road Burners"
12:50 AM me: iam fine with altitude 18k
kanchanepally: Me too.
yours.niru: i thot someone else's surname was prasad :D
kanchanepally: Altitude 18K.
yours.niru: pls call me niru
me: lol
okie niru
Pramod: haha
kanchanepally: In teluu, Niru means water.
telugu.
gowdadeepu: even in kannada!!!!
yours.niru: same in kannada
kanchanepally: :))
gowdadeepu: dont know who copied whom
12:51 AM ashok641260: even in kannada
!!
yours.niru: obviously u copied me!
gowdadeepu: but one thing for sure.. ashok copied me
yours.niru: :D
me: guys u all need to work tomorow
yours.niru: yup!!
Pramod: now all kanada guys copying same line of words.. :P
me: so lets close the day with a naming cermony
ashok641260: so today we are having fun
gowdadeepu: u still think the day has not closed??!!
me: i mean finish this soon
ashok641260: hehehe
kanchanepally: Altitude 18K.
me: lol
12:52 AM gowdadeepu: its 12:55 am!!!
me: any more votes for altitude 18k
Pramod: wait for 5 mins.. it will b 1 am
ashok641260: 18k sounds nice
kanchanepally: Let me check panchangam.
gowdadeepu: yeah
Pramod: hahaha
me: harry lol
yours.niru: wat for?
gowdadeepu: check the nakshatra etc
me: 18 is raising number
Pramod: naming cermony.. :P
gowdadeepu: so we can name from the letter accordingl6y
12:53 AM me: and 9 in total
good one
gowdadeepu: 9 is supposed to be good??
kanchanepally: It is Vidiya now. So, anytime is fine.
me: yes
gowdadeepu: harry... u have a panchanga with u already!!!
Pramod: it also got 9 letters in it.. :P
ashok641260: i think it will remixed when we all meet up... so tentative could be this one
kanchanepally: Purarvasu nakshatra, Vidiya thidi.
me: cool
well any music composers
kanchanepally: Fine for naming.
12:54 AM gowdadeepu: ok
me: singers , musicians in the troup
gowdadeepu: one more thing
kanchanepally: Ya.
gowdadeepu: any guitarists here?
kanchanepally: i know a very little.
gowdadeepu: i have seen ashok holding a guitar in his album
Pramod: i can play.. but u cant hear..
:P
me: lol
ashok641260: i am but just learning
me: any singers ?
kanchanepally: i am also learning for five yers now.
i can sing
me: cool
12:55 AM accha after the naming cermony
gowdadeepu: wow... i'll pose for the cameras then!!!
me: we shall sing the song
gowdadeepu: :-)
me: lol deepu
ashok641260: hey me too
gowdadeepu: shut up... u need to play ur guitar
Pramod: me 3
kanchanepally: sure.. We all should be in birthday dress.
me: so have done yet ?
harry if u can bear it
ashok641260: who are all having which camera.. i misseed that part
gowdadeepu: pramodo has to make sounds.. i mean play music which we cant here
12:56 AM me: me ashok
ashok641260: n which camera??
kanchanepally: hold your guitar straight play the strings..
me: sony and canon
slrs
just strings
kanchanepally: one minute to go.
me: lol
gowdadeepu: u need to one minute to go???
me: oke have u decided on the name
gowdadeepu: come on man
12:57 AM ashok641260: oh cool... then am good to pose as well
kanchanepally: hahahahh.
me: Altitude 18k
kanchanepally: Everybody say... Altitude 18K.
With K in caps.
Pramod: Altitude 18K
me: Cool
ashok641260: alt 18k
gowdadeepu: ctrl c
ctrl v
ashok641260: is this K serials?
12:58 AM me: caption - guts unlimited
Pramod: lol
G: @ Harry sale, tu idhar bhi CQA?
kanchanepally: hahahah. Altitude 18K.
hahahahhaha.
gowdadeepu: now dont dare bring tushar kapoor here
me: ikta chelga ?
gowdadeepu: but i love ekta's boobs
kanchanepally: :) Hail Altitude 18K.
Ya..one for you,one for me.
gowdadeepu: they're definitely altitude 18k
Pramod: tushar is fine.. dont bring EKTA or tht gay director..
ashok641260: who doesnt???
me: Hail Altitude 18k
12:59 AM kanchanepally: Hail Altitude 18K.
me: lol
G: Hail Altitute 18K
gowdadeepu: pramod: i still cant believe u like tushar!!!!
me: kya huwa
kanchanepally: Peddu -- where shoud we create the blog in? I mea, blogspot, or Wordpress?
me: pramod any news from delhi guys
1:00 AM any where is fine
Pramod: ?????
kanchanepally: ok. one second.
ashok641260: who delhi guys?
gowdadeepu: same question here
me: i mean u said some one is intersted from delhi to join us
gowdadeepu: oh
ashok641260: oh
gowdadeepu: ashok... u have to answer this
ashok641260: no they may not join us
Pramod: deepu u need to answer ths..
gowdadeepu: see above
Pramod: hahah
me: lol
gowdadeepu: call already diverted
kanchanepally: guys wait for a minute. I can give you the first look of our blog
Pramod: :P
ashok641260: heheheh
1:01 AM kanchanepally: if you say ok only.
gowdadeepu: ok
ashok641260: wow thats fast
gowdadeepu: ok
Pramod: ok
gowdadeepu: now everyone shut up n tell ok
me: 2300kms, 20 days ,7 bikes,1 Mission -Ladak
ashok641260: we are all waiting
aur hum sarbjeet ko leke hi aayenge
kanchanepally: You all carry on with your chat.
ashok641260: hehehe
1:02 AM Pramod: 2300KM, 20 Days, 7 Bikers, 1 Mission - Altitude 18K
gowdadeepu: we r waiting harry
kanchanepally: Dont wait for me. I ll try coplete it fast.
G has left
gowdadeepu: chalo then... good night
kanchanepally: I am trying to get it done on a new mail ID not on mine. So that everybody could log in.
Sure.
gowdadeepu: k
me: okie
1:03 AM Pramod: srinu is off as power gone at his place..
me: ok
gowdadeepu: good night everyone!!!!
kanchanepally: Goodnight.
1:04 AM gowdadeepu: or r v still on??
ashok641260: gn
Pramod: good nite guys...
ashok641260: we are still on
me: good night guys
gowdadeepu: please switch it off
thank u
me: okie
kanchanepally: thank you.
Pramod: SWITCHE OFF
1:05 AM yours.niru: k cyl guys
gn
ashok641260: hey we need to have the first look
gowdadeepu: the is typing
ashok641260: of the blog
gowdadeepu: ashok: dont worry... we'll only have the first look