Off the pages of a random issue of Biker Magazine, I found inspiration for my gift to my parents for Christmas. After my folks viewed the dvd I took it back and watched the documentary. Featured in a biker magazine article "Riding Solo To the Top of the World" turned out to be a a pretty cool dvd. There is only one person in the film, and he also served as the camera man, director and film editor. In his epic journey he heads from Delhi(the site says Mumbai, but the map on the dvd showed Delhi who knows what is going over there), India to the the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. All of his belongings are on his back or his bike.

Its pretty interesting to watch him traverse such extreme foreign terrains on his motorcycle. The journey somehow truly encompasses the American biker mentality, strangely, in India. So from the crowded streets of what appears to be Delhi, to some ancient temples that have rarely been seen by western eyes, all the way to the plateau where the air is so thin he can't even get his engine to fire, the dvd is definitely worth a watch. Not quite Easyrider, but worth look.

If you're interested in picking up a copy for yourself go ahead and check out Dirt Track Productions website . I ordered, paid with PayPal and did not have any problems. The package showed up a couple weeks later albeit in a package labeled "Award winning documentary, NOT PORNOGRAPHY." Hilarious.

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