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All part of the fantasy, George says.. Growing up in the village of Kudiyanmala in Kannur, Kerala, he watched daring jeep drivers race down rutted roads in all weather..
George drove 19,426 km across India in 97 days (September 20 to December 26, 2022), setting a record for fastest solo car expedition across mainland India, in the India Book of Records..
Given that we were covering such a distance already, we decided to make it an all-India trip, says George.. (Clockwise from above) At the Gurudongmar Lake in Sikkim; Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh; and Kohima war cemetery in Nagaland...
Getting out of the car felt really counterproductive because each stop used up so much energy, George says. . Driving in fresh snow, with little practice, was gruelling..
When George and Paul finally reached the Umling La pass in Ladakh, the highest motorable road in the world, it felt like a huge achievement..
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