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		<title>Slipping in to the Forbidden Land of the Gods</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/gods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 11 of climb; Unmapped border area of Kashmir; GPS blinks &#8211; I&#8217;m at the start of &#8216;the&#8216; valley
It&#8217;s 5,100m, dark and super cold.   I&#8217;m into the second week of a tough climb; pulling, pushing and throwing my bike on ice &#8211; a lot of ice &#8211; a dirty great glacier.  I&#8217;m looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost at an end..</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/06/kashmir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week something monumental happened, I turned to the last crumpled page of
my Himalayan map!  After 12 months and goodness knows how many kilometres I&#8217;ve
finally reached the north western most point I&#8217;m crossing in to Ladakh and
Kashmir, following a river of ice.
Turning pages, for the last time
Last week, I turned to the last crumpled page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>..but there should be a track here, where is it?</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/missingtracks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 07:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sir, it is in the river down there sir&#8221;  Tshering, a local herder says, pointing to a gushing river 1km below with no bridge to the connecting mountain.
Brilliant.  Another dead end after 3 weeks of riding.  But all is not lost, it&#8217;s only a three day detour to get me to the other side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow joke &#8211;  from 15 below to 40 above!</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/snow-joke/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/snow-joke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 12:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bardia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricoh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past three weeks, Grub and I have downhilled it from 5500m to 100m above sea level and covered 1500km across Nepal and in to Uttarakhand in India &#8211; back in the foothills of the Himalaya. 
This will be my 10th ascent of the Himalayas and in three weeks time I have the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lhasa to Kathmandu Cycle Expedition 2011</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/worldexpeditions/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/worldexpeditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Expeditions]]></category>

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With it&#8217;s ancient monasteries and breathtaking natural Himalayan backdrop, the Lhasa to Kathmandu ride has deservedly been on the list of most iconic cycle tours for years.
In September I&#8217;m leading a World Expeditions cycling adventure from Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to the colourful city of Kathmandu in Nepal and I can&#8217;t wait!
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shambhala; The Dark Side</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GX200]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GXR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powertraveller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two months, there have been many twists in the Shambhala ride.  Each time a new piece of information is uncovered, more and more questions seem to crop up.  What has become clear is that there is a disturbingly dark side to this mythical paradise in the Himalayas.

When I started this trip, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mr David, shine your candle over here; I&#8217;ve found something!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/evidence/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A moment really can change everything.
I&#8217;m writing this in in my tent.  It&#8217;s six o&#8217;clock in the evening, the sun has just set and I&#8217;ve downed my last coconut biscuit washed down with Himalayan chilled water from a nearby stream, it might be a simple meal but at this moment I couldn&#8217;t think of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bhutan; Putting the Adventure back in to Adventure Cycling</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/mtbbhutan/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/mtbbhutan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the 8th century, Guru Rinpoche had a fleet of Tigresses to ride all over the Himalayas subduing demons as he went.  In 2010 we&#8217;ve got a sweet bunch of Konas to ride at a secret location 4000m above the Paro Valley.
Bhutan&#8217;s mountain bike scene is still very young but it&#8217;s a growing sport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing clues in the land of the Thunder Dragon</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/gurus/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/gurus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mushypea.net/blog/?p=3189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The dark barrier which separates Bhutan from India could be from the set of Lord of The Rings, it&#8217;s dark, it&#8217;s big and what lies beyond are tales of Gurus, magical Dakinis, treasure laden Beyuls and dragons of thunder &#8211; oh, and some of the best mountain biking on the planet!
Bhutan&#8217;s southern facing mountains loom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shambhala on the AG Blog</title>
		<link>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/agblog/</link>
		<comments>http://mushypea.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/agblog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mushypea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Australian Geographic have published the first of the Searching for Shambhala stories on their Outdoor website.  I will write more updates in the new year but for now this gives a nice little intro about the project.
Here&#8217;s the link;
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/outdoor/searching-for-shambhala-.htm
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