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Chanchal “Chan” Kunwar Singh has ridden 20, 397 km across India on a bicycle for a powerful cause — to generate public awareness on climate change and its consequences for the coming generation. 

His journey started on 28 August 2022 and ended on 23 February this year — taking a total of 5 months and 26 days to complete. He also travelled across the country in a single pair of cycling apparel and casual clothes to practice minimalism, he says. 

Chan’s journey began when he went to the Lady Leg base camp enroute the summit of Friendship Peak (5,290m) in Solang Valley near Manali. It was the first of four mountains he hoped to climb on that expedition, alongside his partner Shivam Pandey. However, by nightfall, they were faced with incessant rains. 

A terrifying experience 

The 39-year-old recalls, “The downpour lasted for the next two days and the team had to eventually call off the expedition. Since we’d hired equipment from a third party, the tents were soaked after two days, and we had no choice but to come down.” 

“It was a terrifying experience for me — I was born in Kausani in Uttarakhand and had never witnessed rain like that before. The experience of understanding the shifting weather patterns first-hand propelled me to create awareness about climate change.”

Chan decided to cycle across India to spread the urgent message. Though he had........

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