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Himalaya Calling - Overland to the highest passes in the world

Season 1
Imagine getting on your bike and just riding off. To India. Overland. Ahead of you lie thousands of miles of uncertainty, while home fades into the distance. A crazy idea? Maybe. A mega-adventure? Absolutely! Erik and Alain were up to the challenge. Both of them are masters at escaping their comfort zone. But this trip has a lot of surprises in store even for the saddle-sure adventurers.
20204 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - From Germany to the Caspian Sea
    October 8, 2020
    57min
    16+
    After two weeks, the trip gets intense: on the Abano Pass in the Great Caucasus mountains- one of the most dangerous routes in the world- the two adventurers must master their first real test, only to be stranded shortly afterward at the Caspian Sea in over 100-degree sun. Caught in a nerve-racking test of patience behind barbed wire, will they make it across the largest lake on Earth?
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  2. S1 E2 - Through the Hunger Steppe to China and Pakistan
    October 8, 2020
    55min
    16+
    After finally arriving in Kazakhstan, Erik and Alain take on the endless pothole-ridden slopes of the notorious Hunger Steppe. Not even a complicated breakdown can stop these two for long. They learn what true happiness means from Kyrgyz nomads, and before entering Pakistan via the world's highest border crossing, China shows the two adventurers its less congenial side.
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  3. S1 E3 - In the Karakoram and Himalayan Mountains
    October 8, 2020
    52min
    16+
    In the wild Karakoram Mountains, Erik and Alain need to get creative: a flat tire far from any civilization has them fuming, despite the icy cold. Their route takes them further through Kashmir, along bottomless abysses, and up to the Indian Himalayas, to the highest passes in the world. Caught in a snowstorm at below-freezing temperatures, the adventurers are faced with an important decision.
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  4. S1 E4 - From Kathmandu to the Indian Ocean
    October 8, 2020
    52min
    16+
    No sooner have the two travelers left the ice and snow behind them than they are suddenly faced with entirely different dangers lurking in the jungles of the Terai. After a detour to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, their journey takes them to the crown jewel of India: Rajasthan, Land of Kings. Boldly, they plunge into the chaotic traffic and make their way to the Indian Ocean.
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Alcohol usesmokingfoul language
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Directors
Erik Peters
Cast
Erik PetersAlain Beger
Studio
Erik Peters
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