Maurice Daubard
Mountain biking in the Himalayas
THE TRANSHIMALAYAN
Lhasa (Tibet) – Kathmandu (Nepal) World’s highest mountain bike raid
organised by NED (Nature Extrême Développement)
517 km in 11 days (May – June 2001)
Day 1 – May 26 Depart Geneva and fly to Kathmandu
Day 2 – May 27 Arrive Kathmandu
Day 3 – May 28 Kathmandu
Day 4 – May 29 Kathamdou- Flight.Lhasa
Days 5/6 – 30/31 May Lhasa
Day 7 – 1 June Lhasa – climb
Day 8 – 2 June Kampa La Pass (4900 m). Yandrok Lake – Nagartze (4480 m): 62 km
Day 9 – 3 June Nagartze – Karo La Pass (5100 m) – Ralung: 61 km end of stage by vehicle to Gyantze
Day 10 – 4 June Vehicle link from Gyantze to Shigatze then mountain bike to Puntzoling on the banks of the Brahmaputra: 37 km
Day 11 – 5 June Puntzoling – Old Latze, stage along the Brahmaputra: 53 kms
Day 12 – 6 June Latze – Lulu: 50 km
Day 13 – 7 June Shegar – Pang La Pass (5000 m) climb to Rongbuk Monastery (4800 m): 38 km
Day 14 – June 8 Ascent to Everest Base Camp (5250 m): 30 km
Day 15 – June 9 Everest Base Camp – Tingri: 40 km
Day 16 – June 10 Tingri – Nyalam via Tong La Pass (5100 m): 56 km
Day 17 – 11 June Nyalam – Kodari – Nepal Border: 55 km Bus transfer to Kathmandu
Day 18 – 12 June Kathmandu
Day 19 – 13 June Return to Geneva.
First Tibetan parable:
“Work, work, as if you were to live 2000 years…
And pray! pray! pray! as if you were to die tomorrow. ”
Second Tibetan parable:
” If two paths lie before you,
always take the more difficult. ”
QUOTES
” The donkey can teach us 3 things:
He carries his burden without protest.
He complains neither of heat nor cold.
He is always even-tempered. ”
” He who cannot see very far into the future is very close to his pain. ”
“Demand much of yourself and expect little of others, then you will be spared many troubles” (Confucius)
“Faith is blind or it is not faith, it is something else” (Sivadanda)
“Humanity needs love more than intelligence.
“We become what we dream of” (Maurice Daubard)
“Love finds without seeking what selfishness seeks without finding.
« Ne parle pas de l’océan à la grenouille car elle ne connaît que sa marre. » (Navatna Pariksha)
“Don’t tell the butterfly about winter, because it only knows summer” (Chang Tzu)
” How can you find sadness in an atmosphere where joy is shared like bread and where the success of one is a victory for all. ”
” Do not believe on the Faith of old manuscripts, do not believe a thing because your people believe it or because you have been made to believe it from childhood. Apply your reason to all things, and when you have analysed them, if you find that they are good for everyone, then believe in them, live them and help others to live them too” (Buddha).
“The way we act, the way we behave, the way we become. It has been said that man becomes what he desires. His will follows his desire, his deeds follow his will, he becomes conformed to his deeds. ”
“The word luck is often used by ignorant and jealous people to explain the success of others and to justify their own failures” (Maurice Daubard).
“I don’t have the right to decide whether to live or die, only the right to fight” (25-metre dive, Christmas 1970 – Maurice Daubard).
“I have no power over other people, I only show them the values they carry within them that they don’t see” (Maurice Daubard).
“External events depend much more on our own mental attitude than we imagine. Let’s learn to control our thoughts, and to the extent that we succeed, we will change the course of our lives” (Maurice Daubard).
“Not identifying with our moral and physical self-deprecations, while defining ourselves to become the opposite, is the way of SANKALPA” (Maurice Daubard)
“Change means getting rid of the self-deprecations we suffer by discovering the opposite values we ascribe to ourselves” (Maurice Daubard).
“Events are never absolute, but their outcome depends entirely on individuals. Misfortune is a springboard to happiness, a treasure and genius for the skilful man, an abyss for the weak. All depreciation should be considered a gift from heaven” (Maurice Daubard)
“I love him who dreams the impossible” (Goethe)
“Authority is a reassuring virtue” (Michel Hidalgo)
“If two paths present themselves to you, choose the most difficult” (Tibet)
La Sadhana
(or spirit, path, yoga way)
MAURICE DAUBARD
Voluntary exposure to cold and Tummo
Sand marathon
Ice immersion
Mountain biking in the Himalayas
High-flying diving
Tummo
Yoga Asanas
Tibet September 2006
Tummo in Pirolin January 2007
Expedition to Finland March 2007
