FOR India’s noted ultra cyclist Dr Amit Samarth nothing is impossible! A doctor by profession and a cyclist by passion, Dr Samarth always finds new ways to test the limits of human endurance. He has added another feather to his cap by successfully completing ‘Ride Across India’ — a 6,000 km cycling expedition on the Golden Quadrilateral of India that culminated at starting point Mumbai on Sunday. Dr Samarth, the only cyclist in Asia to complete two longest cycling races in the world — Race Across America (RAAM) and Trans Siberian Extreme (TSE), took just 13 days, nine hours and 50 minutes to complete the expedition.

 

He rode bicycle covering the Golden Quadrilateral (Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhi-Mumbai). While sharing his views, Samarth said, “The expedition would have been completed earlier had he not faced bad patches on roads, traffic jams due to ongoing farmers agitation on Delhi borders and hot weather conditions in some part of India.” Samarth added that the main objective behind this expedition was to raise funds for a sport project of ‘Lok Biradari Prakalp’ run by Dr Prakash Amte.

 

“This ride was probably the first of its kind in India as I was tracked live via satellite on the specially built website,” he informed. Dr Samarth thanked Rotary Club for providing him necessary facilities on the route. He was accompanied by Jeetendra Nayak (Crew Director), Vivitt Walwe, Anand Fiske, Mukul Samarth, Raj Mahadik, Arushi Nayak, Ravindra Paranjape, Ashwin Mokashi, Bhavesh Patre, Dilip Warkad, Dr Sudhir Baldota, Manish Bhati, Rishi Sehgal, Sachin Shirbavikar, Sheetal Kolhe, Dr Shreehas Bardapurkar, Arham Shiekh, Anirudh Pandya, Milind Pariwakam in the entire 6000 km cycling journey.