Ibex Trail - Ladakh (Day 12)

Shoot.

At 7 am we were set up and ready for an interview with the CEO, which took about 45 mins or so. One of the units was late to report, and got an earful from me. We left for Spangmik already having wrapped two solid interviews. 

Took a lot of drone shots along the way, stopping groups of riders periodically and making them do formations. Lunch was quite pathetic, so I didn't feel like eating much anyway. We reached Spangmik in the afternoon, and the co-founder and team obliged us with some much-needed camaraderie shots as the CEO was scheduled to leave for Mumbai later in the evening. 

Took the opening and closing shots by Pangong Lake, and reached Maan by 6 pm. Around 8 pm we set up a bonfire chat featuring the co-founder and Col Wangchuk, which went on for 2-odd hours. The Col basically spoke about the 1999 war, and how his boys retaliated to firing from the Pakistan Army. 

Gripping stuff, except that it went on for about 2 hours and it was getting colder and colder by the second. People still listened on intently. 

Apparently the boys met the Dalai Lama, who gave them sathu, which all of them kept back in their pockets throughout the duration of the war. After dinner the Col sat around a table and spoke some more. The Goba of the village was there too, and the group discussed what all Jawa could potentially do to help the region. 

Content wise we got a fair bit today that could form the base for the Jawa intro episode and the Nomad story.