Himalaya Calling
TV Show · Documentary

Imagine getting on your motorbike and just taking off. From Germany. To India. By land. Before you lie thousands of kilometres of uncertainty as your home fades away in the rear-view mirror. A crackpot idea? Maybe. A hell of an adventure? You better believe it! Erik and Alain dared to do just that. The two are masters at escaping their comfort zone in a cloud of dust. But this trip has plenty of surprises in store for even the most hardened bikers. Through Turkey, across the Caucasus and on towards Central Asia... Erik and Alain conquer the endless expanses of the Kazakh steppe and balance on their Yamahas along bottomless chasms all the way up to the snow-covered roof of the world. Violent and changeable weather in thin air, oil filters full of holes and pothole-lined trails test the adventurers’ mettle before they plunge into the chaotic Indian traffic. After just under six months, 28,000 kilometres and 14 countries, their journey ends under the palm trees of Goa.

2020 · 56m

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    From Germany to the Caspian Sea
    Two weeks after starting out, the journey turns into an adventure. At the Abano Pass in the Caucasus – one of the most dangerous routes in the world – Erik and Alain master their first big trial, only to be stranded shortly afterwards on the Caspian Sea in searing 40-degree heat. A nerve-wracking ordeal behind barbed wire. Will they manage to cross the largest lake on earth?
    56m
  • EPISODE 2
    Through the Hungry Steppe to China and Pakistan
    Finally arriving in Kazakhstan, Erik and Alain take on the endless potholes of the notorious Hungry Steppe. Even a complicated breakdown cannot stop them. They learn from Kyrgyz nomads what true happiness means. Before they enter Pakistan via the world’s highest border crossing, China shows the two adventurers its less congenial side.
    54m
  • EPISODE 3
    In the Mountain World of the Karakorum and Himalayas
    In the wild Karakorum Mountains, Erik’s and Alain’s creativity is put to the test. A mishap far away from civilisation has them breaking into a sweat despite the icy cold. Along bottomless chasms the path leads on through Kashmir to the highest passes on Earth in the Indian Himalayas. Caught in a snowstorm at sub-zero temperatures, the adventurers are faced with an important decision.
    52m

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Himalaya Calling

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Imagine getting on your motorbike and just taking off. From Germany. To India. By land. Before you lie thousands of kilometres of uncertainty as your home fades away in the rear-view mirror. A crackpot idea? Maybe. A hell of an adventure? You better believe it! Erik and Alain dared to do just that. The two are masters at escaping their comfort zone in a cloud of dust. But this trip has plenty of surprises in store for even the most hardened bikers. Through Turkey, across the Caucasus and on towards Central Asia... Erik and Alain conquer the endless expanses of the Kazakh steppe and balance on their Yamahas along bottomless chasms all the way up to the snow-covered roof of the world. Violent and changeable weather in thin air, oil filters full of holes and pothole-lined trails test the adventurers’ mettle before they plunge into the chaotic Indian traffic. After just under six months, 28,000 kilometres and 14 countries, their journey ends under the palm trees of Goa.

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Madman Entertainment
Released
2020
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PG

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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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