We are safe because of our heroes | Ladakh Trip Ep 4

  / shivaay_y   A day in Drass, the second coldest inhabited place in the world: the Kargil War Memorial with an army guide, Tiger Hill and Rhino Horn from the road, a turquoise stream with nobody around - and a dirt road to Mushkoh Valley. Solo to Ladakh, Ep 4 - Day 5. -3°C last night, sun on the peaks at 8 in the morning. Today's plan: explore Drass - the Kargil War Memorial, then Mushkoh Valley. The guide's tour: Tololing, the guns that fired on the peaks from beside National Highway 1, the M5 Stuart tank 7 Light Cavalry took up to 11,578 ft, the eternal flame and the Wall of Fame. Riding back, Tiger Hill - "if I can ride a bike here, it's all because of their blood and sweat." Then a stream below Drass, a lift for a schoolboy, and the off-road to Mushkoh: will we reach our destination? CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro & previously 0:47 Day 5 in Drass: today's plan 3:18 To the Kargil War Memorial 5:06 The guide's tour: Tololing & Tiger Hill 9:08 A tank at 11,578 ft 10:13 The eternal flame & the Wall of Fame 12:21 All because of their blood and sweat 16:06 Looking for the stream 17:38 The turquoise stream 18:59 Tiger Hill & Rhino Horn 19:48 Off to Mushkoh Valley 23:54 A lift for a schoolboy 28:20 Off-road: will we make it? ROUTE & TIPS - Saturday 19 September 2026 (as seen / said on camera) Drass → Kargil War Memorial (NH1 towards Kargil, about 6-7 km) → back to Drass → the stream below Drass → the road to Mushkoh Valley. Drass in September: -3°C at night, it warms up once the sun is out (8 AM). The memorial has its own parking - keep the parking slip somewhere you'll find it again. An army guide takes visitors round: Tololing and Tiger Hill from the viewpoint, the guns, the tank, the eternal flame, the Wall of Fame. Take your time there. From the NH1 east of Drass you can see Tiger Hill (the big pointed peak) and Rhino Horn (the thin spike beside it). The road to Mushkoh: the last stretch is dirt and gravel, under construction, very dusty - keep your bag covered. GEAR Bike: Royal Enfield Scram 440 Camera: GoPro HERO9 Black (2.7K 60 fps) Photos: Samsung Galaxy A17 5G PREVIOUS EPISODE Ep 3 - Srinagar to Drass over Zojila Pass: [   • Sonamarg to Drass: Crossing Mighty Zojila ...  ] NEXT EPISODE Ep 5 - Mushkoh Valley & Manman Top: [EP 5 LINK] MUSIC "Undaunted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Evening" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Montauk Point" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "At Rest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Promises to Keep" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Windswept" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Porch Swing Days - faster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Universal" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Aretes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Route map: © OpenStreetMap contributors Thumbnail background: "Entrance to the Kargil War memorial" by Darshancg (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... - cropped and edited #KargilWarMemorial #Ladakh #RoyalEnfield