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| Riding Solo to the Top of the World | |
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| Directed by | Gaurav Jani |
| Produced by | Dirt Track Productions |
| Cinematography | Gaurav Jani |
| Edited by | Sankalp Meshram |
| Music by | Ved Nair |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
Riding Solo to the Top of the World is a 2006 documentary film in English language directed by Gaurav Jani on the Chang pas of Ladakh, in India, about a journey of self-discovery.
Riding Solo is a film about filmmaker Gaurav Jani's solo motorcycle journey from Mumbai to one of the remotest places in the world, the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. Jani was a one-man camera crew unit who loaded his Royal Enfield Bullet 350CC Motorcycle (Loner) with 300 kilograms (660 lb) of equipment/supplies and set off on a journey to one of the world's most difficult terrains.
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