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| Dawn Till Dusk is the first mountain bike company in Nepal run by professional Nepali mountain bikers, Chhimi Urkyen Gurung & Sonam Gurung. Dawn Till Dusk runs bike tours to Nepal, Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and Bhutan. Our tours are specially designed to take you deep into the culture and lifestyle of the local people and show you the best trails in the Himalayas, where most mountain bikers rarely get a chance to ride! |
 CHHIMI GURUNG is the Managing Director of Dawn Till Dusk, President of Nepal Cycling Association (NCA) affiliated to International Cycling Union (UCI), Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) and Executive Member of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC). Three times winner of Annapurna Triathlon, Chhimi mostly explors new biking routes and promoting mountain biking as a new field in adventure tourism. He leads tours to Nepal, Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and Bhutan. Fluent in English, Nepali, Hindi and Tibetan, Chhimi is also the president of Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC), a reputed football club of Nepal. | | |  SONAM GURUNG the first ever Nepali mountain biker, is also the Founder-Director of Dawn Till Dusk. Vice-President of NCA, Two times Annapurna Triathlon winner and the former Nepal Mountain Bike Champion. Sonam is also a gold medalist in martial arts trained in Thailand. He speaks English, Nepali, Tibetan, Thai and Hindi. Sonam was referred as Mountain Bike Guru by MOUNTAIN BIKER magazine July 1994.
| | |  SANJEEV THAPA: is a young energetic guide and a good mechanic, 2nd on 5th Nepal Mountain Bike Championship 2001, 2nd on Bhaktapur Open Bicycle Race 2002, 2nd on Kathmandu Mountain Bike Race 2003, speaks Nepali, Hindi and English. He participated in the 26th Asian Cycling Championship. | | |  BASU TIWARI: is an experienced guide. Speaks English, Nepali and Hindi. Basu has been our guide since many years. His sense of humour is appreciated by many of our guests and friends. | | |  CHANDRA BAHADUR CHHETRI: 30-Year-old, is a veteran cyclists working in the biking field for last 8 years. He is an expert of off road biking. He is the only unicyclist in the country. Whenever he is free, he enjoys playing with his unicycle or fix broken bikes. He is a hard working person who never likes sitting idle. He is fit, energetic, obedient, intelligent and always happy. He has very good command on English, Nepali and Hindi. He speaks reasonable French as well. Whenever he runs tour our guests have always had high remarks for him. He has taken part in many championship races, such as:
- In 1999, he stood 2nd on 3rd. Nepal Mountain Championship, organised by NMBA.
- In 2000, he stood 1st in Nepal Series Champion on Himalayan Mountain bike and Nepal Championship, organised by Himalayan Mountain Bikes.
- In 2001, he stood 9th on 5th Nepal Mountain Bike Championship, organised by NMBA.
- In 2001, he stood 1st Series Champion but missed two series on Himalayan Mountain bike and Nepal Championship, organised by Himalayan Mountain Bike.
- In 2002, he stood 1st on Pokhara Cross Country race, organised by Himalayan Mountain Bike.
- In 2003, he stood 3rd on 1st Kathmandu Mountain Bike Championship, organised by Kathmandu Mountain Bikes.
| | |  URKEN PALDEN GURUNG: (21) comes from Mustang district, a high altitude- popular trekking region. He joined Dawn Till Dusk as an accountant but also loves going on biking trips whenever he can. He loves mountain biking and enjoys chatting about anything. Speaks Tibetan, Nepali, Hindi & English and loves martial arts movies.
| | |  HMAONG DORJI LAMA: (21) is a young and energetic and newly recruited Secretary cum Tour Guide of Dawn Till Dusk. He comes from a beautiful village in the Langtang region, a well known trekking area. He loves riding, trekking and singing and is a member of Amulet Band. Hmaong speaks Nepali, Hindi, English and Tamang. | | |  RAM KUMAR SHRESTHA: (27) comes from Dharan a city in the Terai region of Nepal. He has worked as a Trekking Guide, spent six years as River guide and is working with Dawn Till Dusk as a guide since 2004. He was an unbeatable school bandminton champion. Ram is an enthusiastic, untiring person, loves going mostly off road. Ram speaks English, Nepali & Hindi. | | |  AJAY PANDIT CHHETRI: (19) is young and energetic and a good mechanic of Dawn till Dusk. 2nd position in 2nd Kathmandu Adventure Rally (open category) 2005.
| | |  ANG GELU SHERPA: (37) is a young energetic guide. Speaks Nepali, Hindi and English. He has been our guide since many years.
| | |  ANIL GURUNG: (24) is a young energetic guide. Speaks Nepali, Hindi and English. He has been our guide since many years.
| | |  SHUBHA SHRESTHA: (35) is a treasurer of Dawn till Dusk and has participated in international badminton championship.
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Testimonials
Down till Dusk tour was everything I wanted. Scenic views right into the heart of Nepal... Through villages... in the midst of the stunning Himalayas my first taste of real mountains (ugh)…. First call of saddle soreness (ouch)... nice single track routes with absolutely fun. fun. fun! Thanks! Happy Trails!
-Karin Mendoza , Oct. 98
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