Chandan Biswas (born 5 November 1985) is a

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Adventure sports Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extreme tourism overl ...

personnel and Travel Writer. He became the first to complete the Solo Trans-Himalaya Cycling Expedition. He directed a documentary film ''Charaiveti'' based on his own adventurous journey.

Expeditions

Biswas started adventure sports since 2010. He involves with

mountaineering Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, a ...

rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

and mountain cycling also. Biswas was the first to successfully complete the Solo Trans-Himalaya Cycling Expedition. It took him 153 days extend over February 2017 to July 2017. In this journey Biswas cycled 6,249 km spanning the countries of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. He walked along Narmada River Trail and valley in 2018 covering 1,047 km in 47 days spanning 4 states of India. Also in 2016 he led a Intra-Country Cycling and Running team from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement ahead of the

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Adventure timeline

*2018 - Narmada River Trail on foot , 1,047 km , 47 Days , Solo *2017 - Trans-Himalaya & SAARC Countries Cycling Expedition , 6,249 km , 153 Days , Solo *2016 - Kolkata to Dhaka Inter-Country Cycling Program , Akshar Yatra

Life

He is a cinematographer by profession. He regularly writes for newspaper publications and magazines.

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Ramnath Biswas Ramnath Biswas ( bn, রামনাথ বিশ্বাস, Ramnath Bishshash; 13 January 1894 – 1 November 1955) was an Indian revolutionary, soldier, globetrotter and travelogue writer. He is known for circumnavigating the globe by bicyc ...

Bimal Mukherjee About Born in 1903, Bimal Mukherjee ( bn, বিমল মুখার্জী) (1903–1996) was the first Indian globe trotter to travel the entire world on a bicycle from the year 1926 to 1937. Though born in Odisha his ancestral house ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biswas, Chandan 1985 births Living people Bengali writers Indian male cyclists Indian travel writers Indian explorers People from North 24 Parganas district