To enable 140 odd vehicles to race as safely as they can, with medical help at hand, radio cars to monitor their movement, organize lodging for the 500 strong juggernaut in remote Himalayan outposts, reconnaissance the most challenging routes and their alternatives if they are blocked on the day of the event, to even carrying a truck load of fuel to Leh as there are no petrol pumps enroute, to mopping up stragglers with breakdowns, the HMA has to do it all in some of the world's most treacherous terrain. Points out Parmar, (himself an ace rally driver), "Our army of volunteers is our logistics backbone. They come from all parts of the country for the thrill of being part of the event, even if it is as an 'official'"
If working out newer, more challenging routes each year is an annual task for Manjeev, aheli-skiing entrepreneur of Manali, perhaps a tougher assignment is balancing the conflicting interests of the Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India (FMSCI) and the Motorsports Association of India (MAI), both of which mother-hen the Raid. But even as the HMA is taking a bow for running the event for ten consecutive years, why is it despondent about the future?