Marty rides ahead Stage 79 - Sesriem to Betta 137km, 7:50 hrs, 16.8 kph, 880m vertical Open, stark, gravel, heat, wind and sand. Rough washboards, how rough? One guys frame snapped. Marty’s derailleur broke. Extreme blue skies. Wildflowers, grasses and wildlife uniquely adapted to this climate. Tough day on men and machines. [...]
Vista of pass An important sign along the way Social Weavers bird nest Stage 77 - Weissenfel to Solitaire 124km, 5:55hrs, 20kph avg Serious open space on dirt roads that could be a little washboardy at times. Stunning vistas. Millions of flowers. At times it looked like the surface of [...]
Stage 76 - Windhoek to Weissenfel Camp 124km, 6:10 hrs, 18.2kph, 1160m (3848 vertical feet) approx. All but 20kms were dirt, gravel. Some complained about the corrugations (wash board) but riding up to seven springs was good practice. Beautiful open space. I thought I was in Arizona. Intense blue skies. Large birds of [...]
Plants starting to look like home Bike donation Orange Babies volunteer The Journeyer Jill Cohen ER Nurse from Boulder knows my friend Rick Abbott Local police and Craig Tingle This week Rest Day(s) Windhoek Namibia What happens on a rest day? Wake up 05:00- Meditate [...]
Carefree? Nope Namibia just east of Windhoek Riding with Craig and Tommy Stage 75 - Witvlie to Windhoek 153km, 5:28 hr., 28.8kph – whew! A little house keeping. Yesterday I included a picture of a sign to Windhoek. It was just a sign pointing towards the town which was still 200km [...]
Craig Tingle and Tom Woodard two great riders. Eight countries down only two to go. After 5,500 miles, I’m finally getting into shape. Windhoek More Herero woman shopping Stage 74 - Buitepos to Witvlie Namibia 162km ( 108 mi ), 6:10 hrs, 26.2kph avg, top speed 58kph Another long day. [...]
Stage 73- Ghanzi to Buitepos Namibia 208km, 27.9 kph, 7:29 hrs (Note: average includes 3km of soft sand road and 15km dirt road) Average heart rate 130bpm Longest day on trip for mileage about 140 miles. I give in kilometers because that is what we are working in. To convert just multiply kilometers by [...]
Healthy horses Stage 72 - Bush Camp to Ghanzi 145km, 5:15hrs, 27.7 kph The guys I’ve been riding with took off early but had a couple more guys join so I decided to ride alone and go at my own pace rather than ride with large group going fast. Later I was [...]
Interesting road sign Flowers Baobob Stage 71 - Maun to bush camp 155 km, 30.4 kph, avg 5:05 hrs A good lunch at 9:30, and off again. Got to camp before noon, pushed by tail winds. Fields of flowers and occasional Botswanan cowboys with small heards of cattle and handsome [...]
Stage 70 - Phuduhudu to Maun 134 km, 5:22 hrs, 27.7 avg The legs revolted, body tired. Heart rate high. Hot, humid. Thank goodness there were no hills. I coasted in on fumes. Spent, from the last four days of hard riding. Hopefully still recovering. Glad tomorrow is a rest day. Agnes started eating [...]
