River trip 6 tot 10 aug 2015

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Re: River trip 6 tot 10 aug 2015

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Sorry for breaking your story line there Piet!
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Re: River trip 6 tot 10 aug 2015

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A step in the riverbed caused by mining for sand gave us our next opportunity for fun.
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A camera always bring out the hooligan in some people.
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Alex finally found us, giving us the opportunity to settle another grudge match. With a drag race of course.
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And then Tinus, in an inspired moment (actually he was trying to kap a doughnut, but it doesn't work well in soft sand), discovered the crop circle.
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Re: River trip 6 tot 10 aug 2015

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Alex Roux wrote:Sorry for breaking your story line there Piet!
No worries Alex, I suspect this might be the most througheachother trip report in internet history...
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Shortly thereafter, Vinnige Fanus caught up with us.
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And then we came across the first real obstacle. It started fairly innocently.
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But got progressively worse, with some steep rockslider-testing rocks.
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But the kicker was the dune one had to climb immediately after exiting the dune. Of course, the more cars churned it up, the tougher it bacame...
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This obstacle took the first battle damage, making mincemeat of David Volschank's running boards and ripping off one of the appliance's mudflaps.
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By the end of the day the dune was so tough, the maiden ended up on the endof a winch cable.
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Re: River trip 6 tot 10 aug 2015

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Peter Connan wrote:By the end of the day the dune was so tough, the maiden ended up on the endof a winch cable.
Yes, but if I may interject, Cedric could have blown down much more, but gracefully allowed me to break my winch-virginity instead.
Thats our story anyway.
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How many Patrols on the trip, and as a matter of interest I see a Patrol " soos van sy ma" no after market bumpers ,lifts etc hoe het hy gevaar met daardie groot klippe crossings ??

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Jules, I don't know but somewhere around 20, with six other cars.

Of the three GQ's, Chris Boegman once again showed the rest of us how it should be done, i never saw Dirk in action but suspect he cake-walked everything and David struggled a bit with clearance, but his car's suspension had sagged a lot since new.
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Ek het gesien ook daar is n nuwerige GU ( 4.8 dink ek ) wat ook geen aftermarket goed opgehad het nie , hoe het hy gevaar ?

Wat ek probeer vasstel is hoe capable is ons lorries soos hy van die vloer rol sonder lifts en after bumpers

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