Dirty XT's december mobile ride report.

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Bundu said:
thanks for the update! nice tent  :thumleft:

That sure is a very nice Tent :thumleft: :thumleft: Plenty space for all your kit in the tent too ;)
 
Devils bellows is amazing. Just passed bartervoet as my all time greatest. And there is a cellphone tower up here. More pics later
 

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Haven't seen a single person all morning. Its so quiet... Wild horses and me. Good spot to camp!!! Rocky sections.
 
Camp for the night!!! Long hard day. This mobile reporting off my cell isn't great.
 

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dirtyXT said:
Camp for the night!!! Long hard day. This mobile reporting off my cell isn't great.

Thanks for keeping us posted with all the updates :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:
 
dirtyXT said:
Camp for the night!!! Long hard day. This mobile reporting off my cell isn't great.
you're doing just fine - thanks for the updates and be safe  :thumleft:
 
Wwwhaha. My first off. A water crossing in the karoo. What's the odds so I stopped to take pic as a sort of a lag. It was still and a centimeters deep. Didn't about it. Till I crossed. Slip splat! Moss is slippery shit. So when I stopped laughing I took these. Enjoy
 

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and so you learn that those are the most treacherous of all water crossings. haha
 
The karoo is epic. Found a bit of fence by chance in my tire. Thank the lord for the mitas!!! No puncture. Made it to fort beauford. Mission finding a camp site, all disgusting expensive or full. Hot and a bit pissed. Stopped for a few beers after site 3 was a no go. Booked into oasis hotel. Sitting in front of the aircon now. Coming into town on the main road and my gps recons hook a left up that path in the last pic. Me being a die hard thought WTF. Took me 20 grueling minutes to get up that!!! Loose rock. Came to a standstill 4 times ended up sliding back down wheels locked each time. Igave it gas and spun a little further each time. Hard work after 500ks not easy.
 

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View at the top and back down again. Just for the record That wasn't 4 attempts from the bottom. It was one attempt but in for stages. I went up slide back down 4 times but managed to keep it upright and clutched it to get momentum . I was well buggerd after that. No valiant attempts of going straight to ladismith.
 

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