Lesotho Dads & Lads Ride - March 2011

[twister]

Wow dit lyk nice. Ek stem saam met August so bietjie saam sukkel is ongelooflik goed vir span bou. Waar gaan ek n seun kry? Ek wil ook volgende keer saam gaan ;D

 

[cloudgazer]

wow
:thumleft:
awesome.

I can't wait to visit Lesotho next month... but your pics are also a little worrying.
I'll not be happy to tackle some of that solo.... oh well.

 

[baashjp]

Wow dit lyk nice. Ek stem saam met August so bietjie saam sukkel is ongelooflik goed vir span bou. Waar gaan ek n seun kry? Ek wil ook volgende keer saam gaan ;D

Jy sal maar weer moet probeer  :thumleft:

 

[africanSky]

F@@king awesome! :thumleft: What an amazing priviledge to experience that with your child. How old (young) was the youngest and did he cope OK?

 

[baashjp]

SGB wat n RR ek is spyt ek het die een gemis sal jy asb met my praat as jy en oom Staal weer so iets beplan.

 

[Losper]

F@@king awesome! :thumleft: What an amazing priviledge to experience that with your child. How old (young) was the youngest and did he cope OK?

AfricanSky, the youngest boy was 9years old. He was lifted by his dad.
The youngest boys on there own bikes was 14years old.
On Friday we did 240km from 10h00 to 21h00
On Saterday we did 85km from 09h00 to 18h30
Sunday we did 220km from 10h00 to 17h00
In the technical sections ( mud and rocks ) the lads coped better than the dads since there bikes were much lighter.
What an unforgettable experience :thumleft:

 

[SGB]

wow
:thumleft:
awesome.

I can't wait to visit Lesotho next month... but your pics are also a little worrying.
I'll not be happy to tackle some of that solo.... oh well.

No worries - your route does not include the crazy sections.  Attempting those solo would be stoopid. 
Although there are some sections where the scenery will be second priority...

 

[SGB]

SGB wat n RR ek is spyt ek het die een gemis sal jy asb met my praat as jy en oom Staal weer so iets beplan.

Ons sal maar weer moet gaan.... :thumleft:

 

[roxenz]

Absolutely brilliant guys!  A time that'll stay with all the Dads and all the Lads forever.  :thumleft:

Thanks for posting, great read.

 

[goingnowherequickly]

Great Stuff !!
This will be a ride that will be remembered ...
Well Done !

 

[Jacko]

Ek was op die 640 en man dit was die lekkerste trip wat ek nog gehad het.  Dit was eenvoudig amazing.  Die sukkel saam het die trip gemaak.  Dink net hoe boring dit sou gewees het as alles net plain sailing was.  Die karakter goed wat uitgekom het met die seuns en die res van ons, kan nie met geld gekoop word nie.  Die lewe is lekker.  Dankie vir al die manne wat daai bikes teen die berg uitgery het.  Nou weet ons dit kan gedoen word.  Nou moet ons die trip die ander kant om doen.  

Lekker dominee.  :biggrin:

 

[Michiel]

Stunning, thanks for sharing. I don't think anyone that haven't themselves been through that valley between
Mantsonyane and Semonkong will fully appreciate what you have achieved. And that with the kids. Respect!

 

[Rynet]

Beutiful  :3some:  and some hard riding done there , must have been very satisfying , at least afterwards ?  :mwink:

 

[SGB]

Stunning, thanks for sharing. I don't think anyone that haven't themselves been through that valley between
Mantsonyane and Semonkong will fully appreciate what you have achieved. And that with the kids. Respect!

Hi Michiel, thanks - having been down there you know....  The sad part is that we did not even stop at the auntie Chief's place for a chat - we just waved as we went past.....  I did not want to stop the entire group, it takes some time to get the whole train going again and time was few, so I decided to rather keep going and fight the mountain in good light and weather.

Will stop over again next time.

 

[Brakenjan]

Dankie julle - dit was 'n lekker lees.  :thumleft:

 

[Sandban(g)k]

Wow dit lyk nice. Ek stem saam met August so bietjie saam sukkel is ongelooflik goed vir span bou. Waar gaan ek n seun kry? Ek wil ook volgende keer saam gaan ;D

Ek sal vir n naweek vir jou "pa" se :biggrin:

 

[ALLAWYN]

Baie goed gedoen Stefan en almal, sal graag so iets eendag met my seun wil doen, regtig bevange  :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:

 

[HennieF]

Wel gedaan julle klomp. Dus mos nou hoe 'n pa en seun outing moet wees.

As ek so na die pics kyk lyk dit vir my dat die pa's behalwe hulle swaar fietse nog al die bagasie ook moes dra.

:thumleft:

 

[Losper]

Wel gedaan julle klomp. Dus mos nou hoe 'n pa en seun outing moet wees.

As ek so na die pics kyk lyk dit vir my dat die pa's behalwe hulle swaar fietse nog al die bagasie ook moes dra.

:thumleft:

Ons moes hulle bagasie en fuel en ons eie bagasie dra, wat 'n plesier
Dit was een van die lekkerste trips wat ek nog gedoen het.

 

[Dustdevil]

Respect SGB for getting 15 bikes through there in a day. If you'd ask me I would have told you it won't be possible. In January Michiel, Remote Operated Vehicle Rat and myself did a fair amount of road reconstruction on the Semongkong side of the valley. Maybe that's the reason you guys could scoot through there so easily  :amazon:
If those lads moms would have had the slightest inclination of where you guys were going to drag their sons through you would have had a war on your hands.  :eek7: