Amageza Safari 2013 - The Revenge of the Richtersveldt

Thanks for the sticky guys!


From the wilddog thread:

It looks as if Gerrit Du Toit has decided to ride tar road to Sutherland, after holing his petrol tank

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Dawn breaks over the bivouac. You can see the 1200 GSA on the right.


#109 Martinus Kruger killing it on his 690


Peter How (bonova) on his BMW 450 and Andrew Johnson (Kamanya) on his converted KTM 950 fuel bowser


Jan Niederhumer (N[]va on his DRZ 400 and Chris Kruger (speedmetal) on his 690


Jacques Kreef on this 650 Xchallenge and Dale Thompson on a 950




Juan Ballester gunning away


Charl Steyn on a 690 Oryx


And last but not least, the ill-fated sweep vehicles

Alexander Nel FB:

Chris Opperman crossing the river at Malgas. Broke a chain link but managed to fix it.

Rider and inmate Andrew Johnson signs in an updates

its now 20:32 in South Africa, raining and cold and here is the status:

#115 Willem Weber is missing in action, last seen 3km into the special. Lets hope he is okay.

#123 Jacques Coetzer and
#128 Deon Augustyn got caught in a flash flood on the stage, they have sat phone, are okay and are making their way slowly out together.

#135 Dale Thompson and
#137 John Jordaan are also together. one of them has bike problems but they are also slowly making their way out of the special.

Im glad at least someone is reading all this!

Its to keep guys like Troy Carpente Safari in check!

Just ask me if you need some help in translation Or the peeps in WD's

onward with the program:

Some more photos, compliments of Wayne:

Hunting for lost riders


Night time repairs


Loading tomorrows road book


Midnight repairs


Local sports change rooms being used as a midnight workshop for riders. No support crews.


Some guys work, others watch, and some give advice. I reckon the guy on the right is too tired to do much more than watch


Make shift workshop with lighting

The above results are PRELIMINARY and have not yet been signed off by the organisation (SteveD and Co Patch), though Im sure it will be pretty close.

23 out of 41 Starters yesterday finished the stage.

That's only 56% of the field on the first day, not counting the 4 riders who did not start yesterday!!

The 19 who did not finish have now played their "pink card". While they are allowed to start, they still have to finish today to be allowed to continue on the 3rd and final stage.

#135 Dale Thompson and 137 #Johan Jordaan arrived at the bivouac sometime between midnight and 4 a.m. this morning. They had to walk out, apparently abandoning their bikes! :huh

Today the riders start out in reverse order, slowest guys first, in an attempt to give everyone the best chance on the stage. Its another monster stage:

Sutherland to Springbok, 379km of liaison to a 150 km special stage, followed by a 200 km final liaision, almost all on dirt. Total stage length: 729 km. Its going to be a monster!

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