Tales From The Bivouac, Dakar 2012

Glad to hear you made it!

And just to let you know...the wind chill is -27c hear right now!!!

Just finished dinner with Jonah, Niles, Tim and Bill. Everyone seems relaxed and raring to go

Some mix up with the Freedom teams RV that was in a different ship, it was supposed to carry Neds bike and the teams tools, tires, etc. Robb headed out for the rescue and should be back early tomorrow.

No worries

Hi Jimmy

yeah man. rallyraidio rocks.
the phone ins from safariberg particularly following the fiambala stage; 2 events ago (2010) still raises the hairs on the back of the neck.
thanks packmule, safariberg and other contributors.

edit - wow RR seems to have totally dissapeared - lmk if its treading on anyones toes; here's the 2010 link - http://www.zshare.net/audio/98016208571f354f/

Robb, Ned and his GF and Chris showed up around 3:30 last night

All parts, tools and bikes are now at the house. Today's is the scrutineering for the three bikes and the truck. Ned and Chris have been out since sunrise doing the last bit of prep to his bike. nav tower and decals, etc. Tim and Bill are out finishing his wiring and a few other odds and ends. Robb, Niles and Jonah still sleeping.....not hard to tell who the noobs are..we're the ones too excited to sleep

Everyone is in good spirits, I for one am very stoked to be here

Glad you made it Ted.

Time to bust out the camera and post a few pix?

Uploading is a pita....taking tons for the book though

this is going to be epic.keep it coming Ted

Great images Ted!

Looks all are hard at work.

Edit: friendly reminder; don't forget to take pix at scrutineering!!

Im interested to see more pics of the bashplate... What's it made off? Paper mache?

Wow, Ted, we're all basking in the luxury of your updates and pictures. It's like ADVrider has it's own mole hidden in the RPA organization. Too good to be true. We know once the race starts other priorities might slow down how much information you'll able to get to us, but we're loving what we're getting already.

LONG LIVE TED!

Actually, right now we're downright spoiled also getting updates from Ned and Bill.

Just noticed license plate on bike. Too funny.

Good luck Ned and all!

Bikes have to be plated/street legal.

I believe so, and insured. Heading out this afternoon to get the truck inspected, Bill is at 6:30 tonight, Jonah is tomorrow...I believe Ned is going at the same time as Bill.

Bring on the rally pron

That said, I predict Ned loses that plate on day one.

Hope not, they do periodic checks throughout the race (or so I am told)... Might also make crossing borders interesting