Dakar 2012 - Official Event Coverage - THANK YOU all Lurkers and Posters!!

[ArthDuro]

Aaaaaaaye see the devil's in the details. See that skibum69?

Originally Posted by Hayduke

On the rider's jacket on the design, I mean.

[ArthDuro]

Oh yeah and the theft is bull. I hope they get em back pronto somehow. Keep your eyes on your gear guys!

[Stagehand]

ARgh. I would give em my helmet if it would help

Thats a bold move on the thieves part. I'm sure that the locals see what kind of bad press this can give the area...

[adrien mototribu]

Gas Gas Team

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[casiopea]

Events like this are a good way to make people know about the history of some places. We are still judging the militars that were responsible for the kidnapping, torture and dissappear of almost 30.000 people in the late '70, and still trying to find around 400 35 year old (in that moment kids) who were stolen from their families and given to other, lying about their identities.

Base Naval, where parc ferme is places, was in that times, a clandestine center of detentions.

thanks for reading!

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/de...011-12-29.html

google translate (shortened by me)
Dakar, with room for memory
Human rights bodies of the spa town it reminded participants that enroll their machines in the Naval Base. Not everyone completed the task, but today starts the technical verification, which runs until tomorrow.
Meanwhile, human rights organizations released a Mar del Plata statement, written in six languages, including the Dakar participants who were yesterday at the Naval Base to inform them that there ran a clandestine detention center during the military dictatorship.
"Dear athletes and members of participating teams: we want to put in your knowledge that the place where you installed the parc ferme that meets your vehicles and equipment, operated during the years of military dictatorship that devastated our country from 1976 to 1983 a Center clandestine Detention, called Naval Base, "the statement said, clarifying that" our city has more than 400 detainees disappeared by this clandestine center and spent most of them. "
"We'd like before your departure, you and your teams place a flower as a way to remember the victims of state terrorism," added the agencies. The machines will leave the park closed between 15 and 21 on Saturday towards the Rambla de Mar del Plata for the symbolic start, the test will be implemented effectively on Sunday from 5, with the first stage ending in Santa Rosa.
On Sunday 1 st, the Dakar leave Mar del Plata: Local estimates suggest that the Dakar fever occur in the spa town an estimated movement between 45 to 50 million dollars.

[Kyler]

barely 12 hours old and 6 pages already - this is going to be the most intense F5 season yet!

[Sylvia]

Pantry stacked, check.
Beer plentiful, check.
Spare keyboards, check.
Spare PC's, check.
Emergency generator supply, check.
Excessive broadband connections, check.
Sleepless nights ahead, check.

Go Rod, Go Dave, Go Team Berg!!

I'm in.

[Flood]

Originally Posted by casiopea

Events like this are a good way to make people know about the history of some places.

Thanks for the reminder, casiopea; One of my family members is among the Desaparecidos, disappeared on 27/11/1976.

[Brimstone]

Originally Posted by adrien mototribu

Gas Gas Team

Fantastic photos Adrien! Big fan of your shooting! Wish I had access to race teams like you do!

[ArthDuro]

Thanks for the history reminder casiopea
smugthugged this from c.vestal but I think it is appropriate

[Stagehand]

Originally Posted by Flood

Thanks for the reminder, casiopea; One of my family members is among the Desaparecidos, disappeared on 27/11/1976.

:frown sad history. All too recent.

[ArthDuro]

adrien thanks for the photos again, you just keep bringing it!

I hope you have enough in the hidden archives to keep surprising us for the next 17 days

[Lobby]

Originally Posted by Flood

Thanks for the reminder, casiopea; One of my family members is among the Desaparecidos, disappeared on 27/11/1976.

[bluesurf]

Originally Posted by troy safari carpente

and the first (of many) F5 mandatory coffee on keyboard award goes to cyborg... opening his account in fine form.


and the crowd went wiiiiild!

phot coutesy of Dakar facebook...

Cyborg noob? Hmmm, not so much. He's a seasoned practitioner

Subscribed!

[casiopea]

Originally Posted by Flood

Thanks for the reminder, casiopea; One of my family members is among the Desaparecidos, disappeared on 27/11/1976.

Nothing to thank for, I just thaught it wouldn´t bother to say something about this. Very sorry for your story, me and my brother were very close of being one of those missing people, along with my parents. Fortunately we are all here to help ones that are not, not to be forgotten.