Tales From The Bivouac, Dakar 2012

[rinho]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

The organization (ASO) gave us all a full size map and a pamphlet with a day by day rundown of the route, description, distances, etc

Don't loose it !
What a precious "souvenir"

[Bluebull2007]

I noticed from the booklet that the do briefings in different languages at different times. Might pay one of the support crew to attend the french one as well just to be sure...

[tehdutchie]

Originally Posted by It'sNotTheBike

The French have a long and dishonorable history of bias on the part of organizers and rule enforcement
in motorsport. Those who remember Balestre ( FIA head during the Senna / Prost era ) know how the outcome
of races in F1 was influenced in favor of Prost. It's an ugly business. Of course such things happen at the highest levels of competition,
and it's not only the French who engage in such behavior, but for the French it seems to be business as usual. Even fluency in French
will not alleviate the problem, because some of the questionable stuff happens behind closed doors and non-French competitors will not
be privy to the French subterfuge.

Give it a break..

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by tehdutchie

Give it a break..

+1

J'AimE beaucoup Le francais, mon mason est 50 km from la belle province

[shipwrek12001]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

+1

J'AimE beaucoup Le francais, mon mason est 50 km from la belle province

Yep and I heard it myself in person...

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by shipwrek12001

Yep and I heard it myself in person...

Je parle en petite bit du francais.....we call it frenglish where I live but i'm getting better by the year

Hi Sean

[shipwrek12001]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

Je parle en petite bit du francais.....we call it frenglish where I live but i'm getting better by the year

Hi Sean

Keep the pictures flowing.... and don't forget my T-shirt..


frenglish..... bahaha

[Deadly99]

After you have passed scrutineering you get a braclet put on ya, the color signifies racer, support, etc. It's got an electronic device on it, this is scanned entering, exiting bivouacs, briefings, etc






In exchange for putting some decals on your vehicle you get one of these passes that entitle you to free oil in the bivouacs....Tim and I have one (Ned and Bill respectively) so we can get oil each day for their bikes.







Ned hard at work on Day one roadbook.






All for now, Jonahs start time is around 5:45 am and we are hitting the road bright and early to try and beat the racers to tomorrows bivouac.

Thanks for following along

[Region Riley]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

After you have passed scrutineering you get a braclet put on ya, the color signifies racer, support, etc. It's got an electronic device on it, this is scanned entering, exiting bivouacs, briefings, etc






In exchange for putting some decals on your vehicle you get one of these passes that entitle you to free oil in the bivouacs....Tim and I have one (Ned and Bill respectively) so we can get oil each day for their bikes.







Ned hard at work on Day one roadbook.






All for now, Jonahs start time is around 5:45 am and we are hitting the road bright and early to try and beat the racers to tomorrows bivouac.

Thanks for following along

Have a great adventure Ted!

Tell Ned I said nice re-purposing of the klim toolkit.

[cyborg]

Very cool Ted!

Just noticed Ned has the same pocket camera I do, looks like the Canon S95. Not rainproof or dustproof as I found out the hard way and $140 of repairs later. Tell Ned to keep it in a baggie or something waterproof if he hasn't already.

So now the FUN begins in earnest!! I imagine your posts will slow down on this thread you'll be so busy

[rinho]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

+1

J'AimE beaucoup Le francais, mon mason est 50 km from la belle province

Et les français t'aiment beaucoup !

[Bluebull2007]

Go guys go! Enjoy the trip

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by rinho

Et les français t'aime beaucoup !

Ted est un Francais Honoraire maintenant!

[Arctic traveller]

Ted, it's freeking AWESOME having someone doing the play by play. Hopefully you will be able to continue uploading photos somehow. The next best thing you can do is to make sure Robb and Niles never run out of coffee.
Don't forget, your life will be in Robb's hands every day, keep him awake and let the fun begin...............Arctic Traveller.

[Dread Pendragon]

Ted could go to the briefings in French, then compare notes with the others who attend the English ones. I know, it's overkill, I've just been thinking about the waypoint snafu last year with Jonah.