One year ago Michiel and a friend, John, did an epic trip through Lesotho. At some point they both found themselves out of their element but there was no stopping Michiels unquenching need for adventure. John on the other hand was not having such a great time and at a particularly difficult section crossing through the Senqu river he freaked out and threatened to break Michiels camera and declared their friendship over if they did not turn around.
A group of 4x4 riders that managed to get through the river assured them that the road on the opposite side is very steep and slippery and that they did not think they will make it on motorbikes.
Michiel had to accept defeat. RR of this trip is here:
http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=32388.0At the start of planning a revisit of Lesotho and to take care of some unfinished business by Michiel, there were four of us, Michiel, Stefan (Sack), Mike (Airhead) and myself, Altus (Dustdevil).
Michiel made it clear as to what to expect and the general consensus was that we will need to tackle some really tough 4x4 routes in order for us to get familiarized with the group dynamics but most importantly to develop our riding skills to be able to cope with some of the most inhospitable riding conditions imaginable. We visited the Helderberg 4x4 route as well as routes in the Elands valley and Hex river and also the infamous Matroosberg 4x4 route. Here we learned to drop bikes, pick them back up and to get them going again on the steep, slippery slopes. We figured out what is the best tire pressures and that rim locks is most essential if you want to run at pressures giving any form of traction.
At the start of the trip in December there were only three of us, Mike (Airhead) was still busy building his dream HPN waiting for backorder parts from Germany and could not join us anymore. Read about it here:
http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=41149.0
Topic: Lesotho, the hard way.(Complete) (Read 46991 times)
