So here is a clip of some of the sand we rode in the section between Hondeklipbaai and Groenrivier. Before this point we had ridden around 60km of relatively deep sand tracks, but just past a big sign that said "warning 4X4 only - Deep sand" we then actually came across the deep sand we had been waiting for. Not only was it very deep tweespoor, it was 1:30pm and about 30 degrees so the sand was very soft and loose. The clip does little justice for the depth, as always, but suffice to say that 4X4's get stuck and grounded on this middlemannetjie and so I guess thats a fair example. Anyway, ears back, head down, dont slow down once you get going... oh, and please look up... or you are going down.... ; )
Very kak when you fall down with a fully loaded bike, with extra water, extra fuel and half buried in sand, sun baking down... trust me I know, I put my back out on this day... before we reached this deep sand... eish... thanks to Adrian ( FeeRad ) for picking up my bike a couple of times after I became paralyzed from the waist down....
Fairly funny part was when Yves on his KLR roosted a wheelbarrow load of sand it one dudes new Prado through an open window. Long story, but we met them head on and we had to get out of the tweespoor as they couldn't, but it was so deep that we actually couldn't get the bikes to ride out as they just slide along the side walls. So they 4X4 clan got out to help push us out and alas one chap left his window open and Yves unintentionally filled his dash and front seats with 18kgs of sand. He was unhappy.
https://www.youtube.com/v/LjYMnRXg-dw