Northern Cape Crawl (1 - 8 June 2019): Slow and Slower

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Ri

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Once upon a time there was a noob on a purple bike who saw a WD thread for an adventure in the Kaokoland, and started dreaming. She knew there was no way she had the technical skills to join that tour (an assessment quickly proven right) and started making plans to up-skill so she could join the next Kaokoland tour.

She would spend some time on her Yammy TTR230 riding funduros, and in the meantime, to quench the thirst for some desert adventure, go for a gentle ride around the Richtersveld - just an easy ride up the N7, exploring easy gravel tracks. Nothing hectic.

That all came to naught when she joined the Kaokoland adventure against her better judgement (she just wanted to do it so badly) and promptly broke her fibula, leading to 2 operations, an infection scare, and 6 months of no riding.

Eventually back on her feet again, she had lost her dirt road riding nerve. She joined various day rides, often dropping the purple bike, as is her wont, often on her ankles. She tried out the TTR230 in hectic (for her) terrain, and learnt some skills and picked up some confidence under the watchful gaze of [member=5609]Dux[/member]. She even completed an introductory adventure riding course which did wonders for her confidence.

She was determined to make the Richtersveld ride happen though, and various WD said they were keen to join her.

Emails commenced, leave was scheduled, the planning began in earnest. But despite plenty of interest, in the end, only two struck out on the road: Slow ... and Slower.
 
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