My Ben10 Solo Trip

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Skeltonsc

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After reading all the reports of the guys doing the Ben10 I decided this is something I really want to do. After all, if some guys can klap this in a day how hard can it really be……
I was originally planning to do this in Jan 2020, but life happened and I rushed into this being the impulsive person that I am.
Bearing in mind that I had not really done any off-road since 2012 with DocKLR and Cracker doing some gnarly black route donkey paths stuff in Lesotho, but I also did do Sani and I thought it was a walk in the park.
I had watched all the videos on YouTube and before going I already had some idea of what I would be in for, well lets say videos make it look tame there is no real depth perception in a video and no sense of how steep things really are, oh and did I mention I’m afraid of heights.
Well let’s start at the preparation.

I knew this would be done solo so I needed to make sure I can look after myself if the proverbial shit hits the fan.
So, I packed as light as possible but still think I over packed
I had 2 oxford pannier bags, a 40-litre sports bag and a very small tank bag
I had to pack the following into these bags

Left Pannier bag contained
1. 3 x pairs Sox
2. 3 x underwear
3. 3 x T-shirts
4. 1 x Jeans
5. 1x pair Crox
6. Spare batteries for GPS and power bank along with cell charger
7. Paper maps because you know murphy

Right Panier bag contained
1. Small gas stove (cheap alva model with gas canister)
2. Small pot and metal cup
3. Small tins of coffee sugar and milk powder
4. Smallish First aid kit with some Rehydrit sachets
5. Some pain killers and alergex (non drowsy version)
6. Fork, t-spoon and knife


Sports bag contained the following
1. 2 man tent
2. 10 litre fuel can (I needed this for the last day)
3. Small 6 can cooler which had all my puncture stuff including tyre levers slime compressor valve puller and patches with glue
4. 2 x tie downs and 2 small rachets
5. Small metal coffee flask
6. Small camping lantern – this thing is cheap as chips but can charge with its own solar panel
7. My home made jack – 2 pieces of pipe that fit into each other with holes drilled to adjust the height – turns out I needed this
Then I had one of those camping mattresses

Small tank bag contained all my tools, and yes I had lots of tools

1. sockets sizes 8,10,12,14,17,19,22,24
2. Spanners in the following sizes 8,10,12,13,14,17,19
3. small ¼ inch rachet
4. long extension with ½ inch socket on it
5. Pliers big and long nose
6. Vice grips – you would be surprised what you can do with these when the need arises
7. Cable ties – never leave home without them
8. Duck tape
9. Insulation tape
10. Pratley steel
11. 2 Screw drivers
12. Sharp knife
13. Small can of tool in a can – can be used a chain lube etc

I uploaded some videos that I have made, note these are actually quite boring as I don't know how to edit or speed things up, its just mostly the raw footage of a few of the passes

Ben 10 Eco Challenge - Bastervoetpad Pass - skip to 12 minutes for the actual pass

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TTT [Tiffindell-Tenahead Traverse]

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Ben MacDhui Pass

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Carlisleshoekspruit Pass

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Volunteershoek Pass

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Lundin’s Nek Pass

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