1. How many km's per day? i guess it depends on the terrain, but say for nice roads - ?, for average roads - ?, and for bad shit - ?
2. How long would you recommend going for a trip of this nature - in order to cover those areas, but also to do it at a leisury pace?
3. What is essential for the trip - items wise?
4. What would you take along in addition, now in retrospect?
5. budget for the trip?
1. once
in namibia, anything from 150km - 200km a day is good in terms of not feeling pressurised to "get there", although i did 750km from epupa to brandberg in
one day, gravel only! that wasnt as much fun, but i wanted to see if it could be done.
2. lesiurely pace is a relative term. but if you do it at my speed, 10-14 days is enough, but 21 days would be ideal, because then you can bush camp every time you see a nice spot. also, you'd be able to spend more than one day per campsite and explore the surroundings and people.
i reckon on a trip like this it is essential to choose two campsites at which you spend at least two nights each. that is what i did last year whilst in namibia, it takes away that feeling of "merely passing through".
3. a good pillow, and a decent sleeping bag. one pair of soft cotton clothes for wearing in camp, aliong with plakkies so you can get out of those boots. headlamp.
one thing ive always said but somehow failed to adhere to - a tent that can stand without the use of pegs, ie. a 4 cornered dome tent. i have one but took my "coffin" instead. i was jealous of zonk and forty and richard every night because their tents were up in seconds.
then also obvious stuff like tyre levers etc.
4. aluminium panniers. i'm tired of "sukkeling". i want lock-up facilities for when i go into shops or turn my back.
watch this space - i'm getting some made for a fraction of the price!
5. R3500, but i over spent by R1000. still cheap though.
The report does not say, how many falls were there in the sand?
KE = 1 , but it was more of a topple-over than a fall.