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Day 114: Our last rest day—preparing for a tough home-run

May 6, 2017 3 Comments 2233 Views

Today has been our last rest day on the tour. Next time we wake up and don’t need to ride a bike, we’ll already be in Cape Town! Where has the time gone!?

It’s also been our laziest rest day of the entire tour. We’re camping directly at the Orange River, which forms the natural border between Namibia and South Africa. Some people went for a canoe ride on the river, or a quick swim, but most of us have just been chilling and doing nothing (physically speaking, books and gadgets aside).

Liz, Marie and Phil—what riders do, after completing their chores . . .

As mentioned in a recent post, we have our toughest section coming up. Looking at the whiteboard with the climbing statistics for the next seven days gave me a headache.

Our home-run might as well become our hardest section—lots of climbing and dirt!

“Do you think I’m at risk of losing my EFI?” I asked Tallis.

“Alex, for this section, everyone is.”

On top of the fact that I’ll be coming into camps late and need every sleep I can get, I still need to take videos and photos of our camp life (that I had been planning to take for four months, but as usual left to the last minute), and our lesson learnt videos (that I’d been too lazy to chase people for today) . . . Combined with poor/no Internet expectations as we’ll be cycling again through the middle of nowhere (across the Cederberg mountain range), please don’t be surprised if my final blog entries will be seriously delayed 🙁

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3 Comments

  1. Gun Frisk Reply
    May 7, 2017 at 6:29 am

    You are fantastic!
    I’m sure you will do your EFI! And many thanks for this blogg.
    Mother Frisk in Sweden

  2. Jeannette Gravett Reply
    May 7, 2017 at 12:55 pm

    Oooooo – Meine Kleine Schatz!

    I’ve been feeling emotional, already, about your final haul – very exciting!
    I canNOT imagine cycling down thru the Western Cape will leave you unimpressed when it comes to “scenery and views”. If so, that will be a blow to my solar plexus!
    Keep cool – keep the Mind and Body Beautiful sharpened – as The Filly from the Camargue heads for the home straight – keep it focused.

    You and Liz CAN do it! Rooting for you!
    Next time – SOUTH AFRICA!
    xxx

  3. Mac Reply
    May 7, 2017 at 9:45 pm

    We get good vibes from Africa up to the Dolomites. We’re sure you can do it ! We’re sure you will do it !

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