[Posted by Jon]
A good first day - 56th unofficially and a little over 4 hours. No significant aches or pains yet, although I'm sure they will come later in the week.
The four of us are now in the overnight camp - Neil finishing in the top 30, Chris in the top 400 and Simon in the top 500. You might not hear from Simon and Chris as the queue for the email tent is long and slow.
The terrain generally consists of flatish bowls of hard, crusty sand inset with small pebbles. These are sometimes filled with dunes - so far only fairly small ones although I'm sure we'll see something more challenging later in the week. The bowls are punctuated with djebels - rocky ridges up to a few hundred metres high, although we always seem to cross at a pass. We crossed many dry rivers and one with a bit of flow.
We probably won't blog every day as it involved queuing in the sun for a long time, but we'll do our best.
A good first day - 56th unofficially and a little over 4 hours. No significant aches or pains yet, although I'm sure they will come later in the week.
The four of us are now in the overnight camp - Neil finishing in the top 30, Chris in the top 400 and Simon in the top 500. You might not hear from Simon and Chris as the queue for the email tent is long and slow.
The terrain generally consists of flatish bowls of hard, crusty sand inset with small pebbles. These are sometimes filled with dunes - so far only fairly small ones although I'm sure we'll see something more challenging later in the week. The bowls are punctuated with djebels - rocky ridges up to a few hundred metres high, although we always seem to cross at a pass. We crossed many dry rivers and one with a bit of flow.
We probably won't blog every day as it involved queuing in the sun for a long time, but we'll do our best.
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