I hate those dongas! (Actually, what's a donga?)
So that's a wonderful photo of a pretty hairy race obstacle. I think I'd have got off my bike and ended my race right about there. Before the bridge, not on it. Cheers, frank On 1 July, 2015 4:07:15 AM EDT, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >Last Sat. I borrowed an old Mountain Bike to enter a local MB Race on a >game >farm adjoining Kruger. I am really a runner & part-time road cyclist so > >MBiking was something new. The bike wasn't a very good fit & I don't >even >have proper cycling gear. The route was quite tough with a lot of loose >sand >& some deep, rocky dongas to be negotiated. I was very circumspect (not >like >some of the young kamikazes!) & fortunately never came off. My heart >was in >my throat when I saw this 100m pontoon bridge made from fork lift >pallets >strung on two steel cables about 3km from the end . I just pedalled >like mad >& safely reached the other side unlike some unfortunates. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/19132031669/in/dateposted-public/ > >Photo by an unknown spectator. > >Alan C > > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
