Aubrey
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My wife and I had the good fortune to spend 10 days in the Kgalagadi desert. An area of 50 000km square of nature and desert at it's wildest African best.
The first 4 days would be spend bush camping with a game ranger so everythying down to the last drop of needed water was taken. I was in the trusted Defender 90 and the rear suspension have been sorted .....I had installed air spings as well, so ride was superb.
Little worried with the 45 gal of water I was carrying ....my wife may be tough but I promised a shower every night. And some of those dunes are loose red sand and after midday ... powder soft sand!!
So here all kitted and packed ....the Defender 90. Cutlery is a Fehrman and the wife was gifted a pink Izula on arrival by me.
As we left for the start of the 4 day 4x4 trail, the first game we saw ..... and the SA national animal was a Springbuck .....early spings so most all ewes were pregnant.
And not being from Disney ..... the lion didn't sing or dance or have warthog friends ....he was just napping. About 4 years old and relaxed as can be ...... be fast or be food really hits home now
My wife told me again she is not leaving the tent at night.
As we left the main track onto the loose sand, we saw a herd of Bluewildebeest and a springbuck moving off to graze in the early morning sunshine.
As we were deflating tyres to 14psi, this lone Gemsbuck strut past ...... obviously the lion 2 miles away was not any concern to him right now.
Not dependant on surface water but will drink if water is found. Can raise core temp by 3 degrees and not suffer heat stroke, just to reduce evaporative cooling. One super tough and beautiful animal ..... he was wondering what a bunch of humans were doing to the four wheeled noise boxes .....
More to follow daily .......as I upload and sort them
The first 4 days would be spend bush camping with a game ranger so everythying down to the last drop of needed water was taken. I was in the trusted Defender 90 and the rear suspension have been sorted .....I had installed air spings as well, so ride was superb.
Little worried with the 45 gal of water I was carrying ....my wife may be tough but I promised a shower every night. And some of those dunes are loose red sand and after midday ... powder soft sand!!
So here all kitted and packed ....the Defender 90. Cutlery is a Fehrman and the wife was gifted a pink Izula on arrival by me.
As we left for the start of the 4 day 4x4 trail, the first game we saw ..... and the SA national animal was a Springbuck .....early spings so most all ewes were pregnant.
And not being from Disney ..... the lion didn't sing or dance or have warthog friends ....he was just napping. About 4 years old and relaxed as can be ...... be fast or be food really hits home now
My wife told me again she is not leaving the tent at night.
As we left the main track onto the loose sand, we saw a herd of Bluewildebeest and a springbuck moving off to graze in the early morning sunshine.
As we were deflating tyres to 14psi, this lone Gemsbuck strut past ...... obviously the lion 2 miles away was not any concern to him right now.
Not dependant on surface water but will drink if water is found. Can raise core temp by 3 degrees and not suffer heat stroke, just to reduce evaporative cooling. One super tough and beautiful animal ..... he was wondering what a bunch of humans were doing to the four wheeled noise boxes .....
More to follow daily .......as I upload and sort them
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ne thing Ive never taken on any of the trips here is water!
