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Gary commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Well....such is the spirit of team events....We are aborting launch. AAAAAAAAh!!!! A team mate is man (lady) down with fever. Right...back to date planning....
April 2
Nic Shaw commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Hey Gary Good luck for the GT; do you have a target time or are you taking it easy? Nic
April 2
Gary commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Awesome. Thanks. Everything still good to go...We will hopefully be departing on Sat 4th.
March 27
Andrew Hagen commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Well, for our plan there was only Easter Cave for night 1, which was excellent. If you do a longer day, you could get to Roland's Cave or the Ndumeni Caves (about 58km if memory serves). I guess we could have gone off route and used Injasuti Summi...
March 25
Gary commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Hi Stijn and Andrew. Thanks for the help. Ja...windguru is excellent. At the moment the predictions are looking ok. We are just going to watch and wait. I'm not worried about the dogs, because I know I can run faster than at least 1 of my team mat...
March 23
Andrew Hagen commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
Just a remark on our canine friends up there. I do believe (backed up by our recent experience) that the dogs respond to human authority. I turned to face them, showed no fear and just shouted at them to go home, pointing with my arm in a firm an...
March 22
Stijn Laenen commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
1. I'd recommend www.windguru.com - allows you to mark a waypoint on Google Maps so you can get forecasts all along the route - my experience is that they are pretty accurate, if a little aggressive on the rain predictions... though in the berg, t...
March 19
Andrew Porter commented on Gary's blog post 'April fools'
It could be rather cold. But, if all goes well, I will be having a bivvy half way up Monk's Cowl over Easter weekend, so you are not alone in it
March 17

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April fools

Hi All.

We are looking at leaving on the Sat 4th April.

Can anyone help with the following:

1. What weather predictions can be used. What is the weather like during this period and where can we find the best prediction closer to the time?

2. Maps. What is used in this regard. Ie additive to GPS (also what is the best GPS to use in those conditions?) etc.

3. I read somewhere that some people can assist with moving cars. Is this possible?

4. Do we need passports?

5. Best accommodation pre/p… Continue

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 12:15pm — 10 Comments

Gary

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Hi All.

We are an AR team and are probably going to give it a go.

Couple of questions if someone is willing to answer:

-Is April too cold (1-10th)
-Safety. Does one carry a sat phone? Also, if there is a problem what is the protocol for rescue?

Thanks a million!

Gary
Team Cipralex

Posted on January 21, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

 
 

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