Daily Updates from David on Patricia's progress in the Dakar Rally
Photo: Patricia during Stage 2 Special Section (I think!)
FROM DAVID: Wednesday January 10 2007
(connection 164 km, special 325 km, connection 280 km, total 775 km)
Only a brief update today I'm afraid, as I did not manage to get much information from Patricia.... communications are becoming a little more irregular as they get further into Africa.
She completed the day safely, and again improved her ranking from previous days, within the Special Section.... coming in 132nd today. Today was an early start, a very long day, and will now be a short night - as she has to get up at 3.30am tomorrow for the longest day of the Rally. This stage in the Rally is where tiredness really begins to have an influence - and lets hope Patricia's experience will see her through to rest day.
Yesterday's problem with the bike seems to have stabilised during the day, and now Bernie will be working on it to make the fixing more secure.
I was hoping to tell you by now how to send emails to Patricia, but the facility has not yet gone live from the organisers - personal messages do intermitently get through via text messages, on Patricia's normal mobile number.
Looking ahead to Thursday (stage 6 ) : Tan Tan > Zouerat , Connection: 414 km | Special: 394 km | Connection: 9 km Total: 817 km. The longest day of the rally , hence the 3.30am wake-up call. This section will take the riders towards the Mauritanian border. Economy and efficiency are the order of the day.
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