Thursday, August 08, 2019

2019 Mongol Derby Day 2



August 8, 2019

Rounding up on a very wet day two probably most demonstrated by the overcrowding at horse station seven where the leading 20 (yes 20) riders are drying out – at least they will warm up in the cosy, if somewhat smelly environment of drying clothes, socks and bodies in warm sleeping bags (whoops who forgot the dry bags eek) …. Having eaten a hearty meal of noodles around a GER fir – 5*s at least!

Meanwhile behind them at Horse Station six and Horse Station five…

Camping in a Ger about 10 km past Horse Station six is RRO … She has messaged in safe and sound. But Event Manager Louise Crosbie (LC) is still heading out to double-check.

Navigational errors including Alana Watts (AW) & Holly Rivett (HR) heading were seen heading off to Russia before corrective measures lead them back to a Derby Horse Station and Katie Hasse (KH) and Kelsey Eliot (KE) parting ways in an apparent disagreement of route...

Read more here:
https://www.theadventurists.com/adventures/mongol-derby/updates/?fbclid=IwAR0bidCrOCXBkvCf1dpKBQcdtMTcvZ4ansrAcAyBRWJo7lUQri563xJRMjE#1

Daily updates here:
http://www.endurance.net/international/Mongolia/2019MongolDerby/

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