Marmot’s land 2024
Our trips are getting a bit more challenging each time. This time no mud-rain-and-hail fest in the North Yorkshire Moors Ramble but some unexpected snow in Marmot’s Land, cramming it into three-and-a-half wonderful days.
Our trips are getting a bit more challenging each time. This time no mud-rain-and-hail fest in the North Yorkshire Moors Ramble but some unexpected snow in Marmot’s Land, cramming it into three-and-a-half wonderful days.
So, I did a thing.
A year or two after getting goosebumps while watching Wild Horses, The Silk Road Mountain Race documentary, my mate Abel just asked me how serious I was about this race. I answered: “Well, if you’re asking” (read: Let’s dó this!) and the ball started rolling.
Read more “Silk Road Mountain Race 2021” →Just a few pictures from the initiation: Windhoek to Swakop.
As the weather is quite warm, we’ve shifted our schedule to riding in the early morning and in the evening time, which is very impressive under almost-full moon.
Swakopmund itself is a strange little town, like a desolate shopping mall surrounded by dunes. in the last 50 kilometers the temperature has dropped about 10-15 degrees, and it’s quite chilly here.