Mountain High
"Simply the most stunning day of the event so far – we have
driven a truly beautiful route to end up at a tiny bay in a large lake, with
snow-capped mountains on either side. The sort of thing you might think you
find in Canada, except there are Canadians here who reckon its actually more
stunning…. and there are those from New Zealand who say, yes, it’s a bit like
home – but nothing quite as good as this.
We ended a shorter, dusty day with a very long run through a
gap in between two mountain walls that saw a steep challenging hill climb to
the summit – 1:4 steep – and just about everyone struggled. Some ran back, some
went up in reverse gear, some decided to take a long zigzag route using grass
on either side of the track, dropping time in the process as far as the Time
Trial was concerned, and some like the La France stopped to let things cool off
and take on more water.
Tomorrow is our last day in Mongolia, and it promises to be
the most spectacular route of all, into the snowy Altay Mountains where we
finish up beside a river, just short of the Russian border."
- Excerpt from the official Peking to Paris Rally Report
Just about ready for Day #10 - COLD AND WINDY!
Rugged People ..
The Bar. The Fat Lady - Our car serves many purposes.
HAPPY HOUR! Necessity - the mother of invention
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