Race2Recovery
The Race2Recovery blog: A toast to Dakar success
After the tension and euphoria of yesterday, the celebratory parade through Santiago de Chile was a chance for the Race2Recovery team to drink in their Dakar success.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Sunday, 20 January 2013 at 2:44 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: Crossing the finish line
At 6.30pm local time, Corporal Philip ‘Barney’ Gillespie crossed the finish line in Santiago de Chile to become the first amputee ever to complete the Dakar Rally.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Saturday, 19 January 2013 at 3:54 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: Man and machine in charge of nature
On Friday we stood on top of the dune for three hours. It was 35 degrees Celsius, we could see for over 20km and we could see no-one else.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Saturday, 19 January 2013 at 2:36 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: The Dakar Rally crossed back over the Andes to Copiapó
Yesterday the Dakar Rally crossed back over the Andes to Copiapó, Chile. The journey began with a 392km road section, which should have been a relaxing drive through some of the world’s most desolate and dramatic scenery.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Friday, 18 January 2013 at 12:22 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: Next stage cancelled due to flooding
There’s little to report today. The perilous stage from La Rioja to Fiambalá was cancelled due to flooding.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Thursday, 17 January 2013 at 11:16 am
The Race2Recovery blog: Argentina has been a great friend to the rally
According to the official Dakar guide, yesterday’s stage might have reminded, “the most open-minded of participants of Ireland in some places”.
By Linda Sharkey | Notebook | Wednesday, 16 January 2013 at 12:40 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: The longest stage
Dakar the longest in this year’s event. This was an 852km epic, from Tucumán to Cordoba that included a 593km special stage. For the Race2Recovery team and their one remaining Wildcat, ‘Joy’, it would present another fearsome test.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at 12:28 pm
The Race2Recovery: The retirement of a third Wildcat and others don’t give up
We’d just crested a dune and we heard this truck coming towards us,” says Gott. “He was hooting his horn but he kept coming and smacked into the back of us.”
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Friday, 11 January 2013 at 4:33 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: Tragic traffic accident
Late last night some distressing news reached camp about a road traffic accident involving one of the team’s support vehicles. Justin Birchall, who retired from the rally during stage 4, Lee Townsend, a team mechanic, and the team’s logistics expert, John Winskill, were involved and have been badly injured. They’ve been transferred to a hospital in Lima.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Thursday, 10 January 2013 at 5:14 pm
The Race2Recovery blog: Driving through the night
“We’re going back-to-back, this is bad ass,” yelled US Marine Mark Zambon as he and Ben Gott left for the fifth stage.
By Geoff Dibben | Notebook | Thursday, 10 January 2013 at 11:56 am
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