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Belgian rider lost for 2 days on MS7
We heard of a Belgian rider missing over the weekend on the Foum Zguid - Mhamid piste (MS7) when he fell and his companions didn't notice. Perhaps a big bike that couldn't be picked up the tiring dunelettes near Mhamid? Same place that bloke from the Bike magazine article had his pee-drinking drama a year or two back
Big helicopter and nomad searches but he turned up Sunday, safe and sound.
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Funny enough I was just planning that part of my trip last night!
You never know what is going to happen, but I, at least, am a complete expert at picking up my bike. It has spent a lot of its time in a horizontal state and I have got the total hang of getting it back to vertical through countless practice sessions!
Thanks for the book Chris, its great to have and give the confidence to get to some of the more lonely places in Maroc. Any tips , apart from writing it out backwards for following your routes in the opposite direction is is written in.
I don't like the thought of just trying to read the book backwards, it could be a recipe for confusion, especially when hot an bothered!
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Be interesting to know more about what actually happened on this, to me it seems odd that travelling companions wouldn't notice a fall.
I did MS7 solo only a month ago on a very hot windy day (in a 4x4) and didn't feel the route was that risky. I did scare myself when I deviated from the piste to cut out the rocky section but cutting a corner across Lac Iriki. Towards the Mhamid end I found myself very quickly surrounded by dunes in a small sand storm. A stupid mistake that happened quickly and did scare me a little. Key thing here was I took a risk and went off my planned route, solo. I could have easily got stuck out of sight of others with nobody knowing where I was
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This is something that keeps coming to me as a most important fact. I like to ride solo, mainly so I can go where I want to go. There are a number of risks to this, as anyone could tell you.
The important thing is to stay on the main pistes in remote areas, only leave a trail if you know exaclty where you are and where you are going and keep your position updated, in your head.
Also, perhaps from this event, perhaps your mates will forget about you so know where you are anyway...!
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I always have a plan for those what if possibilities. I leave a google earth route plan with someone at home a text as I leave and arrive at my start and end point. It also easier in a a 4x4 to carry more supplies, I carried about 50litres of water this year, ott for my route which was mostly easy pistes with a town at either end
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it seems odd that travelling companions wouldn't notice a fall...
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I think that's something you learn the hard way when travelling in a group off road. But when you are concentrating hard on trying to get through and stay upright, everything and everyone else falls by the wayside. Odd that he disappeared for so long though.
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This is true. Olaf on a satnav can be a real help + mobile. Plus not biting off more than you can chew and if doing so on a bike, not going alone. And if you do all that anyway, accepting the consequences!
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