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The high overnight temperature was the main cause of the 14,000 heat-related deaths in France in 2003.
This was year and month when we were riding through Alps and southern France with my mate on 2 roadster bikes in full leathers for 10 days. We made it, but we were pouring water each chance we get all way over leathers and helmets and drinking water all the time and only slept high in mountains each time. One day we decided to spend night on the seaside and this was worst night I had. I was amazed how cold leathers get when soaked in water and riding anything above 30 kmph.

Some people seem to be able to take it thou...my wife just came back from trip to Israel "on feet" where she faced +47 to +55 daytime and +42 at night and she loves it. But she hates cold.
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And the 2nd thought for their friend who survived, he shall be now enduring the toughest moment of his life, hopefully he will overcome it. Sure his friends wouldn't want him to blame himself when he tried his best.
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And the 2nd thought for their friend who survived, he shall be now enduring the toughest moment of his life, hopefully he will overcome it
You both are right the man is indeed passing a bad moment!

Found the tv news with the interview of the rider that survived, the emotions on his voice are very touching, brings a tear to the corner of your eye. if anyone understands a litle of Portuguese you can hear it here http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php...=8&layout=122&
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I'll be back to Morocco next year and definitely better prepared.

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Very sad.

Last June/July in Morocco we experienced 3 weeks where the minimum temperature (overnight/early morning) was 32degC!

I spoke to a very experienced desert biker a year or two back who despite all his experience still ended up with heatstroke. The route was through dunes, and riding along the tops the breeze kept him and his friend cool and his camelbak sipping was part of his riding. A rider in front came down in a hollow so they went to help. Suddenly he was distracted into forgetting his sipping regime, and the dune hollow had no breeze, he was out of it very quickly. His friend was OK and more help came quickly, so thankfully all were fine, but it surprised him how easy it was.
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You both are right the man is indeed passing a bad moment!

Found the tv news with the interview of the rider that survived, the emotions on his voice are very touching, brings a tear to the corner of your eye. if anyone understands a litle of Portuguese you can hear it here http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php...=8&layout=122&
visual=61

I'll be back to Morocco next year and definitely better prepared.

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More than one and well beyond the corner of the eye. Hard to hear when he bursts into tears explaining how he tried to resuscitate his friend and failed, unable to get a single sign of life from him and the soldiers tell him his brother dead as well. God, that has to be tough. I try to figure out that with my friends and part of me would be dying that day, I hope he will be stronger than that.

They had to push a couple of times the bikes out of the sand and after 30 min like that the fatigue was extreme. When one of the brothers started to talk incoherently, the 3rd guy removed all the luggage from his bike and rushed to look for help (if the images of video are form his helmet camera, he was riding a 1200 GS). It looks he was unaware of the seriousness of the situation, as if he could not expect that at all. I read elsewhere that it was their 4th day in Morocco and the 1st on sand/dune.
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