Are you aware what? Between January 19, that closing, superb day of final yr’s Dakar and the center of November, I’d not likely had the possibility to suppose an excessive amount of on this unimaginable occasion.
I’d accomplished my second Dakar journey, witnessed historical past being made by the unstoppable Carlos Sainz in his virtually different worldly Audi and I’d cherished each minute of it. Nonetheless, on the day I made it again dwelling, filthy, exhausted and scrubbing the sand from crevices I didn’t even notice existed, I do keep in mind saying to myself: “by no means once more!”
So, when that decision got here asking if I’d be up for overlaying the occasion once more this yr, how lengthy did I take to think about how my getting older, aching, and typically virtually breaking physique may deal with one other three weeks within the desert?
Yeah, you guessed it, not more than two seconds.
Dakar is an occasion that will get to you, it beguiles you, it enthrals you, it captivates you in a approach that little or no else on this earth can. The problem is immense, the rivals are warriors, the surroundings is brutal, but enchanting. However above all else, this occasion has spirit and camaraderie in bucketloads.
