"One By One"

Elephant family on the way to a watering hole - Etosha National Park, Namibia

Riding a motorcycle is never a question of IF you will crash, it is always a matter of WHEN you will crash.

And riding an overloaded dirt bike at 2000 meters in a high desert mountain pass doing 120k/hour on un-graded gravel roads with sudden elevation changes and blind turns is no exception.

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“I See You”

This is part of a occasional series highlighting the actual rides with GPS tracks and maps for those who are really serious about following along.

After a tough goodbye from Cape Town on the first beautiful day in weeks, I overloaded my bike with too much crap and headed north - into Southern Namibia; heading west at Mariental until the Namib desert to visit the huge red dunes of countless photographs.

Here’s the route - total is 1,051.4 miles - mouse over and click on the pins for info on the key waypoints for the trip - you can also zoom in and see the terrain using the satellite photos:

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“Retrace Your Steps”

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More photos have been added to the Namibia section - check ‘em out and others here.

Enjoy.

“One At A Time”

Sossousvlei - Namib-Nakluft National Park - Namibia

“Fossil Road”

Deadvei, Sossousvlei - Namib-Nakluft National Park - Namibia

…If a bunch of trucks flash their high beams repeatedly during the day while you’re flying up the N7 at 160 KPH in northern South Africa, it’s not because they hit it on accident, it’s because you forgot to strap down your shinguards properly on the back of your overloaded bike and they are about to go flying off into the desert somewhere.

…And no, you won’t realize it until about a day later.

“That Way”

Deadvlei, Sossusvlei - Namib-Nakluft National Park, Namibia.