ly afternoon. As we suspected the first
leg was proving that it might actually
be the crux of the whole ride.
On the third day every member of
the team started and we made good
progress averaging 10km/hr on the
dirt road. As a headwind got up this
momentum was a struggle to main-
tain. Matthew Newton of Rummin
was shooting some spectacular foot-
age, which included the trikes passing
a wedge-tailed eagle feasting on road-
kill.
Dan had been suffering with ill
health for a few days and the difficult
decision to evacuate him was made
at Lyndhurst. Ed drove him to Quorn
Hospital with a suspected kidney in-
fection where he would spend the
best part of a week. He became para-
plegic a number of years ago when a
shipping container fell on him and
literally folded his body in two, back-
wards (he described looking behind
him and scraping his nose on the heel
of his boot).
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