2105 | km I cycled through the desert |
33 | days took me to cycle the complete length of the track |
63 | km is my average daily distance. Strangely, doing 60 km was usually quite a success- another proof that mean in not the best description of reality |
50 | km was my 'obligatory' daily distance, required to jump between wells. If I couldn't make it one day, the remaining kilometers were going for the next one. |
30 | km/h was the speed on downhills from high sand dunes (!) |
45 | km/h is the speed record of the expedition |
9 | km/h was usually my average daily speed. Not much, but better than I expected.
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14 | kg of food was taked for the expedition. |
38 | litres of water had to be carried on the long runs between the wells. For the short ones 25-30 litres was enough. |
1400 | kCal was my daily calories ration, excluding lizards, locusts and other bugs of unknown energy rating |
4000 | kCal- my minimum daily calories intake accordind to diet specialists |
18 | kg I lost on weight during the expedition |
3 | times I broke the chain, |
17 | gears had my desert bike; the last one was called '2 feet drive'... |
18 | flat tyres- not bad, taking into account that most desert plants has thorns or at least pricky seeds, and broken sticks are hard enough to puncture car tyre :) |
15 | companies from 7 countries took part in preparations of this expedition |
900 | at least that many sand hills has to be tackled on the way. I stopped counting at a dozen or so... |
54 | historical wells lies on the track. Canning marked 51 of them. |
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