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Part 6 - Sutherland to Tankwa Padstal....
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On 7/23/2021 at 11:01 PM, Mountain Goat said:I don't want to derail the thread but give this a watch while we wait for the next part.
Just a quick story on how we met each other. In 2018 after the prize giving he asked me to take a photo for him under the finish banner for his sponsors. Well for some reason my son Ruben wanted to be in the photo as well and Masango told me it will be great to have him in the photo. So that photo got posted everywhere. In 2019 the same happened and in 2020 at the start again. When we speak over the phone he will always ask how his little friend is doing. Over the weekend one of my cycling friends from Bloemfontein phoned me and told me that Ruben and myself are in the Masango Munga story video. Musango never told me they were making a video but I must say, I am really honored to be in it and part of it because he is really a remarkable person.
As promised.... PART 2 - Bloemfontein to Vanderkloofdam
If I can motivate just 1 person through my poor writing. It will be all worth it.
Will do my best to post Part 2 tomorrow. But for now, sleep is priority. ✌️????
Hi All,
I've receive a couple of requests, questions and comments regarding my 3rd place position in 2020.
Will do my best to add as much detail as possible to what I can remember and try to give you the feeling of what we went through on the road.
Please don't give much attention to my grammar or spelling mistakes :) I can't even promise that it will be a good read....maybe I should have posted more pictures in Part 1 to avoid some of the pain some of you will endure for reading this.
I really would like to put some time aside for writing this but can't promise how fast I will be posting Part 2.
Hey Carlo,
Congrats with the race and awesome ride report. I started my report but I'm not as good with words like you. Not sure how to put the awesome experience into pictures. As I was reading your report and relived the waterpoints, the RV's, the moerse holes in the night, the diarrhea we got on the Friday due to stupidity, the pain, the awesome end.
I told my wife I'm going back for round two. She gave me one look and told me. You can do it all over again to us, but your not using our money for the entry fee.
That was the end of our conversation. So any suggestion of getting a entry without using my own money, please ping me 
Awesome to be part of the crazy family called Mungrils.
Well, I do not have a photo now with everything on. What I can say is that I weigh-in at 67kg and with my bike it's 91.7kg. That is a 24.7kg bike fully loaded with water spares etc.
And no I'm not taking the freezer with...
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Thanks Walkerr, at first I thought I did not receive the file, it was stuck in my junk mail. Think it is because of the attachments. So for the rest, check your junk [emoji6] if you haven't received it as of yet...Yay!!!! Check your inboxes folks. Route GPX is here.
I always see the comments around all the bolts and bits that I should take with. I am not questioning that, as I do believe it is necessary and taking it with.
My question would be as this is my first Munga as well. The reason why bolts etc. seems to come loose on the Munga? During the last 6000km I've haven't had any issues on bolts or such. Don't get me wrong, it can happen at any time. It just seems to happen a lot on the Munga. Is it because of the road conditions or participants adjusting too much stuff before the event.
See you all at the start. Blessings
I am also thinking about running the Garmin 520 and Etrex20x in combo as my 520 missed some routes in the past. Really would like to avoid getting lost because of my GPS.Will be running an eTrex and Wahoo Elemnt in combo.
@ Bat - that is very true. Was just reading all the old cycling war stories about FS, HT and now the gravel bikes. I will be doing the Munga on my full suspension because that is what I've been using for the last 2 years. The mind is a very powerful thing, all depend on how you use it. About the camelbak. I've been using that since forever, and maybe thats the reason why I hate it so much. But at the end I might just use it again..
So a quick question to all the experienced Munga guys. How did the gravel bikes do on this race and would you consider something like a gravel bike for this race? Some people say the only bike for this race is a full suspension to save your body a little more. Would like to hear what you guys think...
The Road to an Unplanned 3rd Place Munga - 2020
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Hi All,
My final chapter to the finish.
Munga Part 8.docx