The Munga 2015

[Zatopek]

Where can one following the race?

http://trackleaders.com/munga15

[Bat]

So Amy is on the move.

[Colin H]

Un Ba Leeeevable!

[Colin H]

The tracker is great but gets a bit distorted if you take the time lapse og transponder update and add that to the three minute update.

But it is seriously cool to "watch" this adventure unfold.

Almost like listening to rugby on the radio, just enough info for the score, and the imagination goes to fill in the detail.

Who is sleeping, resting, paining, fixing, puking, hoping.....

[Colin H]

And the group at the back, 60 odd kays behind, I can feel the pain already. But to get to the end will be massive

[BenGraham]

You know I'm not normally one for mad endurance events but this has somehow really captured my attention. I just hope we'll see some interesting videos about this when its over because as much as my imagination is plugging into the tracker I'd really like to see what this looks like. This is a race for madmen. The tracker thing is a really smart idea.

[android11]

Current positions: Chris Van Zyl: 277.7 km; Amy

Mcdougall: 273.4 km; Leon Erasmus: 262.6 km;

Vaughn Roux: 262.3 km; Bonga Ngqobane: 248.2 km;

(0 minutes ago) -- at 12:55:11 AM (SAST) 12/03/15

[android11]

Current positions: Chris Van Zyl: 277.7 km; Amy

Mcdougall: 273.4 km; Leon Erasmus: 262.6 km;

Vaughn Roux: 262.3 km; Bonga Ngqobane: 248.2 km;

(0 minutes ago) -- at 12:55:11 AM (SAST) 12/03/15

[Mackie]

[nathrix]

No time for sleep for these guys!

[nathrix]

Head of the steam train almost in Britstown. Whole fieled spread along the Van der Kloof dam and Britstown route.

[nathrix]

@adventurephotos

[nathrix]

@timbrink: Super slow start to @TheMungaMTB. 225km in 14 hours. Flat is brutal, no rest. Even Shelly tried to overtake...

[nathrix]

Holy **** what a day. 222km, 14H in the saddle. Moer-toe Dead! We are off at 9again. This is no joke @TheMungaMTB

[nathrix]

Current positions: Chris Van Zyl: 392.7 km; Grant Usher: 377.7 km; Vaughn Roux: 375.5 km; Amy Mcdougall: 374.5 km; Leon Erasmus: 371.3 km; (0 minutes ago) -- at 06:11:10 AM (SAST) 12/03/15

[typhoon]

so tim's bike was posted earlier - just a bag on the front.

 

But what else do you carry if everything else is provided ? If you using a GPS surely you need battery back up ?

 

Pretty sure someone posted about Mike's blog here before

http://www.mikewoolnough.blogspot.co.za/2015/11/munga-ahoy.html

 

reading though each entry, he explains a lot about what all is needed, bike prep, etc. Mikes running a dynamo hub for power, he also says that they can swop out power packs at rest stops.