The Munga

[gemmerbal]

1 hour ago, Johan A Marais said:

What is your Instagram name?

Makatienie 🙂

[Rowl]

Only Vernon Rudman at risk currently.

[The Ouzo]

11 hours ago, gemmerbal said:

Its just difficult for me to come to terms with the personal failure of not completing an event that i have decided to partake in. But in the grand scheme of things, the fundraiser was (probably) a success because we managed to raise over R60k the last time i checked. So maybe i just have to get over myself i suppose. 
 

Good luck with your Grit effort! Im happy to share the little bit of experience ive gained over 1 successful and 1 failed Munga effort. Drop me a message any time! 💪

Scratching (sounds better than quitting) when your body is giving you all the signals that you should takes more will power and integrity than pushing through and very possibly causing permanent damage to your body (and possibly still not finishing).

I am the same as you, I hate not finishing something I've started, but you can be proud of what you achieved. Its just that on the day, under those conditions, your body decided its enough.

I look forward to your race report and to following your dot again next year.

[peetwindhoek]

41 minutes ago, Roul said:

Only Vernon Rudman at risk currently.

He is a bit further ahead now but still has that last climb!
Much respect to the heavier guys (I used to be one myself) that needs to haul their bodies and gear up steep climbs. And the back trackers normally have much more things on them/their bike than the fast guys. Comparing Drikus to Jannie here, there must be somewhere around 50kg difference here! 

[JJDT]

It seems that this year by the look of things there will be no last minute finishers. Vernon who is the last person still officially in the race with 20km's to go will finish with some time to spare.

Big Kudo's to the Big Guy Jannie Du Plessis on finishing the race (alhough by the time of this post not formally finished) it is one amazing achievement.

[Shebeen]

31 minutes ago, peetwindhoek said:

He is a bit further ahead now but still has that last climb!
Much respect to the heavier guys (I used to be one myself) that needs to haul their bodies and gear up steep climbs. And the back trackers normally have much more things on them/their bike than the fast guys. Comparing Drikus to Jannie here, there must be somewhere around 50kg difference here! 

Don't think the issue is the hills, it's a pretty flat race. but bigger bodies produce more heat relatively, and that's what klaps you.

 

45 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

Scratching (sounds better than quitting) when your body is giving you all the signals that you should takes more will power and integrity than pushing through and very possibly causing permanent damage to your body (and possibly still not finishing).

I am the same as you, I hate not finishing something I've started, but you can be proud of what you achieved. Its just that on the day, under those conditions, your body decided its enough.

I look forward to your race report and to following your dot again next year.

Loads of solid people scratch in this endeavour. Hansie and Riccardo both been top5 before and pulled the plug. No shame in deciding that riding into a december headwind all day on a 50'C karoo stofpad is a crap idea. at the end of the day you're taking leave to go on "a holiday", life is to short to battle with type 3 fun.

 

 

 

[Shebeen]

5 minutes ago, JJDT said:

It seems that this year by the look of things there will be no last minute finishers. Vernon who is the last person still officially in the race with 20km's to go will finish with some time to spare.

Big Kudo's to the Big Guy Jannie Du Plessis on finishing the race (alhough by the time of this post not formally finished) it is one amazing achievement.

we have @NixM coming in hot before then!

 

Stuart Tanner kept going down the pass but noticed his whoopsie

[taito]

Gemmerbal

Hou jou kop hoog ou maat.. Om iets soos die Munga aan te vat om geld vir diere in te saamel is apsoluut great.

Onthou elke klein biekie gled maak a groot verskil vir die SPCA.

Mense wat nog nie die Munga aangevat het nie het geen idee hoe tough dit is nie. Ek onthou die sand/corrigations vir myle.Ek onthou hoe jy met jouself praat--wat maak ek hier!!!

Kudos vir jou effords rus lekker ..Eerder jou gesondheid eerste

[Rowl]

Munga is live on the finish line, a bit laggy on my side:
https://www.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/videos/315092788096488/

 

Edit: Vernon is still 7-odd km out, so still some time.

Edited December 4, 2023 by Roul

[shova1]

Huge respect to all the riders, finishers or not! Obviously a huge achievement to those who did.

The leader coming in under the 48 hour mark & others not that much more - surely superhuman!!

Once all the pain subsides & circulation is in good working order again, the smile on the face will remain! Well done

 

 

[JohanDiv]

Looks like Vernon Rudman is in.. in the end making that call to leave Liza behind made the difference in making the cut-off in time! Well done to all!!

[ChrisF]

21 minutes ago, JohanDiv said:

Looks like Vernon Rudman is in.. in the end making that call to leave Liza behind made the difference in making the cut-off in time! Well done to all!!

 

Right decision .... but must be loads of emotions involved there .....

 

 

Cant say it enough - RESPECT to each and every Munga participant !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also a very big thank you to @JohanDiv and various other knowledgable people that took the time to guide us newbies through this event.  Your input truly gave life to the event.

[TyronLab]

I see the 2024 entries are on special until Dec 31st 2023. R20k (a pittance by comparison) gets you on the start line boys and girls! 

 

[Jewbacca]

44 minutes ago, TyronLab said:

I see the 2024 entries are on special until Dec 31st 2023. R20k (a pittance by comparison) gets you on the start line boys and girls! 

 

Rad! So cheap hopefully someone can buy two and give me one!

[Prince Albert Cycles]

1 hour ago, Jewbacca said:

Rad! So cheap hopefully someone can buy two and give me one!

Please don’t give me one 😇

[ChrisF]

34 minutes ago, Prince Albert Cycles said:

Please don’t give me one 😇

 

Lekker laat jy my nou lag 🤣🤣🤣

 

 

 

Okay guys .... crowd fund for Arno ....😋

 

 

Jokes aside .... given your other trips, you should do well 👍   Maar dis dalk juis hoekom jy weet wat dit vat om die monster klaar te maak !!

Edited December 4, 2023 by ChrisF