Tomorrow morning, I will be heading out to the Klein Karoo so spend my 25th birthday making my way back the Cape on my Mountain Bike.

I’ll be joining 4 seasoned Adventure Racers on this trip, completely unsupported (no cars, no help, nothing but the heat of the Karoo beating down on our backs).We are plotting a new section of the growing-in-popularity Freedom Challenge for 2010.

The trip will kick off from CTN Station tomorrow where we board the train and head off to Laingsberg. Ever heard of it? No? I’m not surprised. I’ve been there once. It is hot (as hell). It is remote (as hell). It is boring (as hell).

Here’s the itinerary for the trip:
Date        Time      Start           Destination            Distance Comments
1:Tue 15 9:20am       Cape town       Laingsburg             400km?   R100/passenger
trainstation                                    R100/bike!
4pm       Laingsburg      Rouxpos                50km     Ride via floriskraal
stay in cottage
2:Wed 16 early        Rouxpos         Anysberg NR            70km     Ride on race
route(~6hours)
camp
3:Thu 17 early        Anysberg NR Leeuwenboschfontein 70km            Ride ~7hrs
camp
4:Fri 18    early     LBF             Eselfontein(Ceres)     70km     Ride ~9hours
accom TBD
5:Sat 19    early     Esels           Silwerfontein/voelvlei 70km     Ride ~9hrs
Sleep in bus
6:Sun 20 early        SWF             Diemersfontein         60km     Ride ~5hrs
pickup
Distances are approximate, and don’t include Damon getting lost.

We will be carrying a live tracker so that you can check on our progress, real time, live on the Web. Would I have it any other way? I will do my best to ‘live blog’ the trip as well as Steve, the Organiser.

More to follow ladies and gents, watch this space

This will be My Boy’s (Still nameless, the Mountain Bike man..) virgin decent-MTB ride. I hope he holds out and gets me to where I need to be. More importantly, in one piece. I am sure that there will be plenty of good stories to unfold in the up-and-coming week. Enjoy the read, as I enjoy the life