RUST magazine: RUST#37
2019 Beta Enduro's tested, GS Trophy 2018, Honda Africa Twin, Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro ridden, Husqvarna FE350 Long termer, Project Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT, Triumph Street Twin update, Zard Exhaust , kit reviews and loads more!
2019 Beta Enduro's tested, GS Trophy 2018, Honda Africa Twin, Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro ridden, Husqvarna FE350 Long termer, Project Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT, Triumph Street Twin update, Zard Exhaust , kit reviews and loads more!
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adventure<br />
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1<br />
DESERT<br />
Sat in the middle of a desert wilderness just two<br />
weeks ago – awaiting the support crew with a new<br />
tyre for a colleague’s stricken GS (gotta slow for<br />
those rocks, eh?) – was a wonderful time. Under a<br />
clear blue sky and with a temperature over 30º, I<br />
was reclining in the one bit of shade I could find,<br />
under my own GS.<br />
There was the enormity of the desert all around<br />
me, not entirely barren, but sparse. Landscape<br />
that humbles you, makes you aware of your food<br />
and water supplies – and distance from any kind<br />
of help (a sat phone, GPS and support crew being<br />
very helpful at times like this).<br />
Then there was the wind. The desert wind – here<br />
at least – is unique as it blows from all directions<br />
all the time, switching as if on a whim, second by<br />
second. Sometimes it whips up a dust devil, just<br />
for fun it seems. And then in the next moment<br />
it disappears completely. Then you get silence.<br />
Profound silence.<br />
94<br />
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