Today's stage was 423 kilometers full of tough terrain. There were only 39 kilometers of liaison, making most of the day's journey timed. The start began with rocks and bad tracks, making it impossible to pass through at high speeds. They went over 100 kilometers of complete uphill, descending into a 32% slope of deep sand.
I found a new (and super easy) website for tracking the rally, which became very useful today as most of planetrobby.com was quiet. Check out this link for tomorrow. It (hopefully) will open up with Steve's hummer already set to track. The top ten are automatically shown, and then you can add your other favorites as well. It is updated every couple of minutes, like the Dakar website tracker. You can change between Live Timing, Live Positions, and Stage Results at the top of the page.
http://dakar.visser.it/index.php?stage=5&type=A&page=live&refresh=1&country=usa&track=327
There were 14 WPs today. 327 started in 24th position through the first WP, and hovered around there until they got to WP11, where they dropped to 65th. Between WP 10 and 11 there was a lot of ground to cover, that had elevation changes. Eliseo passed the message along to one of the members of planet robby that they suffered from a lot of mechanical problems and their alternator belt was cut. These things were probably the cause of their delays.
The Dakar website just posted that Steve is in for the day at 47th! We just need to keep finishing stages, and everything else will work itself out. If I hear from Steve within the next hour I will post a blog tonight, otherwise I will update tomorrow on my lunch break. Thanks for reading!
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