Unhappy End

Actually, the day started quite normal: getting up early, heading to the next - and final bivouac: Bisha in the south. .. the usual search for water, driving through cities, over countless road bumps, etc.

then after about 150km of driving, the message came: accident with Gerd's truck - crashed into a dune (didn't see a small obstacle in front of the dune due to low sun) - later it turned out from the telemetry data: frontal crash with 98km/h impact energy of 8.9G!!!. The guys all came out safe - without a scratch - thanks to the safety devices, including HANS system, roll cage, and multi-point seat belt system (1 belt torn on Rob!).

the race truck practically fell apart! massive frame breakage - the truck shot up the following dune about 10m and stayed there.

So we stop, our trailer is manually emptied of truck tires so that the race truck can go up there..then turn around - about 400km back into the wilderness. Our second workshop truck called Kerax is also on its way there for recovery - it was positioned near the race track beforehand for tactical reasons. It is supposed to retrieve the damaged truck from the dune.

After several hours, we finally arrive at the agreed coordinate point - nothing to see yet - then finally after 1.5 hours we discover our team thanks to binoculars. In the dark, the truck is finally loaded and we can drive the remaining 400km to the bivouac at night. Under constant police escort, securing our convoy. We reach Bisha late or rather early in the morning. Exhausted.