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31 July 2013

31 Jul

Inuvik is great, but small, cold and far north. When I woke up this morning I previewed the weather for the next 2 days and its apparently storming on the whole route back to Dawson along the Dempster tomorrow, whereas today, its blue skies and peachy conditions!

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Ferry over the Mackenzie river!

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That said, I made a decision to ride back to Dawson in order to avoid having to ride the 800km muddy version of this road which is apparently a nightmare! I got out of Inuvik at about 11h30 and had an awesome, fast ride back. Whereas the ride to Inuvik took 10 hours, the return took only 8.5 which was great fun although perhaps a teeny bit reckless because of the speeds I was averaging!

Days ride..

Return run to Dawson!!

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Spending the night in Dawson and undecided about whether I do the top of the world highway and press onto Fairbanks tomorrow or have a lazy day here!

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Be a sport Many of us have the means and wherewithal to undertake the dreams we want but elect to choose otherwise, many however, do not and that is the purpose of this plea. Afrika Tikkun (http://afrikatikkun.org// ) is a South African non governmental, non profit charity organisation run by the Lubner family that in essence does just that; re-provide the possibility to dream and to create the possibility of turning those dreams into a reality.

Unlike many pleas of this nature, I am not looking for any kind of sponsorship for my trip, but I am looking for your donation, regardless of its size to Afrika Tikkun. Please pledge generously as this is a fantastic cause that will assist them to provide food, care, education, health and social services to those that are desperately in need.
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  1. Pere

    August 3, 2013 at 2:26 am

    Must be amazing doing the “Ice Truckers ” routes.please stay clear of stormy ones as you did here .Imagine them with ice/knee deep snow/fog and gale force winds– time out for any bike including KTM .Of your blogs Alaska so far best for me as I know so little but certainly should be part of my bucket list –should, bel there with you and Jacks now .
    Take extra care X