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Pharaons Rally 2006 Special-Newssection
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This is the single-news section of the
marathonrally.com rally-live special of the Total Pharaons
Rally 2006. To see all news please use the link under the
article or navigate with the left main-navigation.
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Pharaons 2006: Stage 1 - Kairo to Baharija.
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The first SS starts at 60 Km from Cairo on the Oasis’ road and it remains at North of the Cairo - Baharija road until the CP5. The start is located in the outskirts of a little alley flanked with trees in an hammada of dark dusty rubble. The distance between the start and the CP1 (km 60,12) develops along a fast track fairly marked with some undulations, surrounded by gigantic petrified tree trunks, some of which are perfectly preserved.
At the middle of this first section, around km 32, the getting over of some small dunes will serve as a warm up for what will come in the stages of the following days. On the way between CP1 and CP2 (assistance point km 100,33), the ground and the landscape are not much different, but from time to time the track becomes more sandy. Hence for around 40 Km we run with CAP 250 along a thin track towards the Ghard el Rammak dune, that has to be crossed immediately after the CP3 (km 143,01), and then coasted, first following direction SE and then the SW.
The track becomes more compelling and, approaching the CP4 at km 232,24, slowly it passes into big sandy ouadi sloping down, surrounded by little eroded stone hillocks and, here and there, by sandy dunes with lively colours, including some distance of fesh-fesh with spectacular passages between the dunes. At CP5 (km 268,46) the landscape changes again while running on a stony track that appears on a steep descent from which it is possible to admire Baharija from high. We will go down along an old track with some bends and then we will coast the green gardens of the oasis flanking the great falaise. Now the tracks are many and going in all the directions, the ground becomes progressively sandy and very fast.
We drive round the oasis’ vegetation arriving from South and, coasting little villages of farmers, we will reach a sandy track that takes us to cross the road of Baharija - Farafra at km 328,67. Going on a blackish and rambling ground, we coast again some barcane with very clear sand and, pointing to NE in the last part, now we coast the big falaise that is at N of the oasis to find the arrival near the new road to Siwa. The Bivouac is not far away on a sandy plateau.
2006/09/17 | 15:37 CET | Editor: Pharaons Live Team/Eduardo Bauer
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