Team We Don't Fit

Dan Kumpf
Of We Don't Fit
On the The Rickshaw Run Winter 2011

Rickshaw Run - day 6

At 9 am we hit the highway for an early start. Unfortunately we hit it in the wrong direction. Somehow we managed to take a wrong turn and ended up near the coast in Revdanda. Cool little village. The hard part was the one hour drive back to the main highway on a rough and narrow road. By 11 am we had only managed to get south by 20 km.

The rickshaws seem to be running smooth. The new piston seems to have broken in nicely. We managed to keep our muffler bolts intact all day - a new record. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

We covered some really interesting territory today. Lots of elevation gains and drops in very lush country. Kinda reminded me of driving through British Columbia mountain passes. Except for India's lack of shoulders and sadistic truck drivers. In retrospect, it was exactly like driving through British Columbia mountain passes.

We pulled in to Chiplun at about 6 pm just before dark. Perfect timing. We seem to be catching up with many of the other teams. Like us, many have the plan to get to Goa by tomorrow for a day or two of well earned rest. Hopefully we can make the 300 km in one day. Cross your fingers for us.

Time to sign-off. It's 8:30 pm here so time for a Kingfisher beer!

 

 

Cory Barkley

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Dan Kumpf

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<p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4"><strong>New Years Day? We're jumping into a 7hp rickshaw and driving a couple of thousand kilometers across rural India.</strong></font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4"><strong>Say what?? </strong></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">So ... about 10 months ago Cory emails me the Adventurists website and asks me if I'm interested. I believe my reply was &quot;<em>two six-footers totalling close to 500lbs driving a 7 hp rickshaw 2500 km across rural India? I don't see a problem</em>.&quot;&nbsp; A few days later it seemed like a great idea. Yes there were many beers involved. &nbsp; </font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">Fast forward to the first week of December and things are well underway. Travel is now set.&nbsp; Dec 26: Calgary to Chicago to Brussels to Delhi - all in a mere 26 1/2 hours. Staying in the heart of old Delhi to see the sights and test the e-coli. A quick day trip to Agra to see what the fuss is over this Taj Mahal thingy, then on Dec 30 a lovely 18 hr train ride on one of India's finest locomotives to Jaisalmer.&nbsp; A quick party and cricket match there and we'll be ready to jump into our (hopefully) pimped-out rickshaw. </font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">I guess it's safe to say we are officially geeked-up about the trip. </font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">Although fundraising started slow, as of December 3, 2010 we have raised over<font size="4"> </font></font><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4">&pound;1300 for FRANK Water Projects.&nbsp; To put this into perspective, for</font><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4"><font size="4"> </font>every pound donated, clean, healthy drinking water is provided for one person, <u>for life</u>. Feel good about this people!<br /></font></p><p><font face="verdana,geneva" size="4"><strong>A huge thank you to everyone who has donated to date!!&nbsp;</strong></font> </p><p>&nbsp;</p>