River Trip 6-10 August 2015 AKA Die Groot Trek

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Op Mapsource het ek die volgende GPS Punte:

GPS – Lat/Lon hddd®mm’ss.s” – WGS 84

Indien die ouens wil probeer saamry is hier so paar punte.

Total Petroport – Wes (Garage op N1 waar reastaurant oor die hooweg loop net buite PTA) – S 25 37 01.6 E 28 16 36.2

Shell Ultra City – Pietersburg Noord N1 (Maak gewoonlik hier vol) – S 23 57 24.6 E 29 23 16.3

Optop moontlikhede op die R81

Shell – S23 36 07.1 E 30 05 29.8
Sasol Maphalle – S 23 28 09.8 E30 18 28.9

1ste Afdraai van R81 na Molototsi – S 23 27 03.7 E 30 21 31.3

2de Afdraai – S23 31 24.0 E 30 25 28.5

3de afdraai (pad in rivier in) – S 23 31 41.2 E 30 25 17.1

Rivier begin Punt – S 23 31 33.8 E 30 24 43.7

Indien jy egter eers die Frydag oggend niks later as 08h00 kan join gaan dit die “2de” begin punt wees vir die oggend – S 23 30 51.4 E 30 25 09.3

Uitgang uit Molototsi – S 23 39 23.6 E 30 53 37.5
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Op Google earth het ek die volgende punte

Ry mer N1 tot by Pietersburg en klim dan op R81……..

Afdraai van die R81 na Molotots - 23°27'3.57"S 30°21'31.64"E

Begin van Molototsi - 23°31'41.67"S 30°25'18.90"E

2de Begin vir die Frydag oggend niks later as 08h00 - 23°30'53.77"S 30°25'8.92"E

Sekhimeng Bridge (punt op die roete) - 23°26'17.95"S 30°32'52.55"E

Dzumeri - nood brandstof - 23°34'30.24"S 30°42'37.42"E

Laagwaterbrug in Molototsi (punt op die roete) - 23°34'13.00"S 30°44'15.12"E

Uitgang uit Molotots - 23°39'19.37"S 30°53'31.50"E

Eiland grondpad - 23°41'58.66"S 30°52'18.53"E
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Nice one guys.... Alex, that's pretty decent consumption for a beast of a motor.
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Hi Guys
Took my 4.5 Petrol on a load hauling trip of1100km to Sabie river via White River pulling dbl axle car trailer with 1000kg of compos.offloaded in W/River the loaded a tractor drawn tipper trailer on top of car trailer
+-1500kg...hauled that to the lodge of which the last 35kms is that horrible corrugated iron type of gravel..road .Offloaded the tractor trailer,then loaded a FJ75 cruiser on the trailer and hauled that back to Pretoria
My round trip I used 214l of fuel,which I think its fantastic ,and NEVER missed a beat

CANT WAIT FOR THE RIVER TRIP....!! :salute:
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Moontlike kampplekke volgens google - net 'n aanduiding

Gebaseer op 30km 'n dag in die rivier......

Donderdag aand - 23 30' 54.32" S 30 24' 51.00" E

Frydag aand - 23 27' 44.49" S 30 36' 33.98" E

Saterdag aand - 23 34' 37.43" S 30 46' 04.12" E

Sondag aand - 23 38' 30.90" S 30 53' 25.71" E
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Dirk thanks for the GPS points thats really helpful. :thumbup:

Sorry to lower the tone of the conversation......Just one practical thought. There are about 35 vehicles and assuming 2 people per vehicle thats 70 people who can generate a pretty hefty amount of waste over 4 days. The garbage is easy. What you take in you take out.

But now the other kind of (human) waste...... Where is all that going to go? And if its 6 inches deep in river sand all that is going to get washed down the river a few months later when the rains come......... :think:

The general rule is to do it about 70 metres from the river but in that area there are lots of villages. Burning the paper will help. An option is a sealable "poop tube" or a combination of brown bags in thick zip locks and take it home. Not so appealing but maybe we have to move with the times. I hear there are chemicals you can add which help - not too sure about those. Double frezer thickness ziplocks and put them in an old sealable tin or tuppaware.

Or maybe adult nappies! :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
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Human waste = organic, biodegradable? Should not be any left after a few months?
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hmmmm.... very valid point there Mr Rod. This is something we need to take into consideration!!
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So this is turned into a shitty thread :oldtimer: :rolling: :rolling:

Yes we are going to be a rather large group this time around, but taking into account that in pervious years we were 3 groups of 20+ vehicles so in actual fact more than 60 vehicles in 3 consecutive weekends, the "impact" was even bigger.

All "normal" waste must either be burnt if possible or you remove it with you and this is not negotiable!!

As for number 1 and 2 - this we will leave behind, we will just have to try and make it so that we try and make it so that it does not become a -mine field- around the camp......

So please just walk that extra 50m further......

It has not been a problem before and I don't see it being one this time around.

We also try and camp as far away as possible from a settlement and it is possible to "do it" outside of the river bed depending on how steep the embankment is - usually not that steep.
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