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FULL TILT in the Tankwa karoo

Our convoy advances inexorably towards the end goal. Three shimmering, low-flying objects pulling up high-speed dust devils across the Tankwa Karoo. To the west, ominous storm clouds engulf the Cederberg. To the east, the Earth remains unerringly parched, with powerful rising thermals painting telltale stratus clouds across the sky. And then there's us – three amigos right in the middle of this baking, beautiful and

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