On the way to Basecamp4

Apologies for the silence yesterday. Apparently the G-Wave is very popular now, or at least internet access in the jungle is. People are lining up till the wee hours to get access at e-mails and satellite phone calls. Unfortunately our blog is of lower priority, so pictures will be coming later.

After crossing the Hanyu river, the scene has become a complete adventure 4wd's paradise and hell at the same time. The route has turned completely extreme! Which means very very very very difficult. We had camped out at Waypoint 28 since D's 100 inch Land Rover had a broken transfer case. They have called to Jakarta and a new transfer case is on the way. I'm not too clear on how the transfer case will get to Waypoint 28 from Kuala Kurun, but it may be that there is a regular road close to there.
SCS3 was done today, and SCS4 is scheduled for tomorrow.
Anyway, the team is pressing on, only 10 cars are on schedule. The rest are spread over the whole route. The Cyber4x4 is now at BC4 which has been moved to the SCS4 area. Some cars are still at BC3 and spending the night there.
The road to SCS4 was a real nightmare, lots of water-runs, steep uphills, and steady climbs. Articulation was tested to the max, cars without articulation were very close to tipping.
Our Warn 8274 M40 Winch sufferred a broken motor, fortunately G had the presence of mind to carry a complete spare, so we were able to swap out the malfunctioning units. The winch chose the most perfect time to stop working, right as the Cherokee was at the bottom of a V and as it started to rain rather heavily.