Peaking at 3200m

Leaving bright and early we had a 100km gravel track ride towards Lake SomKul, it was not an incident free ride...

First John had an off on his Tenere, the engine guard protected the water pump, but still caused a small crack in the clutch case - remedied overnight with chemical metal. Then Dave suffered a sheared subframe bolt, leaving his rear fuel tank, seat, panniers and topbox precariously hanging of the footrest mounts.

Then, on the long decent down, we came across a local in a car who had cracked his sump on a rock, so whilst Dave replaced his sheared bolt with some bush-manufactured replacements, we set about repairing the locals sump with chemical metal;

Once all repairs were done, we had a quick wash and a bite to eat;

So, the long climb from 1800m to 3200m to Lake SomKul;

The trek along the lakeside (although marked as a road) turned quickly from trail to cattle trail;

But we soon located somewhere suitable to camp, then the race was on, to get food cooked before the sun went down;

And when it went down, boy was it cold;

By the time we had finished eating, the temperature had dropped to 3degC, and with a complete lack of firewood, there was little left to do, except go to bed.