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Leg 8: Simpson Desert
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Distance: 475km
Conditions: No water, soft unconsolidated sand, 1100 sand dunes, sharp spinifex, gibber plains, wild dingoes and camels, snakes and scorpions
Difficulty: 5 / 5
Est'd Time: 8 days
The Simpson desert is the worlds largest parallel dune desert. My chosen route across this desert will be largely removed from existing 4WD tracks. I propose to pass through the geographic centre, and between two Aboriginal lands over in the west before finishing this leg at East Bore, a little north of Old Andado. I'll be following a route slightly north and opposite direction to that traversed by Lucas Trihey in 2006 when he completed the first unsupported crossing by foot, an amazing feat.
Leg 9 - Alice Springs
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Distance: 305km
Conditions: soft sands making way for consolidated sand, hard pack 4WD trails and finally, black-top!
Difficulty: 2.5/5
Est'd Time: 3 days
Should I make it through the Simpson desert unscathed, I'll be trending north along the old andado track and parralel to dunes in the far west of this desert. Travel should become easier as I progress towards Alice Springs.
What an epic, but how hard could it be?!? 
