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Leg 8: Simpson Desert
Details -
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.
