04 August 2021

Trying for South Masai Steppe

 Saturday night I look at maps and think what would be an interesting loop, but I don't manage a decision.  that continues as I get up and do my morning routines.  I wake before light at 530 but this and that makes it closer to 830 before I leave.

Somehow i manage a decision to ride a loop south onto the south masai steppe.  I will go south on the main gravel road to the east go up on the steppe to Terat and then smaller tracks back from there passing Shimo la Mungu.  That was the rough plan


Good roads, a bit of washboard the second half of the morning.  Some motorcycle paths along the main road to avoid gravel road.

I passed a guy on a clunker with shamba tools on his bike and 20 minutes later he passed me and i could benefit from him knowing with motorcycle tracks were worthwhile



A little over three hours and I am climbing the escarpment. It is almost 400m elevation.  The top was always around another cornor.  When it leveled off and turned west i was hungry and wanted to get in the hammock a bit and enjoy life even more.  I tried to find two trees suitable with shade and a view .  I settled for two trees in the sun and no view while in the hammock.  Ate every food and snack I had.




This is the view when i started back from top of steppe.  I realizied not enough time to do a loop but head back the most direct way.


It was ten hours, 150km.  arrived near my home just at dark and had a couple of beers.  Great ride.