Deluge in the Desert - 1974 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Deluge in the Desert - 1974 / Phil Schubert
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Yamaha Canning Stock Route Dirt Bike Expedition - 1974It rained for four days. The aircraft was stuck on the ground at a make shift dirt airstrip at Ray's Geophysical Camp near Well 45.The bikes became very low on fuel, their last supply drop was at Lake Tobin. The rider's camped up and waited for 3 days near Well 44, with no food or fuel. They had no idea whether the aircraft had crashed in the desert or what. Eventually they set out on foot to walk the 30 miles to the Mining camp along one of the North/South running Geophysical cut lines.They had walked about 3 hours when a one of the aircrew (John) located there camp having ridden down another cut line on a little trail bike borrowed from the mining camp manager. They had left three hours previously. He then tracked them through the dunes and cut lines and located them 8 miles closer to the camp, Several return trips with fuel for the stranded bikes eventually saw the entire party at Ray's Camp.The drama was not yet over, as the mining camp has missing personnel believed to be about 50 mile away. One of the riders the next day went back down the stock route and located the bogged geophysical truck and its very relieved stranded occupants. Ferrying them back to the camp on the back of his bike.A lot of beer was consumed in the camp that night I can tell you.While waiting for the strip to dry out we spent a day filming and taken photos of the bikes in the desert in this area. They are displayed here.Finally after five days we were able to take off from the soggy strip, and the expedition continued. |
| 撮影日 | 1974-08-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | Phil Schubert , Perth and Bindoon WA, Australia |
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| 撮影地 | Western Australia, Australia 地図 |