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> problems encountered on the road and how they were solved, etc.

The solutions seem to be "someone else fixed it".

>> Our truck weighed over 10 tonnes fully laden, and whilst driving through some marshland just before we got to Senegal we broke through the hard crust into boggy clay below.

>> We were very lucky to be just ahead of the Amsterdam Dakar Rally, and they helped pull us out. It took about 4 hours of digging, and 3 trucks to get us out - 2 pulling forwards, 1 sideways to make sure we didn't topple over!

[...]

>> We ran out of diesel, and all the crap that had been floating on top clogged up the entire system.

>> For 3 days we were stuck in the middle of nowhere, unable to fix it ourselves. We were travelling in convoy with another couple and they were able to drive to a small village a few hours away where they found someone who knew a guy in Congo who could help us! So he took our friends to a spot where he could illegally cross the border and smuggle his mechanic friend across.

[...]

>> Turns out the dry river beds weren't so dry after all, and the weight of this truck made it sink right through to the mud below.

>> It took 2 days and the help of a nearby village to dig us out.

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a buddy comedy movie about something similar. (I guess Into the Wild, although very much not a comedy, is similar.)



> I'm kind of surprised there isn't a buddy comedy movie about something similar. (I guess Into the Wild, although very much not a comedy, is similar.)

I love the idea of _Heart of Darkness_ filmed as a buddy comedy.


You forget the timeline involved. There is nothing surprising about getting stuck 3-4 times on dirt roads over the course of 19 months.


Sure. Wouldn't most people dig themselves out?


This is a "10 tonne truck" we're talking about. They also mention how once they needed 3 trucks to pull them out.


Probably you have never experienced a stuck heavy vehicle. It's usually impossible to get one out without assistance.

Rarely, you may have a winch and can anchor to something which can support the vehicle's weight, but certainly not 'dig yourself'.


A winch that can pull the truck seems an essential item to take, but your general point stands.

Also, perhaps, don't drive a 10 tonne truck?




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