The race just started, the competitors are disappearing into the white right now. We will stay here one more night and I will use the time to bring more fuel from the old start line and further south. Hopefully Hjalti and Tony will be able to get here without problems but in case not I‘m now preparing for the scenario that Hjalti and Tony will not come. The snow conditions around the fuel drop where very tough and even though it is a bit lighter here I‘m assuming the worst, meaning the fuel consumption will be somewhat higher than we expected. Around the fuel drop I could only do 5 km/h when tracking ahead alone but with Kenny behind and using the push bar we could do 15 km/h. Once the track is hard, it is easy to follow, the fuel consumption falls drastically but less if the wind has filled the tracks with snow. Still the hard track is often very uneven that really pushes the suspension. One shock absorber in Kenny’s car got damaged but I managed to fix that quickly. With only two cars and one trailer but having to carry equipment and people meant for 4 cars and 4 trailers, we will need to do many trips back and forth along the race line. If the snow conditions will be very tough we will not have enough fuel to do this for more than a few hundred km.
January 4th, at 10:20.
Gísli Jónsson
