Rhino Charge

All this was written at Oldonyiro, venue of the 2019 Rhino Charge. Due to the more than two thousand people who descended onto the venue Safaricom was unable to cope with all the data demand and so I was unable to post on a daily basis. Despite it being late I am still publishing it

Day 3 of #rhinocharge is already a blur and Day 4 was the day of realisations. I missed a post because it’s getting busy now and last 2 nights I have probably slept a total of 8 hours. Tarpo team have been working into the night because day time temperatures are ridiculous and deceiving. Day

Day 1 of my 2019 #rhinocharge was yesterday. Everything arrived smoothly. As always it’s hot and dusty. We drove in the rain pretty much most of the way. Bringing in Tarpo‘s 8 trucks, 2 overland trucks and 70 people in a single convoy is a slow process with so much uncertainty and much of it

As you’re waking up tomorrow morning and drinking your freshly brewed coffee 7 trucks and 2 over landers will be arriving onto the venue for the 30th anniversary Rhino Charge. They’re carrying camp equipment for almost 500 competitors, officials, and sponsors. More than 70 Tarplets make up the advance Tarpo team that arrives onto this

I’ve spent 5 nights in the last 14 at the venue as we now move into the final phase of preparations for the 2017 Rhino Charge – we’re focusing on the public infrastructure to accommodate the approximately 3,000 people who will be at this year’s Rhino Charge. I finally got to see for myself the

It’s that time of year again – my mind is shifting gear into Rhino Charge mode with a multitude of information coming in and decisions being made as the event draws nearer. Soon I will be eating and sleeping RC2017. Admittedly I’m late with my writing this year as I haven’t been involved with the

It’s been just over a week since the last of the Rhino Charge Officials left Ol Ongaianiet and two weeks since Charge day. Last week the Organising Committee met for a 9-hour de-brief meeting covering every aspect of the organization of the 2016 event and to start planning for 2017. We discussed countless items from

I went on another Rhino Charge recce recently, with a group much larger than the previous one I wrote about. Now that the course has been set, more of the experienced volunteers who hold roles critical to planning the event are being given a glimpse of what is to come this year. The prospect of