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27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 4
Whitehorse to Watson Lake (528km)
31 August 2023
whitehorse, the wilderness City, was a chilly 5°C this morning with clear skies. It was shaping up to be
another good day with two regularities, a Test and miles of the stunning Alaska Highway to enjoy. The
action started within 8km of booking out of Andy Inskip’s MTC in the hotel lobby at 7.30am.
photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
one team, nick and Serita Sleep, had an earlier start. They’d
needed to find somewhere to have the rear suspension
mounts of their Mercedes screwed back together after one
of their shock absorbers broke loose some 24 hours earlier.
This would delay them for most of the day and they rolled
into the night halt just in time for dinner.
The first regularity, called where the fox At, was all
gravel when fred and Sarah drove it on the recce. However,
the relentless march of progress meant by the time we got
there today almost half of it had been paved. nonetheless,
it was a good way to ease into the day and it dropped us
neatly onto the highway and in the right direction for the
Carcross desert passage Control. This was real bucket and
spade territory and, despite the fact that the 2.6km2 of
sand isn’t a real desert, the series of dunes gave a surreal
dakar flavour to the morning.
The second regularity - confusingly called The first
resort - was the day’s star turn. It took the cars deep into
a section of ancient woodland along a track barely wide
Ivan Pusnik and Boris Gruzman, 1973 SAAB 99
Jim Grayson and Simon Spinks, 1969 Ford Escort Mexico
Phillip and Lyndy Blunden, 1964 Holden EH Special
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