Big Red has nothing on the Dakar

imagine going up it, LOL

Hey Guys,
I think you have been sucked in... have a look at the angle of the helicopter in the original photo, and then look at the one I have adjusted below. Which one do you think is the more likely attitude of the helicopter? Mind you, the dunes are still pretty big, but the first one (in my opinion) is definitely not the truth. A very good award winning photo though...

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Phoshopped.

The specific properties of sand simply does not allow a steepness greater than a certain degree, perhaps add 1 oto 4 degrees for the influence of the prevailing wind...

But this is way way more. It can't be sand

CJ

How about these two with the valley floor flatter as it probably would be.

The helicopter is probably climbing anyway.

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Some if the hills the OBC guys drive down are awesome, this one looks huge, altered or not its still a big hill

Oh you people that doubt! Funny

Bruce Garland and the boys came back to Oz on Friday. I showed Bruce this pic last night and yes "IT WAS THAT BIG AND STEEP". He and Harry said it was the steepest sand decent they have ever encountered and even they were "S*&^ing" themselves!

There was another way around but you had to travel a fair way out then back again to make the waypoint. Apparently only the really brave (or silly) had a go.

All I can say is I'm glad it was them and not me.


:-)