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     Roberto Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1519 Registered: 12-2004 |
Maurice -a member here- sent me an email in regards to the coming event. He specifically commented about the negative aspects of such race endangering natural habitats and polluting the environment. Maurice believes that the negatives -which may include people being run over and animals killed- are far more dramatic than what is being sold as a fun event... I knew nothing about it but todays newspaper has some brief information which I am posting below. --- French organizers have just announced that for security reasons the rally to Dakar has been cancelled and that next year it will happen in South America. It will be called rally to Buenos Aires and it will involve a trip to Chile and back to Buenos Aires. The estimated dates for the event are Jan. 3rd (departure) and 18th (completion) of next year. The total length of the rally is approximatey 9,000 km. Pilots will travel through patagonia and cross into Chile through the Andes to reach the Atacama desert to later drive through the andean forests back into Mendoza and then Buenos Aires. --- |
