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Seul, à pied, à travers le désert de Simpson du Nord au Sud en passant par son centre, sans assistance, sans réapprovisionnement et sans chameau.</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>53</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SimpsonDesertTrekAustralia" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="simpsondeserttrekaustralia" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">SimpsonDesertTrekAustralia</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ak4BRX47eCp7ImA9Wx5QE0s.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-3559938613227845945</id><published>2010-09-01T21:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T21:22:34.000+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-01T21:22:34.000+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Ancient river system discovered.</title><content type="html">ENG: The Simpson is more than ever &lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841740.htm"&gt;a place to discover&lt;/a&gt; things.&lt;br /&gt;
FRA: Le Simpson est certainement encore un endroit où l'on &lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841740.htm"&gt;peut faire des découvertes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-3559938613227845945?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/3559938613227845945/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=3559938613227845945" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3559938613227845945?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3559938613227845945?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2010/09/ancient-river-system-discovered.html" title="Ancient river system discovered." /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C04CSXk8eip7ImA9WxFbEUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-5940021426162008217</id><published>2010-07-03T12:12:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T12:12:48.772+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-03T12:12:48.772+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Be inspired by the Simpson desert</title><content type="html">ENG: I just found this very inspiring essay (p93-100) about &lt;a href="http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/96197/NTLA_2010_book.pdf"&gt;Australia's dead heart&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
FRA: Je viens de trouver cet essai sur le coeur mort de l'Australie.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-5940021426162008217?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/5940021426162008217/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=5940021426162008217" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5940021426162008217?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5940021426162008217?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2010/07/be-inspired-by-simpson-desert_03.html" title="Be inspired by the Simpson desert" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUEFSX8zfSp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-825240139672201388</id><published>2009-11-07T22:17:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:33:38.185+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:33:38.185+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>War on Feral Camels</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SvXc7_3b4PI/AAAAAAAAAus/1mhOoZF0ER0/s1600-h/feral-camel-distribution-australia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SvXc7_3b4PI/AAAAAAAAAus/1mhOoZF0ER0/s320/feral-camel-distribution-australia.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: This October 2009, Australia has entered a war against the million camels in the country. They double each 8 years. The first camel was imported from the Canary Islands in 1840. Now I understand why last year I had not so friendly encounters with these massive 6 foot - 2000 pounds animals. So if you are in Australia, don't hesitate to eat wild camel meat, it contains low fat and it's excellent. You'll do a favor to local jobs and desertification.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Sources: &lt;a href="http://www.lowecol.com.au/lfw/gfwmeminfo/camel_brochure.pdf"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;1&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/science-and-research/animal-research/feral-camels-in-western-australia.html"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: &lt;i&gt;Depuis Octobre 2009, l'Australie a entamé une guerre contre le million de dromadaires sauvages. La population double tout les 8 ans. Le premier camélidé fut importé de Ténérife en 1840. Je commence à mieux comprendre pour quoi j'ai tant de "pas si gentilles" rencontres avec eux l'année passée. Ils font plus de 2m et pèsent jusque 900kg. Manger du dromadaire en Australie et vous contribuerez à préserver les jobs locaux et enrayer la désertification. Leur viande est faible en graisse et est excellente.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-825240139672201388?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/825240139672201388/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=825240139672201388" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/825240139672201388?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/825240139672201388?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2009/11/war-on-feral-camels.html" title="War on Feral Camels" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SvXc7_3b4PI/AAAAAAAAAus/1mhOoZF0ER0/s72-c/feral-camel-distribution-australia.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0IHSXo7eyp7ImA9WxVUEE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-5000761704703765226</id><published>2009-03-14T11:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T11:12:18.403+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-14T11:12:18.403+01:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Exposition Camwheel Exhibition</title><content type="html">&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "&gt;&lt;div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "&gt;ENG: For the "Welcome to Wallonia" weekends, I have been chosen to represent my town as ambassador. I'll have the Camwheel shown with some photos. Info here : &lt;a href="http://www.walloniebienvenue.com/ambassadeur.php?id_mem=666&amp;amp;ma_page="&gt;Camwheel of the Simpson desert trek exhibition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;FRA: &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Pour les weekends "Wallonie Bienvenue", j'ai été choisi en tant qu'ambasadeur de ma ville. J'y exposerai la CamWheel et quelques photos. Toue l'info ici : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.walloniebienvenue.com/ambassadeur.php?id_mem=666&amp;amp;ma_page="&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;CamWheel charette du désert de Simpson exposition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-5000761704703765226?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/5000761704703765226/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=5000761704703765226" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5000761704703765226?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5000761704703765226?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2009/03/exposition-camwheel-exhibition.html" title="Exposition Camwheel Exhibition" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe Loncke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/438/448/1600/DSC023041.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcGRHY-fSp7ImA9WxVRGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-6051523031860046861</id><published>2009-01-03T00:51:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-25T20:33:45.855+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-25T20:33:45.855+01:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="video" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Simpson Desert Trek trailer</title><content type="html">&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/idWJnswpmpQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/idWJnswpmpQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-6051523031860046861?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/6051523031860046861/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=6051523031860046861" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/6051523031860046861?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/6051523031860046861?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2009/01/simpson-desert-trek-trailer.html" title="Simpson Desert Trek trailer" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkcBQXkyfCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-7279953285032940360</id><published>2008-12-10T00:04:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:40:50.794+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:40:50.794+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="map" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Final route</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/ST76g_rWxKI/AAAAAAAAAQU/k796_UYWQ6k/s1600-h/Desert2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="simpson desert trek contour map end" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277931258080838818" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/ST76g_rWxKI/AAAAAAAAAQU/k796_UYWQ6k/s400/Desert2.JPG" style="cursor: hand; 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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Here's the final route I made across the length of the Simpson desert. I finished with 10-12 liters of water and little food. At that time, my body was used receive less water and I was fine with 2 to 2,5 liters per day. I had no time left (had to take my plane) to finish walking around lake Eyre. I believe it would have been possible but in that case I would have been entering deep survival and put my body into high dehydration. The water I had left would have allowed me 4-5 days of walk and drinking my urine would have extended it to 7 days which should have been sufficient to make it to William Creek.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* Estimated gross flying distance (google earth) = 610km&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* GPS distance between waypoints = 644,5 km&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* GPS distance between waypoints including points where I took direction &amp;gt; 681,5 km&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* GPS distance counting the back and forth &amp;gt; 710,8 km&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* Estimated walking distance &amp;gt; 800km. (lots of zigzagging + slope of dunes)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Voici mon tracé final de cett etraversée en longueur du désert de Simpson. J'ai terminé avec 10-12 litres d'eau et un peu de nourriture. A ce moment, mon corps était habitué à recevoir peu d'eau et je me sentais bien avec 2 - 2,5 litres d'eau par jour. Je n'avais plus de temps (pas manquer mes vols de retour) pour terminer le long du lac Eyre vers William Creek. Je crois que ça aurait été possible d'y arriver en entrant en état de survie profonde en atteignant une déshydratation extrême. La quantité d'eau restante aurait permis de survivre 4-5 jours et en buvant mon urine j'aurais pu porter cela à 7 jours, ce qui aurait été suffisant pour atteindre Wiliam Creek.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Last week, the CamWheel was on display in Dijon. The festival reached 10.000 entries so I believe 5000 people have seen it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: &lt;i&gt;La semaine dernière la CamWheel était exposée à Dijon. Il y eut plus de 10.000 entrées au festival et je suppose donc que 5000 personnes l'ont vue.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-563747132820630949?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/563747132820630949/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=563747132820630949" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/563747132820630949?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/563747132820630949?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/10/camwheel-in-dijon.html" title="Camwheel in Dijon." /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SQQdy9lmdhI/AAAAAAAAAP8/TPne4dljcMc/s72-c/camwheel-dijon-back.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0YCR3s6fyp7ImA9WxRQF0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-5313578163497969993</id><published>2008-10-13T17:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T05:12:46.517+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T05:12:46.517+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>LouPhi &amp; CamWheel @ adventure film festival in Dijon.</title><content type="html">ENG: Yes, we both (Camwheel and myself) will be there during the 3 days (16-18/10) of the event. More information on : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ecransdelaventure.com/"&gt;http://www.ecransdelaventure.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRA: Oui, la CamWheel et moi-même seront durant les 3 jours (16-18/10) au festival du film d'aventure de Dijon. Plus d'info voir ci-dessus.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-5313578163497969993?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/5313578163497969993/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=5313578163497969993" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5313578163497969993?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5313578163497969993?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/10/louphi-and-camwheel-at-adventure-film.html" title="LouPhi &amp; CamWheel @ adventure film festival in Dijon." /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkMFRHczfyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-7405529491105818512</id><published>2008-10-12T02:35:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:46:55.987+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:46:55.987+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Preparations" /><title>Equipment</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFNPNOcKWI/AAAAAAAAAHU/ZgnDmVyPImY/s1600-h/expedition-equipment.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256067163761682786" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFNPNOcKWI/AAAAAAAAAHU/ZgnDmVyPImY/s200/expedition-equipment.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: What did you have with me? list here below&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: Quel équipement avais-je emporté ? La liste ci-dessous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CLOTHES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;slippers (never used)/ sandalettes (jamais utilisées)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 pairs of trail running shoes / 2 paires de basquettes de trekking&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 swimsuit / 1 slip de bain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;hat / chapeau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;beanie / bonnet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;buff (never used, jamais utilisé)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;head net / moustiquaire de visage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;sunnies (sunglasses) / lunettes de soleil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 long sleeved polyprop shirt / t-shirt manches longues en polypropylène &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 shirt anti-UV / 1 chemise anti-UV&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 anti-UV pants / 1 pantalon anti-UV&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;no underwear (used the swimsuit) / pas de slips (utilisé le slip de bain)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 boxer underwear (sleep)/ 1 caleçon américain (dormir)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3 pairs of socks / 3 paires de chausettes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 fleece jumper / 1 pull en polypropylène&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;gloves / gants&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;carbon trekking poles / bâtons de marche en carbone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COMMUNICATION &amp;amp; SAFETY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;IRIDIUM sattelite phone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;EPIRB / balise de détresse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6 maps @ 250.000/ 6 cartes au 250.000&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 compass / 1 boussole&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 GPS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 headlight + 1 tiny safety torch/ lampe frontale + 1 petite torche de sécurité&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;emergency box / trousse à pharmacie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;HOTEL - RESTAURANT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 person tent / tente 1 personne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;thermarest mattress / matelas autogonflant&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;sleeping bag / sac de couchage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;cotton inliner bag / soussac en cotton&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;gasstove + 1 canister / bec à gas + 1 bombonne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 pot + lid + 1 small spoon / 1 casserole + couvercle + petite cuiller&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;waterproof matches / allumetes étanches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 toilet paper roll / 1 rouleau de PQ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ELECTRONICS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;HD video camera + microphone + tapes/K7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;DSLR camera / appareil digital reflex&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;point and shoot camera / appareil photo numérique&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;batteries, piles, chargers, cables...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 small solar panels / 2 panneaux solaires&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OTHER / AUTRE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;aboriginal flag / drapeau aborigène&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;diary / carnet de route&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;cogitive tests handbook / cahier de tests cogintifs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;chronometer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;heartbeat monitor watch / montre et capteur de fréquence cardiaque&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;PDA (pas possible de le recharger)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;MP3 player* (broken from the start,cassé dès le départ)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;wrenches to (un)mount the cart / clés pour (dé)monter la charette&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;zip ties, rope, elastics / coleçons, corde, élastiques&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;drybags / sac étanches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* ENG: Contains no songs, just files to listen to for the tests. I don't want music. I listen to the silence, to my heart beating in my ears and to the noises and sounds of the desert and pay attention to the sounds of my cart like a mechanic to know when it's breaking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: Ne contient pas de chansons, uniquement des fichiers pour les tests. Je ne veux pas de musique. J'écoute le silence, le battement de mon coeur dans mes oreilles et le bruit de ma charette tel un mécanicien pour savoir quand elle va casser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-7405529491105818512?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/7405529491105818512/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=7405529491105818512" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7405529491105818512?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7405529491105818512?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/10/equipment.html" title="Equipment" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe Loncke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/438/448/1600/DSC023041.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFNPNOcKWI/AAAAAAAAAHU/ZgnDmVyPImY/s72-c/expedition-equipment.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYASH4_fSp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-3159033761488123706</id><published>2008-10-12T02:23:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:42:29.045+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:42:29.045+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Preparations" /><title>Food - Nourriture</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFMlEfXBGI/AAAAAAAAAHM/6b5rAUHXTPQ/s1600-h/expedition-food.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256066439862223970" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFMlEfXBGI/AAAAAAAAAHM/6b5rAUHXTPQ/s200/expedition-food.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Megahigh protein Musli cereals NUVIT - 3*750g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Salted peanuts/cacahouetes salées - 5*1000g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fruit Musli cereals toasted/grillés - 5*1000g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mexican Chicken dehydrated/Lyophilisé - 35*175g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Spaghetti 9 min - 4*500g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oats/avoine - 2*900g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Salami pepperoni - 3*200g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Omega3 Mexican wraps 6packs - 2*258g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cadburry chocolate roast almond/amandes grillées - 2*250g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cadburry chocolate cashew/noix de cajou - 2*250g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Vitamines 100 pills/pillules - 1*100g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Olive Oil/huile d'olive - 1*1liter (yes for drinking, oui pour boire)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Protein chocolat epowder/poudre protéinique - 1*900g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Musli bars/barres céréales chocolat 12pcs - 1*375g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Musli bars/barres céréales yoghurt 12pcs - 2*375g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Musli bars/barres céréales mix 12pcs - 4*375g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Musli bars/barres céréales yoghurt strawberry/fraise 12pcs - 2*375g&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-3159033761488123706?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/3159033761488123706/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=3159033761488123706" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3159033761488123706?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3159033761488123706?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/10/food-nourriture.html" title="Food - Nourriture" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe Loncke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/438/448/1600/DSC023041.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFMlEfXBGI/AAAAAAAAAHM/6b5rAUHXTPQ/s72-c/expedition-food.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkIEQ3g6fCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-702521212359973890</id><published>2008-08-31T21:57:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:48:22.614+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:48:22.614+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Photos added !</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: I've saved my photos and as promised put some on this blog. I continue to do interviews and I'll probably go on TV soon. I will announce this on this blog. I'm taking slowly some weight back my I'm still weak in my legs due to muscle mass loss. I suffered from painful cramps during the first 5 days of my return but now it seems to get better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: &lt;i&gt;J'ai sauvé mes photos et comme promis j'en ai ajouté sur ce blog. Je fais encore quelques interviews et je vais certainement passer à la TV bientôt. J'annoncerai cela sur ce blog. Je reprends petit à petit du poids mais je suis encore faible dans les jambes à cause de la perte de masse musculaire. J'ai souffert de crampes douloureuses pendant les 5 premières nuits de mon retour mais cela va mieux maintenant.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-702521212359973890?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/702521212359973890/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=702521212359973890" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/702521212359973890?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/702521212359973890?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/photos-added.html" title="Photos added !" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYMQn47cCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-4198202403564654355</id><published>2008-08-26T12:44:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:43:03.008+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:43:03.008+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Back to Work</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Hi all, I haven't had the time to read all posts and comments but will do this week. I just got back in Belgium yesterday and now I'm back at work. I haven't told you everything from the adventure as I keep some parts for a book and some of it has been filmed in HD too. I have almost 2000 photos and above 3 hours of film. So I'm very happy. The adventure did not finish in william creek. Coming back home WITH the entire Camwheel desert cart was an adventure as well. You can subscribe to this blog on the right side also so you'll also know for future exhibitions and slideshows.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Bonjour à tous. Je n'ai pas eu le temps de lire tous vos commentaires mais ce sera fait cette semaine. Je suis revenu hier matin et je suis au boulot. Je ne vous ai pas tout dit de l'aventure car je garde une bonne partie pour le livre et aussi j'ai filmé certaines parties croustillantes en Haute Definition. J'ai près de 2000 photos et plus de 3 heures de film en HD. Je suis donc très content. L'aventure ne s'est pas terminée à william Creek. Le retour AVEC l'entièreté de la charette CamWheel fût très mouvementée. N'oubliez pas que vous pouvez souscrire aux messages de ce blog sur la droite afin de recevoir les news et futures dates des conférences et expositions. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-4198202403564654355?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/4198202403564654355/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=4198202403564654355" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/4198202403564654355?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/4198202403564654355?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-work.html" title="Back to Work" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe Loncke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/438/448/1600/DSC023041.jpg" /></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkIHQXk_eyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-1328661542213661965</id><published>2008-08-24T11:34:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:48:50.743+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:48:50.743+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sponsors" /><title>Back to Sydney</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFg0UCMvxI/AAAAAAAAAIA/sGXxIJmpzpc/s1600-h/louphi.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256088691965476626" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFg0UCMvxI/AAAAAAAAAIA/sGXxIJmpzpc/s200/louphi.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFg0QAutZI/AAAAAAAAAII/ahP0ZTUigDU/s1600-h/louphi-lucas-trihey.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256088690885571986" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFg0QAutZI/AAAAAAAAAII/ahP0ZTUigDU/s200/louphi-lucas-trihey.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Sunday must and is sunny! It was hard work to hitch hike and get my plance in Alice Springs to Sydney. I'll take another plane back to Europe in a few minutes. This morning I finally met &lt;a href="http://www.escalade.com.au/desertex.html"&gt;Lucas Trihey&lt;/a&gt;, the Aussie adventurer who became the first person to walk the width of the Simpson desert unsupported (June 2006). We discussed my path and I showed him the CamWheel. He helped me a lot with his knowledge and gave advices for me to be successful. Later we went to my main Aussie sponsor &lt;a href="http://www.activateoutdoors.com.au/"&gt;Activate Outdoors&lt;/a&gt;. They have been my first sponsor ever and are always helping out new adventurers with original adventure ideas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;FRA: &lt;i&gt;Le dimanche doit et est ensoleillé. Ce fût difficile de faire de l'autostop pour revenir à Alice Springs pour ne pas manquer mon avion. Je décolle aussi dans quelques minutes pour l'Europe. Et ce matin, j'ai enfin rencontré &lt;a href="http://www.escalade.com.au/desertex.html"&gt;Lucas Trihey&lt;/a&gt;, l'aventurier Australien qui a vaincu en premier et sans assistance le Simpson sur sa largeur (Juin 2006). Nous avons discuté de mon chemin suivi et je lui ai montré la CamWheel. Il m'a aidé depuis le début et ses conseils furent indispensables à mon succès. Plus tard, nous avons été rendre visite à mon sponsor Australien principal. &lt;a href="http://www.activateoutdoors.com.au/"&gt;Activate Outdoors&lt;/a&gt; était mon tout premier sponsor de mes expéditions. Ils aident régulièrement de nouveaux aventuriers qui viennent avec une idée originale.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-1328661542213661965?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/1328661542213661965/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=1328661542213661965" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1328661542213661965?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1328661542213661965?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-sydney.html" title="Back to Sydney" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe Loncke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/438/448/1600/DSC023041.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ukxZMbzKIgE/SPFg0UCMvxI/AAAAAAAAAIA/sGXxIJmpzpc/s72-c/louphi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkUAQX88eCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-7764881376716918590</id><published>2008-08-21T12:37:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:44:00.170+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:44:00.170+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>William Creek</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrsLpjbupI/AAAAAAAAALU/HbCjgkWojzE/s1600-h/Louphi+-+Jim+-+Peak+cattle+station.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Louis-Philippe Loncke and Jim from the Peak" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240760801276181138" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrsLpjbupI/AAAAAAAAALU/HbCjgkWojzE/s200/Louphi+-+Jim+-+Peak+cattle+station.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrsL-820qI/AAAAAAAAALc/eVyO-w0PITQ/s1600-h/jim+-+sarah+-+the+peak+cattle+station.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Jim &amp;amp; Sarah, the Peak cattle station managers" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240760807019958946" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrsL-820qI/AAAAAAAAALc/eVyO-w0PITQ/s200/jim+-+sarah+-+the+peak+cattle+station.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrrvfFQFFI/AAAAAAAAALM/iUE2gFYbayM/s1600-h/piece+of+camwheel+in+william+creek+bar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="piece of camwheel screwed into the wall close the entrance of the wiliam creek bar" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240760317428896850" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrrvfFQFFI/AAAAAAAAALM/iUE2gFYbayM/s200/piece+of+camwheel+in+william+creek+bar.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Hi all. I was picked up this morning at 9.45 am by Jim who drove me back to his home -The peak cattle station- and have a warm shower, massive lunch -meat pot, cake, tea- and clean my stinky clothes. Jim lives with his girlfriend Sarah. The trip took over 2 hours and we left at 3 pm towards William Creek. I am now staying in a caravan behind the property of Trevor, the owner of &lt;a href="http://www.wrightsair.com.au/"&gt;Wrights air&lt;/a&gt;. I'm fine and the Camwheel too. I hope to get a lift tomorrow back to Alice Springs. I thank Etienne G. who has been working on the blog and more for the past 6 weeks. I now back the commands :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Louphi, William Ck, SA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Bonjour a tous. J'ai ete repeche a 9h45 ce matin par Jim qui m'a ramene chez lui -le ranch The Peak- et j'ai eu droit a une douche chaude, un repas en beton -viande, cake, the- et a laver mes vetements puants. Jim vit avec sa petite amie Sarah. Ce trajet a dure plus de 2 heures et nous sommes partis vers 15h vers William Creek. Je loge ce soir dans une caravane derriere la maison de Trevor le proprietaire de &lt;a href="http://www.wrightsair.com.au/"&gt;Wrights air&lt;/a&gt;. Je vais bien et et le CamWheel aussi. J'espere rentrer en stop demain vers Alice Springs. Je remercie Etienne G. qui a gere ce blog et bien plus encore pendant les dernieres 6 semaines. Je reprends les commandes :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Louphi, a William Ck, SA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-7764881376716918590?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/7764881376716918590/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=7764881376716918590" title="21 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7764881376716918590?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7764881376716918590?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/william-creek.html" title="William Creek" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrsLpjbupI/AAAAAAAAALU/HbCjgkWojzE/s72-c/Louphi+-+Jim+-+Peak+cattle+station.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkUCSXk_eyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-5562027156408081104</id><published>2008-08-20T17:30:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:44:28.743+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:44:28.743+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Mission accomplished!</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLru5DmvFtI/AAAAAAAAAME/SNd3nMrnNa4/s1600-h/end+waiting+for+the+car+on+The+Peak+cattle+station+property.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Last look towards the desert, waiting for the car on the Peak cattle station" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240763780386723538" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLru5DmvFtI/AAAAAAAAAME/SNd3nMrnNa4/s200/end+waiting+for+the+car+on+The+Peak+cattle+station+property.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Well people, Louis-Philippe has reached his goal! He arrived yesterday in the early evening at the northern tip of lake Eyre, which means the end of the Simpson desert. He is the first man ever to cross the world’s longest parallel sand dunes desert unassisted in its length (North-South). That is something to cheer about! He made really good progress in the last few days as the food reserves were getting depleted. Fortunately he still has enough water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He just agreed on a pick up by the manager of the "The Peak" cattle station ranch tomorrow at 10 am at a water hole for the trip back to William Creek. We will keep you posted on his return. Talking about lake Eyre, Sébastien Héritier, a French adventurer who gave advice on the lake to Louis-Philippe, said: “Lake Eyre is dead. There is so little life there that even death has fled the area”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Before leaving for his trip in July he had agreed to be do so-called cognitive tests with a French scientist. Among other things it involves naming as many words starting with a particular letter in just one minute, naming colours,… That scientist is currently studying the human mind in extreme circumstances. Louis-Philippe was therefore the ideal person. We will be posting more on that later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Bonne nouvelle ! Louis-Philippe a brillamment relevé son défi en arrivant hier en début de soirée à la pointe nord du lac Eyre. Il est donc le premier à triompher du désert de Simpson, le plus grand désert de dunes parallèles du monde, en l’ayant parcouru dans sa longueur. Son succès, il l’a bâti en avançant coûte que coûte dans les premières semaines en terrain difficile et surtout en fonçant dans les derniers jours alors que la nourriture commençait à s’épuiser. Par bonheur, il a encore suffisamment d’eau.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Il vient de convenir d’un lieu de rendez-vous à un point d’eau demain à 10 h avec le manager du ranch "The Peak" pour aller à William Creek. Il a longé le lac Eyre sur environ 1 km et a dû batailler ferme face à une boue noire et visqueuse dissimulée sous la croûte de sel des abords du lac. Vous en saurez plus dans un prochain post. Quant au lac Eyre; Sébastien Héritier, un aventurier Français qui a conseillé Louis-Philippe, dit : « L’endroit est mort, tellement mort que même la mort s’est barrée », dit Louis-Philippe.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Avant de s’envoler en juillet pour l’Australie, il avait donné son accord à une scientifique française pour participer à une étude sur l’esprit humain dans des conditions extrêmes. Pour ce faire, il devait passer des tests cognitifs dans le désert tous les 4 jours. Louis-Philippe reviendra sur ce sujet plus en détail.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-5562027156408081104?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/5562027156408081104/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=5562027156408081104" title="14 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5562027156408081104?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/5562027156408081104?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/mission-accomplished.html" title="Mission accomplished!" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLru5DmvFtI/AAAAAAAAAME/SNd3nMrnNa4/s72-c/end+waiting+for+the+car+on+The+Peak+cattle+station+property.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkQMRn0_cSp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-897185247382748159</id><published>2008-08-15T17:01:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:46:27.349+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:46:27.349+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>The end is in sight</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrtZAfHQZI/AAAAAAAAALk/tqt473BKoQk/s1600-h/louphi+day+29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Looking happy but tired, LouPhi on day 29" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240762130282004882" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrtZAfHQZI/AAAAAAAAALk/tqt473BKoQk/s200/louphi+day+29.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrtZrjHLvI/AAAAAAAAALs/1EUW52bxsvA/s1600-h/very+dry+dead+lake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Very dry lake where nature is taking place" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240762141841501938" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrtZrjHLvI/AAAAAAAAALs/1EUW52bxsvA/s200/very+dry+dead+lake.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ENG: LouPhi’s position yesterday was South 26° 51 and East 137° 30’. In 24 hours he walked 30 km and is very happy about it. Although his potential success had been jeopardized at the start due to the slow progress he now sounds confident he can succeed. Whatever happens he does not intend to go further south than Macumba Station. Food and water supplies are in line with expectations. His feet are aching and blisters have appeared, but nothing to be worried about. And finally landscapes are so nice it was worth going through all this. Louis-Philippe thought he had found a water lake, but it was only the reflection of the sky on the salt lake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: la position de Louis-Philippe hier était latitude sud 26° 51 et longitude est 137° 30’. Au total, il aura parcouru 30 kms en une journée et est évidemment ravi de sa progression. Il a seulement perdu un peu de temps pour se rapprocher d’un lac qu’il pensait rempli d’eau, mais c’était seulement le reflet du ciel dans la croûte de sel du lac. Le succès se rapproche alors qu’il avait été sérieusement compromis par sa lente progression des premiers jours. Quoi qu’il en soit, il ne s’aventurera pas plus au sud que Macumba Station. Les réserves d’eau et de nourriture sont encore suffisantes. Les nuits restent froides. Louis-Philippe a mal aux pieds (on peut le comprendre !) et souffre de cloques, mais rien de grave.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-897185247382748159?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/897185247382748159/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=897185247382748159" title="8 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/897185247382748159?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/897185247382748159?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/end-is-in-sight.html" title="The end is in sight" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrtZAfHQZI/AAAAAAAAALk/tqt473BKoQk/s72-c/louphi+day+29.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkECQHs-fyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-3059385944675373436</id><published>2008-08-14T18:57:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:51:01.557+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:51:01.557+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Making big progress</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLruE_294MI/AAAAAAAAAL0/oxLx1GIWhHE/s1600-h/fast+record+day+32+km.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Quick rest just standing as I'm ready to continue very far today (made 32km as the crow flies)" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240762886027862210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLruE_294MI/AAAAAAAAAL0/oxLx1GIWhHE/s200/fast+record+day+32+km.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLruFf5dDJI/AAAAAAAAAL8/oIuGf9Gp370/s1600-h/dry+lake+sunset.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Sunset and shade on a very hard dry lake" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240762894628228242" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLruFf5dDJI/AAAAAAAAAL8/oIuGf9Gp370/s200/dry+lake+sunset.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ENG: Louis-Philippe has entered the Simpson Desert National Park and reached the so-called WAA line. His position yesterday was South 26° 34' and East 137° 27'. He has taken superb pictures of the wonderful landscapes there. He said the sand colour has gone from red to beige in the area he is currently crossing where small lakes abound. As expected he drinks less and less water as his body has adjusted to the extreme desert conditions. He feels at ease with the desert and has finally found what he was looking for when planning his trip.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;He is now heading South for the next two weeks or so. The cart is now much lighter, there are no longer any spinifex bushes on his way, and the full moon on 15 August will help him a lot. This is why he is making big progress which is absolutely essential if he wants to win his challenge. He will not be going to William Creek (southwest of lake Eyre) as first anticipated and will probably stop at Macumba Station&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;FRA: Louis-Philippe a depuis quelques jours pénétré dans le Simpson Desert National Park et a atteint la WAA line, une des pistes qui traversent le désert. Sa position en date d’hier était latitude sud 26° 34’ et longitude est 137° 27’. Il a pris de magnifiques photos des très beaux paysages de cette région parsemée de lacs trop petits pour être repérés sur une carte et où la couleur beige du sable tranche avec le rouge du début. Il boit de moins en moins et peut ainsi épargner le précieux liquide en cas de pépin. Il se sent bien et pense avoir trouvé ce qu’il cherchait dans ce défi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Il fonce maintenant plein pot vers le sud durant les deux prochaines semaines. La charrette est désormais beaucoup plus légère, le spinifex a disparu et la période de pleine lune actuelle l’aide à avancer plus rapidement. Ceci explique sa bonne progression nécessaire pour rallier dans les temps son objectif. Il a néanmoins fait son deuil d’atteindre William Creek au sud-est du lac Eyre et conclura l’aventure probablement à Macumba Station, une des trois propriétés terriennes gigantesques de cette partie de l’Australie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-3059385944675373436?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/3059385944675373436/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=3059385944675373436" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3059385944675373436?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/3059385944675373436?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/making-big-progress.html" title="Making big progress" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLruE_294MI/AAAAAAAAAL0/oxLx1GIWhHE/s72-c/fast+record+day+32+km.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkEHQ348fCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-6754374868026020787</id><published>2008-08-08T01:10:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:50:32.074+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:50:32.074+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Raising the Aboriginal flag !</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrmFfQbfEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QTb6ojerZXM/s1600-h/aboriginal+flag+raised.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="aboriginal falg geographical center simpson desert" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240754098363137090" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrmFfQbfEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QTb6ojerZXM/s200/aboriginal+flag+raised.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrm2MW7fwI/AAAAAAAAAKU/koYPqQvfpWk/s1600-h/first+non+australian+at+geocenter.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="louphi showing european flag at geocenter of simpson desert" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240754935103717122" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrm2MW7fwI/AAAAAAAAAKU/koYPqQvfpWk/s200/first+non+australian+at+geocenter.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Three weeks into his trek Louis-Philippe has lost quite some weight and fat. He feels he is slowly starting to understand how the desert works and is enjoying his time there. At night it is quite cold. After walking a full day he usually stops for a while around 8-9 pm local time and then resumes his journey. In the next few days he will be taking full advantage of the full moon that will allow him to walk for a few more hours in ideal circumstances. Before falling asleep he watches stars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And this news just in: Louis-Philippe reached the geographical centre of the desert (position 25° 22’ East and 137° 05’ South) and raised the Aboriginal flag (see picture) on the pole symbolizing his respect for the deep connection that the Aboriginal people have for this desert. This is a cause close to his heart which he kept repeating before leaving for his trip. He is now racing towards Poeppel’s Corner as his cart is much lighter. Still 2 weeks to go before food and water supplies dry up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Après trois semaines d’efforts intenses, Louis-Philippe a perdu du poids et surtout de la graisse. Son corps se transforme comme il l’avait fait lors de son aventure en Tasmanie. Il commence à comprendre comment fonctionne le désert et à se plaire dans cet environnement. Les nuits sont froides. Au terme d’une journée de marche, vers 20-21 h, il s’arrête quelques heures avant de repartir. Il pourra compter les prochaines nuits sur la pleine lune qui permet un parcours dans des conditions idéales.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grande nouvelle : Louis-Philippe a atteint le centre géographique du désert et a accompli un geste qui lui tenait particulièrement à cœur : il a hissé le drapeau des aborigènes (voir photo) sur le poteau symbolisant le centre, en signe de soutien à leurs revendications territoriales sur la région. Il espère maintenant avancer à toute vitesse vers Poeppel’s Corner à la frontière des trois États. Il lui reste encore environ 2 semaines de vivres.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-6754374868026020787?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/6754374868026020787/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=6754374868026020787" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/6754374868026020787?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/6754374868026020787?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/raising-aboriginal-flag.html" title="Raising the Aboriginal flag !" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrmFfQbfEI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QTb6ojerZXM/s72-c/aboriginal+flag+raised.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkENQnc_fyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-7418792055084396091</id><published>2008-08-05T08:54:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:51:33.947+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:51:33.947+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>25th parallel</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr3AbUKBKI/AAAAAAAAANc/i_Nx_8xKCu8/s1600-h/louphi+shade+from+a+red+dune.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Louphi's shade down a dune" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240772703103354018" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr3AbUKBKI/AAAAAAAAANc/i_Nx_8xKCu8/s200/louphi+shade+from+a+red+dune.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr3AgkNbGI/AAAAAAAAANk/L0DbBYI-FOM/s1600-h/red+dunes+close+to+geocenter+of+simpson+desert.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Getting closer to the geographical center of the Simpson desert" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240772704512863330" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr3AgkNbGI/AAAAAAAAANk/L0DbBYI-FOM/s200/red+dunes+close+to+geocenter+of+simpson+desert.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Louis-Philippe should have crossed the 25th parallel yesterday evening and hopes to reach the centre of the desert by Wednesday or Thursday.  He has made good progress during the weekend thanks to the cart getting lighter. He has drunk a lot of water in a few days as the weather has been hot without any wind blowing.  The water supplies remain under control, though.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Encouragé par sa bonne progression durant le week-end, Louis-Philippe devrait avoir traversé hier soir le 25e parallèle et compte rejoindre le centre du désert mercredi ou jeudi. Le temps actuel se caractérise par sa chaleur et par l’absence de vent qui souffle en général, ce qui explique une consommation d’eau plus élevée chez notre aventurier. Mais pas de panique, les réserves sont suffisantes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-7418792055084396091?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/7418792055084396091/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=7418792055084396091" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7418792055084396091?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/7418792055084396091?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/25th-parallel.html" title="25th parallel" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr3AbUKBKI/AAAAAAAAANc/i_Nx_8xKCu8/s72-c/louphi+shade+from+a+red+dune.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkAGRnc6fyp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-663988712950655073</id><published>2008-08-03T21:28:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:52:07.917+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:52:07.917+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Chased by camels</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1g5X_fzI/AAAAAAAAAM8/1WF2mNKz5U0/s1600-h/red+dune.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Crest of a red dune" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240771061905063730" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1g5X_fzI/AAAAAAAAAM8/1WF2mNKz5U0/s200/red+dune.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hP_mCpI/AAAAAAAAANE/tIHzPQ3FfTE/s1600-h/tent+morning+wake+up.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Wake up and leave suring the sunrise" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240771067976747666" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hP_mCpI/AAAAAAAAANE/tIHzPQ3FfTE/s200/tent+morning+wake+up.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hI8TTQI/AAAAAAAAANM/3myroq0Lv9c/s1600-h/wild+camels.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Wild camels on top of a dune" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240771066083888386" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hI8TTQI/AAAAAAAAANM/3myroq0Lv9c/s200/wild+camels.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hYZVKzI/AAAAAAAAANU/W3N1z6RGGNE/s1600-h/red+dune+easy+valley.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="camel tracks in the dune" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240771070232177458" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1hYZVKzI/AAAAAAAAANU/W3N1z6RGGNE/s200/red+dune+easy+valley.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Now an anecdote to keep you entertained! Louis-Philippe spotted a group of camels coming towards him. At first he was not suspicious and allowed them to come closer but soon enough they were getting quite close and gathering like a Roman legion just before an attack. He then went to hide but figured the only way to get out alive was to flee… which he did with the camels chasing him! Fortunately they stopped after a while. He came to understand that they were probably trying to protect their young.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Et maintenant, passons à une anecdote ! Louis-Philippe s’est récemment fait une belle frayeur : il a remarqué la présence d’un groupe de chameaux avançant dans sa direction. Pas farouche pour un sou, il les a laissés s’approcher, mais s’est rendu compte qu’ils se rassemblaient en formation, comme des légionnaires romains avant l’attaque. Il a alors tenté de se cacher, en vain, pour finalement fuir devant des chameaux qui l’ont poursuivi pendant quelque temps avant, heureusement pour lui, de renoncer… Plus tard, il a compris que ces chameaux essayaient probablement de protéger leurs petits.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-663988712950655073?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/663988712950655073/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=663988712950655073" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/663988712950655073?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/663988712950655073?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/08/chased-by-camels_03.html" title="Chased by camels" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr1g5X_fzI/AAAAAAAAAM8/1WF2mNKz5U0/s72-c/red+dune.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkANRHoycSp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-1310675478495929211</id><published>2008-07-30T16:41:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:53:15.499+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:53:15.499+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Crossing lakes</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr0wujXxkI/AAAAAAAAAM0/RQxZvurQ3Kw/s1600-h/happy+after+first+salt+lake+crossing.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Happy, first salt lake in the NW of the desert crossed" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240770234366281282" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr0wujXxkI/AAAAAAAAAM0/RQxZvurQ3Kw/s200/happy+after+first+salt+lake+crossing.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Yesterday was a beautiful day in the desert. Louis-Philippe took great pictures while crossing an empty lake. Today he will be crossing another lake.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: La journée d’hier, superbe, a été consacrée à la traversée d’un premier lac (à sec) auquel succédera aujourd’hui un second. Fasciné par l’intensité des couleurs, Louis-Philippe en a profité pour prendre de magnifiques photos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-1310675478495929211?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/1310675478495929211/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=1310675478495929211" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1310675478495929211?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1310675478495929211?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/07/crossing-lakes.html" title="Crossing lakes" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLr0wujXxkI/AAAAAAAAAM0/RQxZvurQ3Kw/s72-c/happy+after+first+salt+lake+crossing.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0AFQ3g6eip7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-2403843510752501020</id><published>2008-07-28T16:58:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T17:08:32.612+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T17:08:32.612+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Big risk taker</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrz5QPJ5hI/AAAAAAAAAMk/gjL62uwuxbc/s1600-h/sunset+arunta+valley.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="sunset over a valley of Arunta -Simpson desert's aboriginal name-" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240769281335617042" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrz5QPJ5hI/AAAAAAAAAMk/gjL62uwuxbc/s200/sunset+arunta+valley.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrz5k4trvI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JNSwK7abnaM/s1600-h/top+of+red+dune+1+piece+by+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cmibimg a high red dune and get back to the jerricans of water Louphi has brought the day before" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240769286878637810" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrz5k4trvI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JNSwK7abnaM/s200/top+of+red+dune+1+piece+by+1.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Louis-Philippe took a big gamble this weekend. He entered a place captain Charles Sturt once described as ‘hell’ (thorns everywhere, big humps) and after walking just a few kilometers on 25 July, much below his anticipated daily average, he decided to try something to make more progress. He cut the weight in half, carrying one part on one day, coming back during the night with an empty CamWheel and get to move the second half on the next day. The challenge was to find the way back with his GPS as he left the food, tent and sleeping bag in the second part. He called a few hours afterwards to confirm he had succeeded. Talk about a risk taker! The good news is that he crossed the 24th parallel and that the progress will be easier in the southern part. Next goal: the centre of the desert.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: ce week-end, Louis-Philippe a pris un énorme risque. N’ayant pu avancer conformément à ses attentes le 25 juillet, il s’est résolu le lendemain à essayer une nouvelel stratégie pour avancer plus vite: faire des allers-retours. Une moitié est laissée le matin du 1er jour, il revient avec la Camwheel vide pendant la nuit et repart le lendemain avec la 2ème moitié de la charge qu'il retrouve au moyen du GPS. Il est obligé de retrouver cett epartie pendant la nuit cat il y a laissé volontairement la nourriture, la tente et le sac de couchage. Il est donc parti dans cette partie du désert encore plus hostile, qu’un aventurier anglais a qualifié d’ « enfer », fait de grosses bosses et de ronces. Il y est parvenu sans trop de mal en enlevant ses chaussures tous les 500 m pour soulager ses pieds. Quand on vous disait qu’il fallait être fou pour tenter cette aventure ! Le sud de cette zone semble heureusement plus carrossable. Il a traversé le 24e parallèle et se dirige maintenant vers le centre du désert.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-2403843510752501020?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/2403843510752501020/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=2403843510752501020" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/2403843510752501020?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/2403843510752501020?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/07/big-risk-taker.html" title="Big risk taker" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrz5QPJ5hI/AAAAAAAAAMk/gjL62uwuxbc/s72-c/sunset+arunta+valley.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0EAR3YzcCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-517771804201712824</id><published>2008-07-25T18:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T17:07:26.888+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T17:07:26.888+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>No man’s land from now on</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrw2pgsaQI/AAAAAAAAAMU/QW7dv1-Nf6k/s1600-h/louphi+day+7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="My face on day 7" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240765938045577474" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrw2pgsaQI/AAAAAAAAAMU/QW7dv1-Nf6k/s200/louphi+day+7.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrw2iYYhLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/wMKivKHCGpw/s1600-h/prickle.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="a Such a prickle to puncture my airmattress. And hundreds of prickles like this in the -flatfree- wheels" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240765936131671218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrw2iYYhLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/wMKivKHCGpw/s200/prickle.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Louis-Philippe met Aboriginals on 22 July. From then on it will be a long time before he comes across any human life again. On 23 July he walked 15 km instead of the planned 25 km. Despite being 4 days behind schedule, he keeps a good spirit. To make up for lost ground he walks by night for a few more hours thanks to his GPS and stars. It is then very cold, but the day time weather is nice. He has damaged his air mattress, which forces him to sleep on the ground.  I guess you can imagine he has had bad nights, but he sounds confident he can make it. Coming up next: more on his trip through the National Park to cross in the Northern Territory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Louis-Philippe a rencontré des aborigènes ce mardi 22 : il s’écoulera pas mal de temps avant qu’il croise encore la route d’une forme de vie humaine. Le 23 juillet, il a parcouru 15 km au lieu des 25 quotidiens qu’il s’est fixés comme objectif. Pour rattraper son retard, il marche quelques heures par nuit grâce à son GPS et les étoiles qui l’orientent. Il a malheureusement crevé son matelas pneumatique et est donc obligé de dormir à même le sol. Du coup, les nuits sont courtes et assez mauvaises. Mais la charrette s’allégera et il pourra avancer plus vite. La prochaine fois, vous en apprendrez plus sur sa traversée d’un parc national dans le ‘Northern Territory’.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-517771804201712824?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/517771804201712824/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=517771804201712824" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/517771804201712824?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/517771804201712824?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-mans-land-from-now-on.html" title="No man’s land from now on" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrw2pgsaQI/AAAAAAAAAMU/QW7dv1-Nf6k/s72-c/louphi+day+7.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk4BQn8zeCp7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-873235188392243233</id><published>2008-07-22T17:25:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:55:53.180+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:55:53.180+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Hot weather despite winter time</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrwO12OL1I/AAAAAAAAAMM/cDaoIeSIJfo/s1600-h/rest+during+hot+first+days.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Having a midday break during very hot temperatures" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240765254162329426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrwO12OL1I/AAAAAAAAAMM/cDaoIeSIJfo/s200/rest+during+hot+first+days.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SIX8T5cAtEI/AAAAAAAAAIg/LK3bRhEDvwY/s1600-h/205px-Triodia_hummock_grassland.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225860361399350338" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SIX8T5cAtEI/AAAAAAAAAIg/LK3bRhEDvwY/s200/205px-Triodia_hummock_grassland.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Daytime temperatures reached 35° during the weekend. Making headway is quite difficult because of spinifex, grass typical of arid Australia: two or sometimes three tries are needed to get over it. The cart required a few repairs, but is holding on. And finally, the water supply is being kept under control. So no reason to worry too much!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Du nouveau depuis samedi ! Les températures ont atteint les 35°. La progression de notre aventurier est ralentie par le spinifex, cette herbe typique des régions arides d’Australie. Il faut parfois s’y reprendre à deux ou trois fois pour franchir un obstacle de 5 cm. Malgré une blessure bénigne au doigt et une charrette qui a nécessité quelques réparations, le moral est toujours bon. La consommation d’eau reste sous contrôle.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-873235188392243233?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/873235188392243233/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=873235188392243233" title="8 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/873235188392243233?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/873235188392243233?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/07/hot-weather-despite-winter-time.html" title="Hot weather despite winter time" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SLrwO12OL1I/AAAAAAAAAMM/cDaoIeSIJfo/s72-c/rest+during+hot+first+days.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk4MRX09fip7ImA9WhZQEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481254103919902668.post-1410772900203145724</id><published>2008-07-16T19:36:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T16:56:24.366+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-19T16:56:24.366+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><title>Wish him luck!</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SKWHLo3Q8lI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/RwM325sc5CU/s1600-h/IMG_0006_edited-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="Spinifex plant" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234738775905595986" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SKWHLo3Q8lI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/RwM325sc5CU/s200/IMG_0006_edited-1.JPG" style="cursor: hand;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SKWHLtWshOI/AAAAAAAAAKE/i7HAlVQgLwQ/s1600-h/IMG_0004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234738777111168226" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SKWHLtWshOI/AAAAAAAAAKE/i7HAlVQgLwQ/s200/IMG_0004.JPG" style="cursor: hand;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENG: Louis-Philippe’s long journey has kicked off. He left Alice Springs at 1pm Australian time in a 4WD and was dropped off near Jervois (see pictures). The real adventure begins now as he will do the rest by foot with a cart weighing a grand total of… 210 kg! He has now entered the Aboriginal land called Atnetye and is now heading for Atula Creek which he hopes to reach it by tomorrow evening. He sounds relaxed and very upbeat. Stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;FRA: Le moment du départ tant attendu est enfin arrivé ! Louis-Philippe a quitté Alice Springs cet après-midi en 4x4 pour être déposé près de Jervois (voir photos). Le reste du parcours jusqu’au lac Eyre s’effectuera à pied, accompagné de sa fidèle charrette pesant… 210 kilos ! Il se trouve sur le territoire aborigène Atnetye et se dirige vers Atula Creek. Si tout se passe bien, il atteindra ce village demain soir. Le moral est au beau fixe.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1481254103919902668-1410772900203145724?l=simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/feeds/1410772900203145724/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1481254103919902668&amp;postID=1410772900203145724" title="16 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1410772900203145724?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1481254103919902668/posts/default/1410772900203145724?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://simpson-desert-trek.blogspot.com/2008/07/wish-him-luck.html" title="Wish him luck!" /><author><name>Louis-Philippe LONCKE</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/111368159789718233559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A2nbTfi0y4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/2SlXhgmgZgw/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yZjPvcLsrSY/SKWHLo3Q8lI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/RwM325sc5CU/s72-c/IMG_0006_edited-1.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry></feed>

