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<td width=200><h4 align=right><a href="content.html">From the Start </a></h4></td>
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<a href="budget.html">Original budget</a>,
<a href="map.html">Original route plan</a>,
<a href="canc1.html">CANC history</a>,
<a href="home.html"><b>Home</b></a></ul>
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<td><h4 align=right><a href="what.html">Well, what happened? </a></h4></td>
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<a href="sarah.html">Media statement</a>,
<a href="pics.html" >Picture Library!</a>,
<a href="learn.html" >What we got out of it</a>,
<a href="campaign.html" >Campaigning along the way</a></ul>
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<td><h4 align=right><a href="now.html">So, what now? </a></h4></td>
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<a href="canc3.html" >The next CANC ride!</a>,
<a href="usnow.html" >What the CANC2ers are doing now</a>,
<a href="movie.html" >Being a movie-star?</a></ul>
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<td><h4 align=right><a href="how.html">How'd it all work? </a></h4></td>
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<a href="tips.html" >Recipes and tips</a>,
<a href="group.html" >Group structures</a>,
<a href="differ.html" >What we'd do differently</a></ul>
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Tips
Well, some of the smaller things can be of amazing practical value. From recipes for 30 people cooking over a fire, to how to best use your broken spokes, here is a collection of handy tips we used on our journey. Perhaps they can make your journey easier too.
Broken spokes and other bike bits
- Bend a spoke to make a chain tensioning tool
- Share your spare tyres amongst the group
- One chap, intrigued with Evan's broken spoke collection, made a toast rack out of them
- Got a puncture, but no repair kit? Stuff the tyre with whatever soft material is available, to take pressure as much off the rim as possible
- If your tyre is about to rip apart in a small section, wrap some material around the tube in the affected area, until you can get another tyre
Cooking for a group
- Bring plenty of dry staples (e.g. oats, flour, rice, lentils, polenta, cous-cous, pasta) and other long-lasting ingredients
- Bring plenty of water storage, noting water availability and climate. We had up to 300 litres of storage, and needed it at times
- Food intolerances can be dealt with in a combination of ways. You can cook a variety of dishes, some of which satisfy the particular intolerances, or you can add the problem ingredients at the end, or as a separate sauce
- Fresh bread daily. Mix dried yeast with water and flour, and other yummy ingredients as you wish. Kneed it, and let it rise for a few hours, or cook it slowly near the fire, keeping the heat evenly applied
Other general tips
- Use rivers and lakes to keep yourself clean
- Have someone onhand that understands 1st aid
- Consume what you need
- Don't carry much excess - it will weigh you down
- If you are going cross-climate, hunt in op-shops for appropriate clothing when necessary, rather than lugging it all the way
- Locate the toilet downwind from the campsite, far from water, and bury your waste at least 15cm deep
- Let your appreciation be known, take note of your emotions, and maintain a can-do attitude