BMW Motorrad Int. GS Trophy 2024 Namibia, Day 2

Transcript

00:00Good morning. It's day two. We're in Aiba, in the beautiful Irango Mountains.

00:16We're hoping all the competitors are well-rested because today they're going to face 184 kilometers,

00:21all of it being off-road, with two very unique special stages. Let's go check out the action.

00:31Go!

00:44Sometimes there are those rare circumstances when you simply cannot ride your motorcycle through an obstacle,

00:49but you need to proceed. What do you do?

00:52We transport the motorcycle in a creative way. This first special stage is called the Flying Boxer.

01:00For this unique challenge, the riders are faced with a ravine.

01:03There are two 4x4s with a cable strung between them.

01:06They need to run to the upper 4x4, grab a series of ropes, run back to the bike, affix it to the bike,

01:11and fly the boxer across the ravine.

01:13They've got four minutes to complete this task, and they're done when the front wheel reaches the finish block.

01:30Flying Boxer

01:54Team Korea, let's go!

02:01Let's go!

02:05We're at the second special stage of the day, the 7th Rock Challenge.

02:08We have giant boulders, a thin track, and the team members have only 30 seconds to discuss their strategy.

02:15And what strategy are they discussing?

02:17This challenge doesn't reward speed or slowness, it rewards accuracy.

02:21The first team member needs to cross the start gate, navigate a course through these boulders to complete the course,

02:26and all the other team members need to try and match the first team member's time as closely as possible,

02:31without a timer, and they only have five minutes to do it.

02:35Team Korea, let's go!

02:54Today was a long and challenging day for all the competitors.

02:57They had two special stages, but just getting to those stages was extremely challenging.

03:01Deep sand, hard riding, the sun has already set, and there's still some competitors out on the trail.

03:06And those teams that have made it to the Spitzkoffer Camp, they're already setting up their tent.

03:11And what a beautiful backdrop.

03:16As a special surprise, on day two of the GS Trophy, the protagonists from the Road to Namibia Project,

03:22who received the GS Trophy from Steffen Reif in Garmisch at Motorrad Days,

03:27will again be bringing that same trophy back to Steffen Reif here in Namibia,

03:31and he will then be presenting it to the winners of the GS Trophy this Friday.

03:37The last teams have finally made it in, the tents are all up, it's been a long day.

03:41But we still have scoring, and teams are curious to find out where they ended up today.

03:47Let's go check it out.