7° "Grand Raid Sahara" in the Dogon country, 225km or 162 km in 5 stages in the middle of this magnificent region, Mali ...

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Grand Raid Sahara
in the Dogon country - Seventh Edition

From 22 to 29 January 2011

Choose your race in 5 stages: 225 km (139.8 miles) or 162 km (100 miles)
You will run along the Bandiagara cliff and in the canyons unexplored like Toumba, Beri and as far as Somé.

...it's totally unheard of ! ...

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 A real sporting challenge and cultural discovery, this Sub-Saharan region of Mali will not leave anyone indifferent : beauties of the Bandiagara cliff and traditional villages of the Dogon, story of the rituals and myths of the Dogon people...

Everything will feel totally unfamiliar !

Stages

  
Stage 1 Dogo - Yawa  
Stage 2 Yawa - Neni  
Stage 3 Neni - Mori  
Stage 4 Mori - Tintam  
Stage 5 Tintam - Somé  

The distances
 


Stages of the race of 225km

    • Stage 1 : 42 km
    • Stage 2 : 58 km
    • Stage 3 : 47km
    • Stage 4 : 35 km
    • Stage 5 : 43 km


Stages of the race of 162km

    • Stage 1 :32 km
    • Stage 2 : 30 km
    • Stage 3 : 35 km
    • Stage 4 : 35 km
    • Stage 5 : 30 km
 

The Road Book
  

First side(Click to enlarge)
Other side(Click to enlarge)
  

 

Obligatory kit :

This raid is semi self-sufficiency

Meals are provided in the morning, after the race and the evening.
You will find on checkpoints : water, fruit and biscuits.


During the race, you must have on you :

- a rucksack or a double water bottle-holder
- a minimum water supply of 2 liters
- 1 survival blanket
- 1 whistle
- a headlamp with spare battery
- 1 fluorescent band
- this roadbook
- 1 compass
- 2 cyalum sticks
- 1 lighter

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Programme of the race

Saturday : Departure from Paris to Bamako

Sunday : Transfer from Bamako to Mopti -
Transfer from Mopti to starting line

Monday : Stage 1, Dogo - Yawa

Tuesday : Stage 2, Yawa - Neni

Wednesday : Stage 3, Neni - Mori

Thursday : Stage 4, Mori - Tintam

Wednesday : Stage 5, Tintam - Somé

Sunday : Transfer from Mopti to Bamako

Sunday : Transfer to the airport and departure for Paris
(The schedule can be changed according to flight times)


The registration opens on April 7, 2010:

Registered person (2011):

- Valerie BRISSET
- Corinne BRUNETTE
- Franck DANAENE
- Jérôme LAEMMEL
- Antoine ASCHMAN
- Bernard CASSETTO
- Remy JEGARD
- Bruno GROSS
- Guillaume VIMENEY
- Sebastien NAIN
- Jéremy TRINIDAD
- Grégory PINGAUD
- Alain ABRAHAM
- Guy WAGANER
- Gabrille WAGANER-LEY
- Pierrette WIES
- Victor LIPERT
- Patrick REINERT

Register here