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will be on their way home, defeated by the brutality of the desert, the prolonged stages, the ever-changing conditions. At that point, a decent night’s rest is a distant memory, and those three meals, that lukewarm Pepsi and the lamb kabob, are the solace you seek at the end of yet another day at the Dakar Rally. "Dakar is all about counting... You count down the days until it begins, then you count the days until it's over." Numbers seem to rule the world these days. Followers and likes and shares and click through rates. As photographers and journalists, we work tirelessly to ensure racers have content to share with their respective communities. Post to their profiles. Snapshots of the Special Stage. Moments caught on camera, lasting a lifetime. But the reality is, these are fleeting feelings, disappearing into the darkness that is the internet and it's seemingly insatiable appetite for images and information. The sun is just starting to swell, stretching her big yellow belly out across the horizon. The sand shifting from black
"By the time we reach the
halfway point of this godforsaken race, hundreds of racers will be on their way home, defeated by the brutality of the desert, the prolonged stages, the ever-changing conditions."
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