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TAKE 5 Running on fumes Mongol Rally racer Alicia Schneider on how to survive the world’s craziest road trip The Mongol Rally is not your usual race. Billed as “motoring stupidity on a global scale”, this intercontinental car rally starts in Europe – this year Hampshire in England, but formerly in the Czech Republic – and ends in Ulan-Ude in east Siberia, but has no set route and no trackside assistance. What’s more, the teams have only one goal: to complete it in less than two months; and they can only enter with what the organisers describe as “really rubbish cars” of up to 1000cc, all but guaranteeing they’ll break down at least once. Last year, Alicia Schneider, Racheli Aye and Anida Korn of the Tel Aviv-based Little Missadventurists team took on the 10,000-mile (16,000km) drive, travelling in a battered Fiat Panda. “We bought the car in Israel and had to ship it to Europe,” says Schneider. “We took it to a mechanic every weekend leading up to the rally and tried to learn as much as we could about fixing cars.” Teams sign up with one car and journey independently, but joining up with other drivers for sections of the ride is a Mongol Rally tradition. “The first couple of nights in the mountains, we had big convoys of around 10 cars camping together,” says Schneider. “We had a big fire going and cooked food; people brought loads of alcohol. “People mistakenly think it’s a race and you have to finish there quickly, but that’s the opposite of what [the rally’s organisers] want. You’re in these beautiful mountain ranges in some of the most remote parts of the world with these junk cars. You have to take a moment and go, ‘Wow, this is incredible.’” The Little Missadventurists’ five-point guide to tackling the Mongol Rally… 1. Learn as much as you can about car repair before leaving It’s nice to know why your car is making that weird sound or isn’t starting. 2. Do your research in advance, but don’t plan too much The moment you begin, your plans will go out the window anyway. 3. The food is terrible – take as much as you can with you We loaded up plenty of tins of tuna and packets of rice and pasta. 4. Keep an open mind You’re already on a crazy road trip, so allow yourself to do things that are a little unexpected. 5. Take a lot of baby wipes You’ll go through them fast. There will be days on end when you can’t shower. littlemiss adventurists.com; theadventurists.com ALICIA SCHNEIDER LOU BOYD 24 THE RED BULLETIN
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