James Hillier Dakar Diaries | Part 5 | Hard days and X-rays
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2023
- Here it is, the fifth episode of my 'Dakar Diaries', Tough Days and X-Rays! I have shared 5 minutes onboard out of the 5-hour day on Stage 4. I hope you enjoy it. It was the toughest stage so far as it had rained the day before and the sand underneath was wet making the front wheel incredibly hard to control at times. In dry conditions, it cuts through with no problem, letting you place it where you want. In the wet sand, it was having none of it.
Then onto Stage 5, I thought my Dakar was over after crashing in deep sand but the X-Rays proved me wrong, I had to push through the pain barrier to stay in the Rally.
1:28 See the Audi RS Q e-tron pass me
2:29 Really tough going
3:05 Paul Neff joins me
3:54 Maki - Rees Stavros and Paul Neff
4:17 Back at the Bivouac - A look around the Originals by@Motul paddock
6:15 Who actually enjoys camping?
9:40 Just one more thing
10:50 Start Stage 5
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Grit and grace .. James …you are a great example of the spirit of the Dakar… and a real class act…well done
Absolute legend. None of that Mental Health crap, just dig deep and get on with it.
big fan of all things Dakar. Love the ordinary attitude/style/ of your comments,
Fair play! That’s the Dakar spirit right there and divides the finishers from the rest. Amazing
Hats off to you bud, great achievement all round. !!
Ah, Blimey.....Digging deep. Hard as nail's mate. What a mission,and now months later,it probably feels like a dream ...
I can relate to the dislocated collarbone although I broke mine, it is sore as hell after a bike crash. I take my hat off to you for continuing the rally with a dislocated collarbone. Much respect to you.
James iam tierd just watching you really are giving a real insight to just how flipping tough the daker is!
Top effort mate!!Looks like a bloody mission without a bung collar bone.
Heroic. 👏👏👏
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Love it James. You are one tough man. Keep the vlogs coming really enjoying them.
Thanks! Will do!
Keep it up ! 👍
some huge effort there ..hard as nails well done james
Insane riding James. Huge respect for you fella I wouldn't have lasted 5 mins let alone 5 hours.
Thanks!
That must have been so hard mentally and physically James and with all the lack of sleep I bet you found depths within yourself you didn’t know where there ......and you’ve already had plenty of challenges over the years. You really did pick a tough year to do the Dakar so the achievement of finishing is pretty astounding and must be very satisfying
Sorry to hear about the crash James, Good luck with finishing. Then you'll need someone heavy sitting on your back to snap the collar bone back in place. Give McGuinness a call!!! ✌👍
SOLID………❤
Maximum respect buddy, that looks next level tough.
Another awesome video James well done fella
Genuinely Unbelievable…… I dislocated my shoulder once after riding full pelt into the back of a taxi, couldn’t move it for a week, actually worse than a break as it keeps moving. Sterling effort James you are as hard as nails, but I think we all knew that✊🏍💨.
ps: camping can be fun, spent a few days in the Brecon Beacons last summer finding some trails, sunny and warm with a pub at the end of each day, not quite Dakar though thank God !
Camping is not fun 😂
What a sickening feeling that must’ve been - thinking your Dakar was over…..can’t imagine what it took to carry on with that injury and finish! 👏👏👍👍 P.S I love camping 😂
Tough to watch that. The heartbreak and disappointment was evident to see. Racers will understand those feelings to a degree. Brutal race, and incomprehensible numbers when it comes to km and time.
Looks brutal. Fair play for getting back on the bike. Great series.
Thanks!
Fook that for a game 😂
Hats off
James great blog. At 13.29 I was thinking you look very tired and the bike was taking over you.
But getting back on the next day was super impressive.
I was very tired! Thank you for subscribing.
Fair play to you mate! Strong work 👍
I look forward to your review of the new Vango 2-man in Tenting Monthly🤔. Well done on continuing, and treading the line between true grit and lunacy. This video series is fantastic👍
Coming soon! 😂 😂 😂
That looked tough..... the wet sand looked bad enough to ride on and after the crash to carry on total respect for you after that
Respect to you James, All that pain and you still kept going. 👏👏
holy sh*t you are made of something not many are well done sir
That first 4 minutes was f*****g nuts! Though James...... no need to put up text saying 'this bit was tough'...... we know mate, dear god do we know!!! 🤣
😂
Made out of true star material...
We love you JH.
Ouch!!! 😪
You must have legs like bloody leaf springs after two weeks of this, not to mention riding hundreds of k’s offroad over wet sand with a knackered shoulder. TT will be a breeze after this, mate. Nothing but a cool breeze. 😜
Painting the forth bridge with a nail brush would have been an easier day than that wet sand….
Fair play to you 🏁
The pain and being so tired say stop, but you know you must go on. Such effort, and, like you say, when you're off the bike there's more to do. I've experienced being very very tired when I tried to do 1000 miles in 24 hours here in the UK on a Royal Enfield Himalayan, without much in the way of motorways. I was 76 miles short when I ran out of time. I found a nice spot in a service station on some grass in the sunshine, made myself comfortable and went to sleep, only to be woken up by an arse hole who thought it was funny to shout down my earhole. I was very tired, but nothing like your level. Even so, I hope to try again this year. Keep it up James!
I think you found camping worse than the Dakar 🤣...and can see the scene now, give me my bike I'm riding...trucks guys.."no way mate", just give me the bike now! At least your dislocation made you forget the wet boots...silver lining an all that 🤣
Some days you just need a Phil.
Massive respect as always. I'm knackered just watching you! Must have shed some weight throughout the whole rally due to the physical input each day?
Absolute savage respect commitment you made to carry on. Tough going arms legs been pulled like a rag for those distances. Camp looks quite tough too, shitty tent cold noisy tired in pain,😫 torture really lol.Kudos 👍
Any chance you can turn the camera round so we can see where you’re going sometimes?