Did some filming. Forgot tripod and went to get it. Then in the afternoon less breeze. Drank 1 litre in 2 hours. Evaluated risk. Poeppel possible, but not Birdsville. Quit. Walk to Alice now. Safer.
LouPhi called to add additional explanation; daily progress eastbound remains insufficient to achieve the original goal. He has spoken with his Alice Springs logistics advisor Ian, and his parents at home in Belgium about his decision. The new bearing NNW is near parallel to the dunes and should therefore allow greater progress for a controlled self-extraction. A rough 4WD track in that direction might give some relief from fighting the vegetation with the cart. The revised intermediate goal of Low Dunes West is still a long distance away. JMc
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