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[RC] Pres. Cup - Steph Teeter

Just back yesterday and tons to catch up on. Woke up at 3:30am (I think
that's about tea time in Abu Dhabi). I'll go through my email and address
some of the questions that came through Ridecamp, and hopefully get a full
write up this evening.
Darcy's comment on the arab culture, bedouin culture was interesting - I put
a link on the Pres Cup page -
http://www.endurance.net/international/uae/2007prescup/ - to a book by
Thesiger 'Arabian Sands'. (if you buy it via Amazon through Endurance.Net we
get a few pennies with each sale :)  Steve Rojek gave me this book to read
last year. It's an absolute must for anybody with an inkling of curiosity
about the arab/beduoin culture. Written by a british explorer about his
travels in the arab gulf states in the 1940's... incredible book. It really
helped me understand their culture as much as possible (some things we
westerners will never be able to grasp). At any rate I highly recommend the
book. Another good one is T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) Seven Pillars
of Wisdom. That's pretty heavy though (figuratively and literally!).

Steph


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