Friday 30 August Nice spot for camping last night, Linney saw some sort of mountain deer last, possible Orik (Latin name here). I slept under the stars, on a nice sandy spot, with a clear night and no light pollution the night sky was brilliant. We had are finally coffee for breakfast as the quartermaster had not brought any more, fair play to Linney not only is he the quartermaster, chef, map reader, translator, he does have a lot to think about. Though he will be able to delegate some of these duties when Rylan joins us in under three weeks, due to age Keith & I only have to pedal. On the road just after 8, against a fierce head wind, with the knowledge we will be climbing all day, just a mindset switch on to climbing mode and pedal, better than working. The head wind was making it tough going, with no stops on route (No possible stops indicated on Garmin, Maps Me or Goggle), Though they do some times appear out of know where good for us. As we passed a construction compound we asked the gatekeeper if we could fill up with water, which they did. The water is ok for washing, though we put it through a "life straw for drinking and cooking", with all the bikes full laded with water,all of us carrying around eight or more. After just over 20miles are first oasis , cafe open we had a big fill up, the local food has been excellent, really impressed. The set off again, the climbing getting steeper all the time, personally I preferred the climbing rather than the desert ,both tough though. Up we went, but thanks for small mercies the wind had died down. Then the second oasis, weird little shack for the Jade quarry men, but happy to serve us, with more food. With the road getting very steep now and not so wide, it was pretty dangerous with the trucks passing so close to our bikes, possibly the most dangerous road I have ever ridden, especially as are bikes had all the extra water on. As we passed the 3000 meters point there was a third oasis just selling warm drinks, though we did get some peaches in syrup from there, more to load on the bikes. Had a rest in the shade and discussed are options, decided to ride on for another hour and find a place to camp. As we left it seemed the road was even busier, probably as most of the trucks had stopped as well, pushing through the climb, passed some massive constructions, where they are building a new super highway and railway line. Finally pulled over to are camp, off the road, seemed pretty good, We sat in the shade waited for the sun to go down, before having supper, pot noddles and peaches in syrup for pudding, nice.