It's also of interest as to how ethics change over time in a sport and for what reasons.
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.......No one claims to be the first to do The Longest Journey I Could Afford Right Now.
The Great Divide Race did also. W/o wish to go OT, Matt Lee's take on that for the TDR that's now eclipsed the GDR, is that you can't stop the march of technology here and you can't police it so let riders (individually and collectively) choose how to handle those and other ethical grey areas. Good style is important, more important than actual or objective results to me. Winning/'Firsts' gets you paid more, that's all....phoning home/a friend for emotional support on things like TCR as out side assistance.
Of course. We're all just humans. Exposure and solitude can be suffocating. It's very different if you're traveling with a companion or not. Even just dropping a message (not waiting/checking to see if it's been received) helps much. It's like a release valve.Moder-dye wrote:Wondered about the support from sat comms too in terms of emotional support and weather advice etc as opposed to just emergency.