Equipment checked… including feet!

There were piles of equipment outside Hotel Rontana in Abu Dhabi today. 50 teams brought out their equipment to be checked by the organisers. Clothes were tagged and the obligatory supply of medicines (enough to supply a small chemist shop) was carefully scrutinised. Perhaps most interesting for onlookers was the foot check (for an extra study and just for two team members). The sweet, soft soles of the feet were photographed… I wonder what they are going to look like after 120 km of desert sand?!