five days, thats pretty daunting, how much water did you have to carry with you per person? Would an estimate of 10l per day per person be over the top? In really hot riding I have tended to need about a bike bottle per hour (ish) so even at 500ml per hour, plus water to make food wouldnt you need at least 6 litres per day minimum? Even if you had 30l thats 30kg, 66lbs of just water, very daunting indeed.
Five days, with one resupply point after the second day, so not as daunting as it sounds. Plus we could always be rescued by passing cars, so it's not like Thesiger's Arabian Sands. The first leg of two days we carried about 18L of water each. The second leg of three days, we had switched to a night schedule to avoid high winds, so needed less water and carried about 18L of water each again. Indeed our front panniers were entirely dedicated to water during the ride.
