Chriss has put in 128 km of basic road to give access to the
Ndevu property and to be able to control the chronic poaching that
has plagued the wildlife in the area.
To facilitate the road making, Paul purchased a true African work
horse--an ex-Zimbabwean 1972 D6 Cat.
Chriss had a Hurculean task to get the machine and spare parts
into Zambia and out to Ndevu. It had to be walked in the last 50 km,
along the way fixing portions of the state road that had not been
touched since Zambian Independence in 1963.
The beauty of the 1972 D6 is that it has no computer controls.
Basic maintenance and service can all be done with a bag of spanners
and wrenches in the bush - with maybe some rubber tubing to hold
things together.
Under the watchful eye of Piri (Chriss's veteran driver) and two
other support people Benson, an ex-poacher and now Cat driver, who's
only previous experience was once steering a landrover, prepares the
tools to tighten a few bolts.
One of the chief beneficiaries of the roads has been the herds of
Elephants. They push over trees as they reach for greenery in their
progression along the roads
Piri displays the efficiency of and his proficiency in the use of
the typical African ax - made from beaten car springs - in chopping
though a fallen tree.
Helping Piri push the fallen and chopped tree away from the road.
Chriss has put in 128 km of basic road to give access to the
Ndevu property and to be able to control the chronic poaching that
has plagued the wildlife in the area.
Chriss had a Hurculean task to get the machine and spare parts
into Zambia and out to Ndevu. It had to be walked in the last 50 km,
along the way fixing portions of the state road that had not been
touched since Zambian Independence in 1963.
One of the chief beneficiaries of the roads has been the herds of
Elephants. They push over trees as they reach for greenery in their
progression along the roads
Helping Piri push the fallen and chopped tree away from the road.