Scrutineering and Last-Minute Preps

Scrutineering day found most participants doing last-minute preparations and adjustments, packing and repacking, and/or checking out the competition. Brett and John bled the brakes and changed nuts and bolts. There is a good photo of them doing this here:
http://www.endurorally.com/pages/5th-peking-to-paris-rally-2013.
Click on the Gallery tab - photo #26.

The afternoon's schedule included team meetings to discuss the itinerary - what to expect on the road; the doctors warning all about illnesses and how to avoid them; generally, an overview of the event. Wake up call for start day is 4:30 a.m., breakfast at 5:00 a.m., after which teams drive to the Great Wall. The first car leaves at 8:00 a.m. with cars departing at 30-second intervals. Little Red starts at 8:26 a.m. local time. When asked, John informed me that the atmosphere was very good, very positive.

Unfortunately, most of the Yellow Brick trackers will not be available due to security concerns. You can follow Car 69 at: https://www.facebook.com/PtoP2013?ref=ts&fref=ts. Click on the link on the map. Car 69 is the only other car from Miami.