SLOG – Light Relativity | the way home

I see a lantern ahead, held by someone I don’t know – can’t see, but trust deeply.

Ragged from time, experiences beyond this place – safe, on this path.

In the first time beyond my knowing, I feel a haven – ahead what must only be home.

I lift within thoughts, who await my return – float on beauty, anticipate wisdom to seal fate.

Destiny has walked with me.

Love whispered to me, bound me, bewitched me.

Before me, light walks darkness – I traveled blind.

There are no words, only of light – darkness of destiny.

There is feeling, a return.

I am coming home - I once, and never have known.

~Shawna Cox, 2009

DakarLOG – Rally Tunisia Libya 2009 invite | Miracle

April 19, 2009 – 9:00am - Marseille, France

Writing this, the time and location, it all seems a little too unreal.  Just one week ago, I had a completely  different week planned for myself.  One of reflection, redirection and a new beginning.  One that would put me on the road to my parent’s cabin in British Columbia’s Kootney Lake for a few weeks.  One that was to turn me and my film career (if you could call it that just yet) from the off-road adventures of “Chasing the Desert” – which had become more like a black comedy of sorts – and back in to the writers seat for a while, to dream of a few new beginnings and hack at a few of the old ones…  Time to start over again, time to start fresh.

That lasted all of 24 hours, as all my grand plans seem to these days, right up till  3pm on Easter Sunday…  Sitting on the beach at Crab Park, Vancouver, just outside my Gastown loft, another call to adventure – actually something larger than that, dropped into my iPhone from France, beckoning me back overseas, back into action, offering me up my one last shot at recovering from an unpredictable and unfortunate turn of events back in January of 2008.

On January 4th, 2008, an event, a story…  a dream I risked far to much on an idea of an experience and that experience ended up becoming far different than I could ever have expected.  Fact is, the event never ended up happening.  The event was the legendary Dakar Rally, a 15 day, 5000KM endurance and navigation rally race through Europe and Northern Africa.  But on January 4th and 12 noon, the rally became more than a legend – it wrote history.  12 hours prior to the start of it’s 30th edition, the race organizers cancelled the entire rally after a series of terrorist actions in Mauritania the week before which culminated with deaths of French tourists over the Christmas holiday.

The famous Paris-Dakar Rally had become the flagship of off-road rallies for professional and amateur racer and everyone stood that day, lost.

I stood there that day lost and broken, and literally broke.  I, like many of the competitors, gave everything to be in the rally even just once in a lifetime, to be a part of this seemingly unstoppable event that many only dream of setting foot inside of.  Like the Titanic, this event sank and not all had access to lifeboats to make it ashore.  A part in all of us died that day.  Not just a childhood dream, but a belief that anything is possible… that if one is strong enough, courageous enough, give enough, one can live a dream. 

We all risked more than most would to get there and like in that nightmare poker game, all saw it swiftly disappear when the cards hit the table on the first hand.  I alone was out my day job, roughly $50,000, 8 months of production and no way to get home to Canada.  I’m an independent filmmaker, this was to be my first documentary that I was self funding at that point and my insurance didn’t cover an event cancellation – no one’s did.  I am still one of the lucky ones with only bankruptcy staring at me on the near horizon…

Jump ahead 6 months…

I guess I am a little crazy, or so I thought at Easter, but a competing race organization to the Dakar Rally contacted me to assist them in securing a North American broadcaster to air their daily race summaries and to introduce their 10 day rally in Tunisia and Libya to a North American audience.  Basically what I have been fighting so hard and long to do with the Dakar Rally for 2 and a half years now.  This offer was different.  They turned the tables and instead of the 20,000 Euro entry fees and the 20,000 Euro license and rights fees, this organization had just invited me out AND offered both my footage and their footage for free – no cost.  A bit of a shocker on Easter afternoon (I am starting to like the Easter Bunny for more than the rice-crispy-chocolate treat in bunny form) – and a lot unexpected as I would have to be on a plane in 4 days to France to catch the boat…

So, do I give up everything again?  Risk my own sanity again?  Walkaway from my family who I was going to meet at the lake?  My friends who I had committed to plans with?  Myself and this so called life I keep trying to wrangle up and set on a sane course?  Will things wait for me this time when before they slipped through my fingers?  What will 3 weeks from my life look like this time, especially since I seem to be in a vortex of very odd occurrences as it is?  

One thing it did mean – ok, 2 things…  

#1: I will have the professional footage I need to complete an amazing documentary on my own personal journey chasing the Dakar Rally  AND have more than enough for an incredible episodic pilot that would lead up to both the Moroccan Rally AND the Dakar 2010 Rally to sell to a North American broadcaster.

#2: Originally, before the documentary was even conceived, I was just writing a feature dramatic film with the rally event as a backdrop to a brother story.  All I initially wanted was to participate in the rally to write the most realistic action sport adventure script possible…

This Easter egg….  this Easter Miracle…  just put me back in the driver’s seat and into the heart of the African desert and into the heart of an endurance and navigation rally.  This means that at the end of the most trying and difficult creative, financial, personal and professional journey I have ever taken to this point in my life…  I am given back more than just my first little dream when I thought it was long lost.  I am given the chance to finish my dramatic feature film script that I started over 2 and a half years ago…  and, I am given the chance to give back.

So, what did I do?  I put everything on the line again.  My day job, friends, family, my health…  my life.  Of course this time I called everyone before hand because this would have to be something I can share and celebrate on my return.  It’s no longer my journey – me, my family and friends have all invested to much to date and this is my last shot at finding an end to a story long over due.  

That little dream I watched die away on January 4th, 2008, has come back to life.  It looks a little different, but it feels right.  I think there is something exciting we can do with this.  For me, my project and for the desert.  I may be filing for bankruptcy this week (funny to do from France), but all my work and what I ultimately envisioned, still has a fighting chance…

The boat to Tunisia leaves tomorrow from the Port in Marseille.  I am sitting in my hotel recovering from a fever break at 39 degrees celcius just a day ago in the Frankfurt Airport, but I am recovering, charging my batteries and holding onto the hope that this time – it’s the right time for this little story of mine.

Shawna

EventREEL – Media That Matters Retreat | Brainstorm

iDream Films | CFilmGirl,  will be on the Master list, participating in Media That Matters, May 13-17, 2009.

“Media that Matters is a retreat and brainstorm for digital visionaries who are building bridges to new audiences and wider worldviews.

This intimate, multidisciplinary gathering is aimed at sharpening skills, strengthening leadership, expanding professional connections, fueling passions, and navigating the currents of today’s dynamic media climate.

Google Earth Outreach is coming to Media that Matters this year, looking to launch a Canadian campaign before the year is out. Join us for a kickoff strategy session on how this technology can blend with other media strategies to bolster some of our key environmental efforts — starting with the Alberta Tar Sands.

In the midst of the breathtaking environment of Hollyhock, we’ll have a broad slate of sharp minds exploring how the narrative of the virtual world can deepen our stewardship of nature”

Check out the website for more details on who’s coming and what’s happening.
Here’s a video of some of last year’s participants talking about the magic of MtM.

By Invitation or Application Only

NewsREEL – The Lucky Break, Pecha Kucha, Skewed Mag

It’s been a busy beginning to 2009, mostly around settling into my new digs, playing with the locals, ending the “Lucky Break” streak and taking everything to date (the last 2 years) onto the stage in Vancouver for one whirlwind night that took my breath away, literally…

The OFFICIAL end of the “Lucky Break”, February 20 2009

With the Dakar Rally focus set to 2010, I finally made a date with my surgeon and after waiting 2 years, had the bionic elements removed in February and I am back to being 100% human again – sort of…

2 years earlier –>  Lucky Break to the Baja 500

 

SKEWED MAGAZINE FEATURE, March/April

Me, my filmmaking life and Vancouver Gastown Loft are featured in a 7 page layout in the Studio edition of UBC’s online magazine.

“Working in the right space can make all the difference, and for the past couple of months we’ve been looking into different artists and their creative spaces. And so for our fourth edition we’re giving it a  theme: The Studio Issue. “

Check it out online –>  SKEWED MAGAZINE, March/April

 

Pecha Kucha Night, “The Little Dream”, March 26 2009, Vancouver

I had the amazing experience of speaking at Vancouver’s 5th edition of Pecha Kucha Night.   

It is a “mix of show-and-tell, open-mike night and happy hour, it has become the forum for ideas on design, culture and a lot else that has swept the world in just four years now having taken place in over 180 cities globally.”

For “The Little Dream” Slide Photos  —>  Click here

 

In just 6 minutes and 40 seconds, I take you into “The Little Dream” and takes on a 2 year journey with a live audience, Fast cars, globetrotting, terrorists and some “hot scenes”. This is a “Little Dream” that leaves us with a endless universe of possibilities…”

For “The Little Dream” video –>  “The Little Dream” – Pecha Kucha Night – Vancouver from CFilmGirl on Vimeo.

 

“Pronounced “peh-cha-ku-cha’’,  Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.”

 Check here for YOUR city –> Pecha Kucha Night

 

So, if you watched the video, you will know that I am rolling up my sleeves this year and making the most out of this Little Dream I had one day, taking what I’ve got in my hands,  2 great projects, a life in a great neighbourhood and taking it all one (or 2) steps at a time.

See you out there on the streets, in the desert and somewhere completely lost in between!

Shawna

DakarLOG – Pat’s 2008 Morocco Trek Log 02 | The Riad

The Raid:  A Riad is like a North American ‘Bed and Breakfast’ in Morocco.

At the foot of the millennium cob ramparts, this Riad is separated from the Bahia Palace only by one lane, le Riad des Oliviers renovated on the pure Moroccan tradition will simply accommodate you within a peaceful and serene environment.

 

the last hot shower... errr... last shower.

 

Arrival and departure

shawna cox

Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM

To: pat trahan

 

Marco-Madrid flight booked – same as you recommended.

s

 

 

Arrival and departure

pat trahan

Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:33 PM

Reply-To: pat trahan

To: shawna cox

 

Hello CFG,,,

I did it!!!

My flight to Morocco are booked from Paris. I need to find the cheapest flight to Paris from Montreal. I might take a

one way. Because who knows what can happen there…That me!

I will be in Morocco on the 13th. That was the only way to get a cheap flight. So I will one day to gather all

materials and ”our wheels”

I did found something for accommodation that seems to go with your need. Tell me what you think. I could get it for

41 euro per night including Breakfast.. As a guide, I must listen to my client, so I have a feeling you will like it.

http://www.riadlesoliviers.com/accommodation-morocco-marrakesh-and-its-region-marrakesh-riad-les-oliviers-

welcome-_139-4.html

After that luxury, no hot shower if shower there is. You will experiment what bivouaking in the desert is! It will be

like we do in Dakar!!

I am still working on the itinerary. But it look like on the 16 we will be able to meet with the Rally roses des sables

where 30 team out of 50 are canadians. Girl only… Damn!! hihi

 

Talk to you soon

Pat 

DakarLOG – Pat’s 2008 Morocco Tour Log 01 | Desert Secrets

I thought that I would share with you this tour in development.  Patrick Trahan was a contact that I made somewhere on Facebook last year and he did say that “at some point our paths would cross”.  Well, he jumped at the opportunity to help guide a 4×4 tour for my filmmaker’s journey into Morocco…

These entries will be brief and more of a dialogue between two people – Me and Pat – as we prepare for Morocco…  To put this in perspective – we just started last week and I leave next wednesday.  Circumstance of timing, $$ and a little story about a certain Dakar racer, Mark Miller.  Damn him – I will only catch him at the start line at the 2009 Dakar Rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  2 steps behind, but finding cool stories in the dust.  

One story is about Fossils in Morocco…  huh?  What does THAT have to do with the Dakar Rally?  Everything…

secrets of the desert

 

________

hey Pat – great chat this morning – I am beginning to wonder if I will actually get back on the plane once I have  taste of the desert…  oh – no.

 

my flight is : early AM on the 15th… so if you could arrive on the 14th

 

Arrival: 12:20 AM +1 day(s)    Marrakech, Morocco -
Menara
, terminal 2
Airline:  Royal Air Maroc AT9713

 

then departure from Madrid is: Oct 24th at noon.

 

LH4411 Madrid (MAD) Frankfurt (FRA) 321 Executive Confirmed
Fri 24-Oct 2008 Fri 24-Oct 2008
12:45 15:20 – TERMINAL 1

 

so on the Madrid end – I would like to be into Madrid late on the 22nd or early on the 23rd depending on our itinerary…. 

_________

 

HI Shawna,
Yes it was great talking to you! It will be something, I am so sure of that. 
I will be working on the itinary but it will be very flexible, but at least we have a Plan. 
Here a suggestion list of thing to bring.
- Walking boots
- Sleeping bag with compress bag
- Sleeping mat
- Camel Back
- Hat
- Swimsuit  
- Empty little jar to bring back sand from sahara
- Converter 12vlt for charging your equipment 
- Power bar for plugging equipment
- Small Tent (if you have, if Not, I will make out a temp. Bivouac)

I am taking car of everything else, like first aid and survival kit, pots and pan, etc. I will make you some nice morrocan tea everyday, like the moroccan do.

I will buy food water for making the food at our Bivouac site. Be prepare to see a million stars!

I suggest that you leave on the 22nd. The easyjet flight is leaving at 19h10.
I think you might want to stay there. I know I will….Maybe we get our mind together and find a way to stay there lollll  Talk to you soon with more details

Ciao Ciao
Pat

DakarLOG – Morocco 2008 | anywhere from HERE

Not sure WHAT to write, as there is almost too much!  With a quick networking maneuver from the master Charlie Rauseo of Team Rally Pan Am ( USA ) 2009 Dakar Rally bound- www.rallypanam.com – that connected me with the ALL TIME FAVORITE, Patsy Quick of Team Desert Rose, the first British woman to compete in the grueling Dakar Rally – www.teamdesertrose.com – ( Heathfield, England ) – she runs an antique shop by day…

 

Dakar Desert Rose

- this Morocco trip is turning into something truly amazing – we will be joining with Patsy and one of her tours in the middle of the Moroccan desert and I may get a few riding tips from the Dakar Desert Rose herself.  One Canadian Film Girl hopes…

Facebook is an interesting thing.  Haven’t quite figured it out – I don’t think I really want to either – but m blog posts get imported to my home page and I guess a feed goes out to all my friends…  THAT’S when interesting things started to happen.  Still not sure what to do with it other than go “what the hell…  go for it”.  

Here is my email to a potential networking opportunity presented from a brother of an ex-boyfriend YEARS back when I used to race mountain bikes.  that was a mouth full, but I decided – “hey – you never know, so here goes: “

Hello, Isabelle – Dean thought it may be good for us to connect.

I am a Canadian Independent Film Director/Producer and I will be visiting Morocco for the first time to film some background story on the current documentary project I am working on.

Dean thought that you may know of someone or a company that may be interested in some international exposure, focusing on North America exposure but with veins in other territories.   The film involves the “Dakar Rally” and select individuals who are chasing their dream to participate in it.

I would be looking for someone interested in sponsoring our 7 day Moroccan 4×4 excursion - we are traveling fairly bare bones (low budget), but are looking for product – like a 4×4 rental for that time period out of Marrakech (returning to Marrakech) in exchange for product or logo placement in the documentary.  Also, a night or two accommodation in Marrakech that would also be part of the documentary.  Finally, possibly a local guide or ‘host’ when we travel to our designated stops to participate in the documentary.  There are also other opportunities to highlight a true ‘Moroccan Experience’, but these are our major opportunities.

As well, I would provide a trailer of the project with  the company or product highlighted and a behind the scene piece on how these cultures can ‘drop borders’ and grow a large international family / network.  This focus is largely travel and tourism with a lifestyle and ‘discovery / National Geographic’ style spin.  ”The Heart of Journey” is the theme.  Goal is to make what would seem “another world away – truely only steps away”.

I have attached a brochure that introduces the project.

We are looking at a fairly short prep time, as we arrive in Marrakech on October 14th.  We plan to leave on the 24th.

Any assistance in networking or potential project support would be welcomed.  I am excited to venture into Morocco this month as in January 2008, I was at the start line in Lisbon when the Rally was canceled.  It was to be my first time into Morocco and into Northern Africa.  Even though the Dakar Rally has been moved, I still felt it’s heart lay here.  So I can see no better way than to start the film – where it all started – it’s true home.  I wait for when it returns.

here is a link to a blog that I run as well:

http://11oneonefilms.wordpress.com/

Also, feel free to add me as a friend on Facebook – all the journeys, adventures and behind the scenes are logged there as well.

Best Regards,

Shawna Cox

I think in the end – the whole Morocco trip should be sponsored by Facebook.  

That’s how my Montreal guide, Partick, stepped up to the plate and offered his services…  That’s how I have gotten some great and invaluable travel advice.  Maybe that is how the film will find it’s home.  Maybe a network will make it all happen – if I am going to sell my soul, I ‘d rather it get divy-ed up between my friends and family.

All I will say that whether it is through Facebook or just on the side of the road in some foriegn country, when someone extends the offer to be your friend, accept it.  One day, that chance meeting may make more sense than you ever could have possibly imagined.  Grow your community – share your dreams.

With the right team and support, anything is possible – this year long adventure more than proves it.  

Thank you everyone, once again – this is your journey as much as it is mine.

See you all too soon!

Shawna

FilmREEL – in the bedroom with… | 3-Way Cafe

On a bit of a hiatus from filming 3 Way Cafe, but not at all a break from the film career.

Check out my interview from the Banff World Television Festival a few weeks back – not Kim Catrell, but damn I look comfy in that armchair!

youtube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eno-VtWToJw

It’s been nuts and all over the board, but this weekend, we are kicking the Feature back into full gear and it started off with My Home Reno skills coming to play – building an elevated dolly track…  ;-)   The youtube vid will follow shortly.  ;-)

We are set to roll early tomorrow morning and wrap the location for the film and my life – it’s was my apartment here in Vancouver – now I have the whole world to choose from.  NOT TO SHABBY!

Have a FAB long weekend for all you fellow Canucks out there – BBQ, Camping, Renos – what ever it is!  Trev, my Director of Photography and I are busy sussing out the next scene…

I think that qualifies for a ‘woo’.  :-)

Ciao 4 now,

Shawna

 

 

EventREEL – Mosport | Mark Miller & VW Jetta Series

A little bit-o-Mark Miller behind the wheel! Click on the pic for a spin with Mark:

Woo-hoo! and this Canadian Film Girl is GOIN’ TO THE PITS at MOSPORT!

Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup All Set for Mosport’s Victoria Day SpeedFest

Full Story by Erin Cechal here:

http://www.whowon.com/results.asp?trackid=1620&storyid=239540

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada — Mosport’s fans now have another reason to look forward to the start of the 2008 season, as Volkswagen of America and SCCA Pro Racing have announced that the famed 4 kilometre road course is among eight dates comprising the schedule for the new Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup race series. Mosport will host the series as part of its annual long-weekend season-opener, Victoria Day SpeedFest, May 16-18.

Making its debut this summer, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series is an innovative approach to motorsports. The Jetta TDI Cup is composed of 30 factory-prepared and managed 2008 clean-diesel Jetta TDIs, piloted by talented drivers aged 16 to 26, who are relative unknowns in the industry. Volkswagen’s goal is to find the driver with the most talent and help them break into the world of professional motorsports.

The concept is as revolutionary as the car, which is powered by a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder TDI, clean diesel engine. The Jetta TDI is lightly modified from spec, featuring race-ready suspension and brakes, and a 6-speed double-clutch automatic DSG transmission. Additionally, to highlight its environmental dedication Volkswagen has partnered with Carbonfund.org to certify the entire race series as carbon free.

“Volkswagen has a long motorsports heritage and we’re continuing that tradition with the Jetta TDI Cup,” said Clark Campbell, motorsport manager, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “The series will introduce a whole new generation of talented racers to Volkswagen, and showcase the power, performance and efficiency of our clean diesel technology. Plus, there will be some great racing.”

Try it – you might like it…

See you in the pits!

Shawna

Dakar LOG – “Kiss ‘n MakeUp” | Dakar 2009

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”

- Louis L’Amour

Dakar 2008 photos, Jan 4th –>> CLICK HERE and HERE

Below: Team Wide Open Dakar, packing up to head home to North America, January 4th, 2008.

 

In full ASO fashion and just over one month from the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar Rally – which truly felt like a lifetime – the sporting organization officially released what had been strong rumors of not just a MakeUp Rally but of a new Dakar Rally Series to be introduced into the offroad motorsport world.

 

Sure, fun and all, but WHO is going to be there?

 

 

I had a film and it’s not like I could just recast! Damn Documentaries, this is going to be the death of me for sure. …And that was what made endurance and patience the BIGGEST lesson of the last month.

Email and text message tag with US Volkswagen driver Mark Miller… Charlie Rauseo and his Team Rally PanAmerica Enduro-riders bouncing between the Tunisia Rally and the ASO’s Dakar Series Premier event in Budapest… Then distracted by who was going to sue who in the world of offroad?

 

I didn’t care, I just wanted to know WHO was up for a real challenge… Who was going to survive the cancellation and get to the 2009 Dakar, where ever in the world it was going to be.

 

The cancellation, I felt spun everyone that participates (racers, media, sponsors, teams, the organization and viewers) directly into what the true nature of the Dakar is… at least to me.

 

That day, standing outside the auditorium when Eteinne Lavigne, the Director of the Dakar Rally announced the Rally’s cancellation to hundreds of competitors just a hands stretch from where only hours earlier, bikes were being parked, vehicles being inspected.

Just a hand stretch away, the Iconic starting podium was to wait patiently for the next 12 hours to pass, it’s sole purpose, to be in the limelight sending off the Pro right down to the Amateur racer onto one of the greatest adventures of their lives…

 

Only it wasn’t the start of the 2008 Rally that waved everyone off… it was the cancellation – the biggest test that the rally could have ever handed down to everyone since it inception 30 years earlier. The ultimate test of endurance and navigation wasn’t just going to be 15 days in the winter months of January.

 

With the clear and precise words from Etiennne on January 5th, 2008 at 12:00 noon, The Ultimate Dakar swiftly turned into the ENTIRE year of 2008… 365 days of obstacles, no GPS and NO destination (at that time…).

 

One statement laid down bankruptcy in front of privateers and team managers, all spinning with their now vacant promises to sponsors.

At this moment, the Dakar was not only a rally, it became life… and the question became quite clear to me..

 

“who was going to make it to the 2009 Rally?”

 

money, bankruptcy, sponsors, mortgages, marriages – all either succumbed to the 2008 cancellation and have stolen away these life-long dreams?

 

or

“what is one willing to sacrifice in the coming year of 2008, for one more chance at racing this elusive Dakar Rally?”

 

It became haunting to think about who wouldn’t be there…

…and then to think about what would people be willing to do, to give up to get there… 

(click to find out who’s who…) 

Mark Miller?   (Team Volkswagen Motorsport) (Arciero- Miller Racing)

Charlie Rauseo?  (Team Rally Pan America)

Darren Skilton?   (Team Wide Open Dakar) (North American Dakar Correspondent)

Mike Petersen?   (Petersen Motorsports)

Robby Gordon?   (Team Dakar USA)

…the rest of the North American Racers that make up 5% of the total Dakar Rally competitors?  

 

…myself ?

 

I am about to find out…

 

Me? I wouldn’t miss this 2009 Dakar Rally for the world and I might just be signing over everything for this one last shot.

 

It’s going to be a year of both endurance and navigational tests and these won’t be the ones in the dunes. These tests will be the ones that make a person fall in love with life all over again – this is what the Dakar is known for…

“It changes people”.

 

It has already changed me, and like the others before me, I’ve been bitten but I have also become intoxicated with it’s mystery. Damn it – here we go again!

 

What do you say we buckle up… and pull out that map and get MOVING!

Woo-hoo!!!

Ok, one more time for old time’s sake just ’cause I CAN!

WOO-HOO!!!

You all have balls for sticking with me!!  (thanks Mr. MCarter for the moxy, chutzpah (sp))

THANKS to everyone for the overwhelming support. It’s amazing to know that you all were there for the 2008 start with me. Now lets see what that 2009 thing is all about, ok?

See you in Budapest and before you know it, Buenos-Aries, baby, YEAH!

-Shawna

 

The Dakar Series, Central Europe Rally, Hungary – Romania

The 2009 Dakar Rally, Argentina – Chile