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Red Ants at Diamond Dash
“Waar rook is, daar is ook vuur”. This was the first clue sending us scrambling up the koppie on the first 4km dash. With no map and no marked route this leg was chaotic as we searched for the clues.
Category: Reports & Results
WOW, what a race!
Being a guest to Team LAVA for this race, and joined by a legend to the sport, Lisa de Speville, I feel obliged to say a few words…”WOW, what a race!
Eishh, ouch and BRRRRR
The thought of paddling in the middle of night, in the middle of winter did not exactly *warm *me up to the prospect of doing this race. But Hardy’s promise of ‘old school adventure racing’ reminded a very race-rusty Team A2A that this is exactly the crazy kind of thing that Mr Darron Raw would dream up for Swazi X.
A fish without a bicycle is like a chicken without a…
Despite its small size and publicity this Ystervark and Hooona Tand took us through some spectacular places and provided a sustained challenge both on the river and in the mountains. It matched if not exceeded my experience on much bigger races.
Kinetic Full Moon
Well, where do I start? This race took our breath away; both literally and figuratively! Nicky, Gert and I had not raced together since Singletrack Africa AR in September 2007. This was Team Red Ants first 100km + race since then, and we would most certainly be up against it with the quality of the field…
Kinetic Full Moon
Team Hawkstone: What an awesome race. Thanks Stephan and Heidi for putting on such a great race. It was well organized and executed and I believe it was great value for money!! Thanks to Adrian and Greg for racing with me you guys are great to race with.
Kinetic Full Moon
Team AR: Kinetic’s Full Moon race held this weekend was one of the friendliest adventure races that I’ve been too. And there were many small touches that made it special.
XPD: About that last leg
Ok about the last leg… Yet another sting in the tail. Just when we thought the last leg would hopefully be a straight forward one, we were wrong once again! It ended up as another 26hrs of bundu bashing through rain forest, trying to follow an old loggers’ trail that was non-existent.
XPD: Yay! McCain second
By ADVENTURELISA on May 25, 2010 in Reports & Results
SMS from Nikki at 01h29 Oz (17h29 SA): “They’re here! Broken, but smiling. Yay!”
XPD Day 7: News from Nikki
By ADVENTURELISA on May 25, 2010 in Reports & Results
Yip, the suspense is really getting to me now. I just can’t seem to sit still. Blackheart’s tracker has not been working for a while so no-one actually knows how far they are from the finish. Orion are really bummed about having to pull so close to the end… but then that is adventure racing and if you don’t look after yourself, you are going to break!
