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!
Hot off the press! Orion have pulled out on the last leg. They were pretty broken at start of the paddle, so was alpineepic. Both with serious skin infections. McCain were last seen powering through the jungle! The suspense is killing me. Got Tats a big choc cake with candles! Go McCain go!
Just in case you are all wondering why the leaderboard is looking so dodge… the coverage at both Mt Mulligan and Nine Mile and pretty much Tinaroo too is either non-existant or really bad.
Now, 15h00 (SA, 23h00 Oz), McCain are off the water and back on their feet for the final hike to the finish. The race website describes this leg as “Trekking over the Lamb Range and down to the ocean. This is some of Australia’s unspoiled country…
McCain have completed the bike leg. Email just received (10h22 SA time; 18h22 Oz) from race admin. The first comments Graham Bird had: “Boy, some teams are going to be in that trek a long time”. They took food for 16hrs but it took 33hrs – Tatum Prins confirms they were hungry.
At last I have some comms. We have been in the real real real outback. As I sit here we have just said a huge hooray as the truck has eventually arrived with the team’s gear and they are not too far away; we were all having a mild panic! Yay!
While we were sleeping our team slept at CP17, leaving after a good rest and feed on their bikes. An sms came through from Nikki at 00h52 (SA time; 08h52 Oz time): “Hi all. Finally have reception again. The past few days have been epic…
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