Day 2: Six teams finished the hike
posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 by adventurelisa @ 2:01 AM -
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The village of Thomas River is rocking this morning - six teams have passed through the transition.
The South Africans of USN checked in at about 06h30. They spent just over an hour in transition to assemble bikes, change clothing and consume toasted sandwiches and hot drinks from the town cafe. They left at about 07h45, getting out before the next teams - Cyanosis and McCain - came in (08h05 and 08h07 respectively).
As a South African, I'm a bit biased when I write that I'm thrilled to see my friends in the top three teams at the beginning of Day 2. Yes, there is still a long way to go and places are certain to change. But still I'm proud of our teams.
We then saw a few teams at the last CP before the transition. It takes less than 45-minutes across fabulously open terrain - very runnable ground - to get to the TA.
Buff and Bjufors were together, passing us at 09h10 (transition ETA at about 09h45). Lafuma were next, completing the Top 5, at 09h30.They got into transition at 10h15. At this time Buff and Bjufors were still here.
It seems that there is now a big gap to the next team, Epitact.
The front teams are now on bikes to Wigglesway Dam, which I'm tempted to call Wiggly Dam (sounds better don't you think?).
Long paddle there. And there are CPs, but all are located on the shore. There are sections where they can portage the boats, exchanging slower paddling time for faster foot time.
Other news snippet:
The Portuguese team (Estoril) spent the night at the Police Station in Seymour, the paddle/rogaine section. As of 07h49 this morning (Sunday) they were the only team not yet at the start of the hiking section (town of Hogsback). All other teams were through and there are no withdrawals. The South African team of Siyeza (Fred Richardson's bunch) has one sick person - I don't yet know who or what they're doing (carrying on with three?). The South African all-girls team, Dew Point, was sleeping at the start of the hike; planning to do it in daylight.
Regarding the hike... for reference, it took USN about 14-and-a-half hours to do the hike. They would have only had daylight for the first 2-hours and the last half-hour.
Apparently this Night One hike is the longest stage of the whole race.
The South Africans of USN checked in at about 06h30. They spent just over an hour in transition to assemble bikes, change clothing and consume toasted sandwiches and hot drinks from the town cafe. They left at about 07h45, getting out before the next teams - Cyanosis and McCain - came in (08h05 and 08h07 respectively).
As a South African, I'm a bit biased when I write that I'm thrilled to see my friends in the top three teams at the beginning of Day 2. Yes, there is still a long way to go and places are certain to change. But still I'm proud of our teams.
We then saw a few teams at the last CP before the transition. It takes less than 45-minutes across fabulously open terrain - very runnable ground - to get to the TA.
Buff and Bjufors were together, passing us at 09h10 (transition ETA at about 09h45). Lafuma were next, completing the Top 5, at 09h30.They got into transition at 10h15. At this time Buff and Bjufors were still here.
It seems that there is now a big gap to the next team, Epitact.
The front teams are now on bikes to Wigglesway Dam, which I'm tempted to call Wiggly Dam (sounds better don't you think?).
Long paddle there. And there are CPs, but all are located on the shore. There are sections where they can portage the boats, exchanging slower paddling time for faster foot time.
Other news snippet:
The Portuguese team (Estoril) spent the night at the Police Station in Seymour, the paddle/rogaine section. As of 07h49 this morning (Sunday) they were the only team not yet at the start of the hiking section (town of Hogsback). All other teams were through and there are no withdrawals. The South African team of Siyeza (Fred Richardson's bunch) has one sick person - I don't yet know who or what they're doing (carrying on with three?). The South African all-girls team, Dew Point, was sleeping at the start of the hike; planning to do it in daylight.
Regarding the hike... for reference, it took USN about 14-and-a-half hours to do the hike. They would have only had daylight for the first 2-hours and the last half-hour.
Apparently this Night One hike is the longest stage of the whole race.
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