Mike Tobin (right) and Mike Kloser were filling out medical waiver forms this afternoon on the plaza in Bourg when I spotted an Aloksac map bag. Tobin was using it as a first aid kit. "I've made some interesting uses of Aloksacs," Tobin confided, hopefully on the record. "I've worn one as a hat. I've used one as a pillow." I asked him if he'd ever used one to store maps, you know, like during an adventure race. "Oh yeah," Tobin said. "You can put maps in them as well."
Labels: Aloksac, Bourg Saint Maurice, Mike Kloser, Mike Tobin, Mountain X Race, Nike
I didn't see it myself, but I heard from several people that American team Nike began the canoe section this morning with a swim! Shortly after they launched the large red inflatable boat you see on the right, they apparently flipped. Everyone was OK, and reminded I'm sure that water from glacier runoff is quite cold. They looked happily hard at work when I saw them several kilometers downstream from the start.
