We all know that the race coverage is rubbish ... but at least we've got some kind of update this morning. Looks like the Team from Finland has arrived at the compulsory 4 hour stop (Approx. 60% through the race). they have a 2.5 hour lead over Jarad's Team Vibram Sport 2000. Our guys are in 6th but that's only 2.5 hours behind 2nd at the moment and still more than 30 hours of racing.
Since the last update on the split Kayak / Trek leg, they have completed a 49km MTB where it looked like the guys were moving a fair bit faster than some of the other teams in front of them. There was then a river paddle where apparently the guys fell in (check sleepmonsters report). Then a trekking leg that was supposed to have an adseil that was dissappointingly cancelled at the last minute. The next leg looked like a heap of fun and a real highlight - 22km of Grade 2/3 white-water rafting.
There's also a video of the first day of racing on the race website. Rob and Josh make a brief appearance on their bikes. Looks like it's been very cold at night, judging by the clothing most teams are wearing and the couple of teams that have pulled out. There's only 9 teams left on the full course as the rest missed the daylight 8pm cut-off for the rafting leg last night. It's about 2:30am there now on the 2nd night so at least the 4 hour stop has been timed well and the guys will hopefully arrive and get to sleep while it's still dark.
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