Midcamp

Orion leave with their wheelbarrow

Blackheart have a handy lead over the rest of the field after the restart at midcamp. They arrived at 6:55am, just over 3 hours ahead of the chasing pack. Orion had dropped back a little, after a small nav error on the bike leg leading to the orienteering, but their different route choice from the orienteering to midcamp proved a good option, and they regained a bit of time.

alpineepic had a solid MTB, arriving just 5 minutes behind Orion. They another 40 minutes back to Merrell, City Bike Depot and McCain.

Blackheart had opted to skip the stinging tree treatment at Ravenshoe, but on arrival at midcamp they headed straight for the medics. Kim's comment in the blog was that the boys 'screamed like little girls'. A few people from other teams were still suffering a bit, Tatum from McCain and one of the Merrell guys in particular.

Blackheart were up and off at 12:55, with their wheelbarrow loaded up with their two kayaks, one person pushing, another carrying the kayak bag and towing, and all carrying their packs.

The next team to arrive was Osprey at 13:58, then securify at 14:59. Both said Nga Rakau wasn't too far away, but when I asked Jerry how long they'd be, he said it depended whether they stopped at the dairy down the road. I said if the dairy did milkshakes, they would. He said they were half hour milkshakes.

Orion were off on the dot of 6 hours at 15:02. They had their wheelbarrow loaded up with all the gear, packs, the log. Looked mighty heavy. They've got 20km to go with those darn things.

alpineepic were away just after the 6 hours at 15:17. They all looked really good. Orion looked good too, they were all a bit down when they got here after the various issues last night, but after a sleep and food they had all re-focused and were in good spirits.