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Team Extreme Check point 10

2009-07-21T11:58:00.000+02:00

Check point ten accquired. I had sleepless nights so yesterday I decided to go get the check point that we had missed I slept last night it was great
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Team Xtreme's Race Report

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Team Xtreme’s race report by Trevor Hellens

We kicked off with a blistering start, Local knowledge definitely gave us the advantage in the beginning, I always struggle with doing things under pressure but before we knew it we on our way up to CP 1 with team Olympus hot on our heels, we knew exactly how to get to the first 3 checkpoints learning quickly that we had left half the maps/instructions/cell phone in the car, we bargained with Olympus to share their info in exchange for our local knowledge example 44/108/Gate Celtis Rd. Then a very quick transition at crossways , having a quick look at the map and then putting it into our pocket and heading up to the Swartkop trig and then to Midmar Gate 1.

As you may have guessed we were leading up to here, the biggest problem was we had not really looked at the map and were racing on knowledge more so than navigation, Without even looking at the next check point CP10, I handed over the maps to my team mates and thought this would be a comfortable leg to let them navigate and for me to drive (despite George even hinting that maybe we should re check the map) Half an hour later after blogging the Nelson Mandela site and the killer pig I gave my team a call to see how they were doing and they admitted to me that they were lost, I decided to go have a drink in the Everglades Bar and watch the Tour de France. My team mates were luckily enough to hook up with team Yoshimi and stuck to them like glue, borrowing, begging and stealing anything they could get from them.

16h00 Team Xtreme came in with Yoshimi to the Everglades hotel starving and dehydrated, we had some lunch and decided to get out the map and start working from it properly, we hiked over a little bump to a trig beacon and then descended the other side to the transition just in time before it got too dark.

We decided to really slow down the pace and really study the map and not make any mistakes from here on in as it was going to be a long cold night. We jumped onto our bikes and headed for CP 14 and what a relief to finally find it with yet again a helping hand from team Yoshimi. This bike leg got colder and longer as we were aiming for Kamburg Nature Reserve or transition 6.

Almost midnight and we arrived at the Transition 6 with temperatures close to 0 degrees, we jumped into the car and put the heater on full ball and had a great supper. We studied the map and were really concerned about getting to the finish which as the crow flies was less than 5km but would be some seriously tough navigation and we really were in no mood to be lost in the middle of nowhere so we decided to hike on the road around to High moor roughly 22km long. We got ready, put on all the warm clothes we could find and started to pack the bikes onto the car,,, 1 bike,,,,2 bikes,,,,,3bikes,,,, where’s the fourth bike gone (Stolen) from right under our noses. Talk about a sick dark feeling, especially having a touring Scottish lady racing with us, she could not come to grips or understand that such a thing could happen, but we explained to her that this was South Africa and anything is possible.

We decided that we really needed to pack up and get out of the area as quick as possible as we were all alone in the middle of the bush. We drove a kilometer or so away from the transition 5 area and then began the hike that really never ended and got steeper and harder towards the end finishing at 04h00 in the morning and adding a 10 minute penalty for missing CP 10. The hardest leg of the whole event was probably the drive home trying to stay awake.

Thanks George for an awesome race and well organized, we really enjoyed the new format of having a rotating driver and emailing the CP’s to the blog

Team Xtreme

Martin Hall

Ryan Timmerman

Hannah Barnes

Trevor Hellens

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Uncharted @ hi-fly kites

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Uncharted peels honey

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Uncharted @ 44 Celtis rd

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Uncharted meets the bel ringer

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Uncharted - retry

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Lets try again... Uncharted is back from the dead to race another day. - We
might not have great sight but we have allot of VISION.

Thanks to George for an amazingly fun and adventureous race!!! We had fun
and really enjoyed it.

Team Uncharted.

A High Ending

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Team Uncharted and WalkAndSeeMore joined forces to close off the ARKZN4 with
a beautiful hike up the hill/mountain behind Everglades Hotel. Both teams
arrived at the hotel at 21:00 very tired and cold. However, they all
decided not to quit just yet and left for the top of the hill at 22:00. We
were all at our seconding vehicles at 01:00 Sunday morning. Thanks for a
great hike WalkAndSeeMore.

Team Uncharted.

This is one BIG piece of bacon...

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Babe? ... are you in there?

Uncharted paid some tribute

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Nelson Mandela Monument.

Uncharted

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Cascades TA.

Uncharted

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A man's got to do what a man's got to blah blah yagitty smagitty...

Uncharted Rowing leg - South end CP

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Uncharted at Midmar Gate

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Did Team Extreme lock the gate after they went through, or did the rest of
us just felt like climbing over?

Uncharted Style

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We crossed some dam walls, climed some fences and all sorts of other fun
stuff. P.S. Great piece of single track coming down Zwartkop!

Uncharted at Zwartkop thingy... Trig bacon...thingy

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Oh no, the bacon comes later. Trig Beacon CP.

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The correct way to wear your arkzn bandana. (so you can see!)

Team Uncharted adventures

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CP 8

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Toilets wif a view!

CP 7

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Crystal clear day – beautiful!

Olympus Finish

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Now Yo shi mi, now you don't

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Thanks for an awesome day out

Uncharted

2009-07-19T15:14:00.000+02:00

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2009-07-19T15:03:00.000+02:00

Winning Team Olympus

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Arkzn4 tribe

Lickety Split heading home.

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Thankyou all the teams, Thankyou George! See you on the next one.

L and f

2009-07-19T11:52:00.001+02:00

Martin Schulze

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L and f

2009-07-19T11:50:00.000+02:00

Our trig becon above everglades

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Checking the map on the paddle ?

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L and f

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Ablutions photo

L and f

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Paddle south photo

L and f

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End of paddle

L and f

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Check point 10?

L and f

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L and f

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Our trig beakon above Everglades

Martin Schulze

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L and f

2009-07-19T11:22:00.001+02:00

Martin Schulze

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L and F

2009-07-19T11:21:00.001+02:00

Martin Schulze

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Cheers to George for an unbelievable day

2009-07-18T23:51:00.000+02:00

Lost and found

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So we WERE lost :(

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Stoopid trees. And the roads were not the same as the map! We have been rescued. Now we are looking for some got food.

olympus T6

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Look what team lost found..

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Fwd: lost and found

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Martin Schulze

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Team extreme
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Team extreme one life
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Everglades Hotel

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Sitting in the lounge at Everglades, on a balmy winter afternoon, waiting for teams Yoshimi and Xtreme who are together and Olympus, who have dropped off the radar. This cycle leg is quite a climb and then steep hike up the nhlazane

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Licketysplit

2009-07-18T12:53:00.000+02:00

Licketysplit flying high
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Report from Cascades

2009-07-18T12:46:00.000+02:00

12h43 at cascades. Teams Xtreme, Olympus and Yoshimi are about 10 minutes apart. Racers are strong and heading off on a good ride into the hills. Drivers have to go and photograph a killer razorback pig and find the Nelson Mandela memorial site, before meeting their teams at the Everglades Hotel. Spirits are up, but I'm a bit worried about the back markers, they seem to be taking strain.as I speak team Lost and Found seconds arrive and we scan the horizon for them.

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Crossways

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Kzn is not flat

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Team xtreme howick falls One life
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olympus t2

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Team xtreme midmar gate 1
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Lost and found

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Lost... Yes 8 ks in!!

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Lost and found

5

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Lost and found

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Lost and found

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crossways

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Guys are in good spirits. Complaining about sms 's not coming through.

Irie

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olympus cp5

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Lick some spit - cp3

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242....218 ..... Is someone counting?

licketysplit

2009-07-18T09:51:00.001+02:00

Late as usual,.got instructins from town crier.. on our way to the start
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Uncharted @ world view2

2009-07-18T09:43:00.000+02:00

Uncharted @ world view2

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Peels honey- team xtreme
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High fly kites team xtreme
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T1

2009-07-18T09:21:00.001+02:00

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Crossways pud team xtream liquided up ONE LIFE
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Lickety Split - cp2

2009-07-18T08:57:00.004+02:00

Golly, what a climb. Got a bit lost already!

olympus cp3

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#3

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Olympus

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Maybe 12 fish after all.

Uncarted @ cp 2 world view

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olympus cp3

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9 fish

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World's view

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Walk and see more .12 fish

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feed fish first

2009-07-18T08:09:00.001+02:00

So by the time i got here the fish were well fed. But managed to count 12. Should have eaten the bread myself.

Lickety - Checkpoint 1

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Yeeha, there we go!

Wylie park

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The other one was cascades. 9 fish.

Wylie park olympus

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Team xtreme check 2

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