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Southern Traverse on sabbatical |
| There will be no expedition style Southern Traverse in 2009, however we are still looking at staging a 24/8hrs version down in Queenstown in the Spring. Watch out for more news! |
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FATHERLY SUPPORT |
| It’s not often a father has to choose between two daughters but Tom Clark had to make the call on which support crew to join – with daughter Sonya racing in the Powered by Velvet team and Sarah competing in the Icebreaker R & R Sport team. How did he decide? Simple – Sonya asked first!”
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FAMILIAR FACES |
| A Southern Traverse wouldn’t be the same without Jenny Day and Bryan Otty – the event’s longest serving volunteer officials. They’ve been parked up in their camper van at several transition areas and the coffee’s always brewing – a welcome oasis for anyone in need- particularly after a cold paddle!
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WAYNE’S WORLD |
| Long time Southern Traverse management member Wayne Allen almost opted to spend the night in the hills on Friday after struggling to find a route out in the fog from his checkpoint on the mountain trek in the Maukuratawhai. He eventually emerged from the gloom –“after taking three and a half hours to get out compared to two hours going in!”
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BRING HOME THE BACON |
| The Icebreaker R & R Sports team has two new support crew who have been spoiling them rotten! The team arrived in to the transition area from the Mt Garfield trek to the smell of frying bacon! Guess who is likely to be invited to be on the permanent support team!
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9/09/2010 4:53:52 a.m. |
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MIDNIGHT START LAUNCHES 24 HOUR STAGE |
| 12/04/2008 8:31:00 a.m. |
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Teams had to cross a narrow one man swing bridge in darkness before heading into the Mount Garfield area at midnight last night for a 15km mountain trek to start the 24 hour stage of the race.
The teams arrived at the finish of the first day at Clarence Valley Road at varying times, ranging from Powered by Velvet and Icebreaker R & R Sport at 5.59pm and 6.06pm, to the under 23 team one2onemultisport.co.nz at 9.06pm.
“We were going well until the fog rolled in then we didn’t know where we were, “says team member Dougal Allan.
Time penalties have been imposed on teams who did not clock in at all the checkpoints.
The second stage has attracted an extra team, Curried Brothers of Christchurch made up of Glenn and Braden Currie.
Race director Geoff Hunt says there were a number of options teams could take on the mountain trek to lead them to the start of the paddle on the Boyle, Hope and Waiau Rivers and there was a curfew on the river until 6.30am.
He says navigation was again the key to the mountain trekking section and those with the best skills would definitely have the advantage.
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