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Wondering where Team 80 are going? So are we!
The Ginger Ninja Crew of Brian Wilson, Darryl Sutton, Anthony Fokkens and David O’Carroll have managed to make two complete 180-degree turns in the last 24 hours – both in the wrong direction.
On the trek up to Mt Titiroa and the Borland abseil the team failed to make it over into the Garnet Burn and instead did a complete 180-degree turn and travelled in the completely wrong direction.
” They actually went the other way and made it through to the Back Valley Hut which could have been smart play because there is a track from that hut directly back up towards the abseil,” says Course Director Adam Fairmaid. “However these guys for whatever reason did another complete 180 degree turn and are now heading towards Lake Rakatu.They either know something we don’t, have a northern hemisphere compass or dare I say it we are wondering perhaps is their map upside down?

Mar

7th

21:03

A sure shuffle for those chasing the leaders

Behind the current podium potentials there’s a few shifts going on. It looks like Ataraxia MACPAC (01) and Racer’s Edge – Powered by Torpedo 7 (21) are spending Monday evening and night taking turns in the fourth and fifth spots over the Te Iringa Track and Mohaka River. Both teams are very well respected by

Mar

6th

22:03

You just have to believe

It’s at this stage of the race that doubt starts to creep in for some teams, as to whether they will make the cut off or not. Day Two has just about come to an end, with the top half of the field on the Stage 4 rogaine which takes them through the Whirinaki State