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 XPD Cairns 2010 - a True Expeditionary Race
Day 10 brings XPD Cairns 2010 to an end - an end to the pain and an end to the lack of sleep, but also closure on some very intense experiences, many that already are or will become very positive, with the distance of hindsight!
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 Racing to Get to the Prize Giving
A few teams are trying to catch some sleep before the prize giving, others may arrive while its going on - and some teams are still out there ... |
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 Trek Cut Off - Too Early for Some
It is likely that there could be more than one guest appearance by a finishing team during the awards dinner on Friday evening ... |
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 Betting on Dots on a Map
They say Aussies will bet on anything, flies racing up a wall, ferrets down a pipe, cane toads, snails, even yabbies and I now find myself betting on dots on a map ... |
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 Lost in the Woods, but not as Lost as Some
He tells of 4 hours spent in the same place, of dropping of the ridge to a river only to find it was running in the wrong direction ... |
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 Orion’s Ankle – Injury Right at the End of the Race
It seems that half the teams I have spoken to have at least one person with a bad infection ... |
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 The Final Challenge
The race may have encountered stinging trees on the first trek, but the final trek is the sting in the tail of this brutal course ... |
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 Five Have Finished, 33 Still on the Course
In a country where overseas competitors initially may have been more worried about the creepy crawlies and biteys it seems the flora reeked more havoc on the teams than anything else. |
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 A Hospital Stop
Check point 21 is a historic hospital site almost through stage 9, the 130km Mountain bike ride. |
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 Merrell/Akali Finish at 13.15
Before even reaching the 'couch' they are in the pool - packs shoes and all ... |
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 Blackheart.com.au Win XPD
Team Blackheart.com.au strolled into the Rydges hotel looking for the finish line of XPD 2010 at 20.55 ... |
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 Where are they?
Blackheart.com.au has passed the dam on Lake Morris and are on their way to the finish ... |
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