No doubt by now you have heard about the awful Stinging Tree - the most painful plant in the world! Almost all the racers have had varing degrees of exposure to the nasty bugger. Apparently our young Zoe did an impression of a ghost with her treatment (which folks consists of application of 15% hydrochloric acid to the skin, follwed by a wax in an attempt to remove the invisible threads of sting) .. she is a legend, grown men were screaming with theirs! Debbie declined my kind offer of torture/treatment this evening ... I can't think why.
They had fun out on the rogaine and MTB to midcamp and have arrived in good spirits and may we say looking pretty sharp (don't they always). The shot above is them just after they pulled in. They are busy now breaking down their bikes into their boxes, and will tuck into a big plate of hot food before heading off for a well deserved sleep (they have to stop at midcamp for a minimum of six hours).
Tomorrow they have an epic day ahead - a 20km wheelbarrow push filled with all their kayaking gear to the Walsh river. Then its a 68km paddle on what the race organisers have described as 'pretty rugged and remote' - no sweat so say the Girls! We anticipate that the push will take them 7ish hours and the paddle around 12-14hrs so watch this space .. there will be a drought again.
So to sign off here from Midcamp - Debbie says thanks heaps to everyone for the great messages and support - they love it, keep it coming. And especially for Craig .. some big love from Zoe (she said you would know what she meant). Until post paddle .. Macpac Girls on Top out.
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