Warren the Wheelbarrow

Well, after saying we thought there might be an info blackout on Macpac Girls on Top - we hunted them down on the road this morning pushing their wheelbarrow.  They headed out of Midcamp this morning at 6am and made it to the river just after 10am.  As you can see they continue to be in fine form.  Zoe's feet are pretty sore but she hasn't scored Debbies bracelet yet - Viv is still holding on to that one. 

Their wheelbarrow was affectionately named 'Warren' - at times he was a bit useless and Anne said he wasn't pulling his weight except on the downhill when he wanted to run.  All the Girls took their turn pushing Warren the 20km to the rivers edge, but you could have been mistaken for thinking Debbie and Viv were going gardening (when their turn came around they donned some fetching gloves).  By the time they reached the river the temperature was up to 28 degrees and the sun was beating down, so yet again one word pops to mind ... Legends.

A wee bit of a faff on the rivers edge taking an hour to transition onto the river, but you can't really blame them when they have an epic 70km to head down. Craig has told us all that given the river level is lower than when he paddled it there will be some significant amounts of boat pulling/dragging along the river bed or carrying over rocky areas.  Orion have finished the paddle section now taking approximately 20hrs, so this leg is going to be epic. 

I am telling the truth this time when I say that we won't see them again until after the 68km trek that follows the paddle.  These next two sections of the race cover a huge distance which is all on one private landowners property.  Apparently he doesn't go into the section they are trekking on EVER as its 'tiger country' or did he quote 'mongrel country'.  Either way you get the idea. 

So until Mt Mulligan and the end of the trek, the info blackout begins.  We'll post again in probably 36hrs - ish.  :)

PS  Who knew Viv could 'Beat It' so well and was a fan of Michael Jackson?