Training Log Archive: Skidder

We reached Bald Eagle Cliff about 1:30 in the morning and got held up behind 3 other teams for over an hour and so didn't get off the rappell until 3:30AM. We were the last ones to rappell as the ropes were chaffing and they took the ropes down after we got off. The continuing trek to CP4 went well and we were approaching the TA at 6:30AM when I realized I'd dropped my helmet somewhere along route and we spent until 8AM looking for it. We never found it and so hit the TA still well back in the pack around 8:30. A quick TA and we were on the bikes and off by 9AM.

The bike ride went flawlessly and we arrived at the next TA before 5PM - less than 8 hours for a hilly and rocky 90k ride.

A little longer TA this time before we set off on the mega trek of the race. We were still in 9th but had closed the gap on a number of teams. We decided to packraft this segment and left about 5:45 to do a short 2-3 trail trek to out chosen put-in. We lost the trail and just ended up finding water and getting on the lake. By 9PM we had rolled into CP7 now in 6th place. We continued in our packrafts down the lake and into a river system which we hoped would take us near halfway to CP8. By midnight we were bogged down in the rivers with lots of beaver dams and shallows we couldn't paddle or read in the dark. ON TO DAY3