For those of you who think these Primal Quest racers must not have all their faculties for voluntarily submitting to this degree of suffering, your suspicions have been confirmed. The members of Team Shasta/Core Concepts are literally in the Crazy Mountains right now. They are nearing CP17 - Campfire Lake. Once this trekking leg is completed, they will have hiked 145 miles - only about 50 miles on foot remaining in the race.
If you noticed that the team seemed to be stuck just before CP12 the other night, it was because their Spot tracking device got turned off somehow. Rest assured, they were still making progress, albeit a little slower in the dark amidst some rugged terrain and gain in elevation.
The team reached CP13-Cabella early Thursday morning and got about 4 hours of rest. Their feet are a bit blistered, as you may imagine after all the trekking they've done so far and cramming their swollen feet into bike shoes isn't the most comfortable, either. But they are all in good spirits and are hanging tough and holding steady in the range of 18-20th place.
Mountain biking is definitely an area of strength for the team - they covered 75 miles in about six hours today, so they made up some ground. At this point in the race, the teams are really starting to spread out as you can tell from the tracking topo map, though some of them are still within close range of each other.
The next TA(#8-Timber Creek) is unmanned - bikes were dropped there for the teams to pick up, so our support crew won't see them again until TA9/CP18-Cottonwood. Stay tuned - I hope to receive some pictures to upload tomorrow! GO TEAM SHASTA/CORE CONCEPTS! Thanks for all your support - I've been relaying it to the team through our trusty support crew.
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Great job on the bikes Shasta! Take care of those feet and go man go!
-T'n'B
Yeah, Shasta! Keep on trucking. You're making up ground fast. Say a prayer for us at the Cradle Tracey. Abby's first 24 and me with my IT. I'll miss following you guys this weekend. I expect you to run down Nike by the time I get back;)
Brent
Go Chad Go. Rep Mettel.
Y'all are AWESOME!!!! Keep the faith!
Go T GO!! and to all at team Shasta keep going- there's someone right behind you!!
Love K & J XX
Hope you're staying sane in the Crazy Mountains. Don't go spraying each other with bear repellent. :-) Over the hills and through the woods... (;-P
-T'n'B
NIce job Shasta! Please make sure Tracey knows that NYARA is cheering her on from the East Coast. :) Catherine
GOOOOOOO Team Shasta, i have been watching on line and can't wait to here all of the grand details, way to move up the leader board, did you get in the mountains you guys know how to crank on foot!... Went on the Mighty Weber River with the girls yesterday, yoga, and river time my AR these days...LOL...
I am glued to your progress and thinking of you all the time! Love and Light, Jenn Kuhlmann Salt Lake City UT PQ 06' Team McKinley
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