No word yet whether the team has reached the final TA at Ennis Lake, but I will definitely post an update as soon as I receive one. Shan is on high alert, and I just sent him a text message to check in, but the support crew must be resting up for their big arrival.
Reportedly it's actually a tight squeeze for support crews to beat their teams back to the finish line since it's an 80-mile drive from the last TA back to Big Sky Resort, while the racers take a more direct route and bike ~23 miles to the same destination.
In the meantime, you've probably already perused the thousands of photos on the PQ website - there are actually quite a few of Team Shasta, so I pasted a link in this post to Mike Bitton's blog and photo of our team trekking to the ropes course. Mike is a local Portlander, outdoor enthusiast, photojournalist extraordinaire, and blogger to the stars.
Hope you're all getting some good sleep in honor of the team - it won't be long now...
http://www.checkpointzero.com/primalquest/2008/07/shasta-treks-to-ropes.cfm
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Hahaha... Dana posted this after I had already pulled the page up. Figured I might as well double post. :-)
It's 2am here in Utah... I was hoping to see one more update before heading to bed (can't believe your SPOT is still not working!). From Dana's earlier post and looking at where the teams are that you were close to at your last checkpoint, it looks like you guys should be finishing in the next couple / few hours. You probably won't get this until long after you've finished, but I hope you'll "feel" the support as you make the last push in the dark. Congrats on finishing and congrats on not getting short-coursed! Enjoy the sunrise after your finish!!
~ Super Freak ~
:-)
jennk is on line as well, its 3 am in SLC and I couldn't sleep, had to check to see where you all were at, racing back to the finish it looks like. All week I have been telling yoga clients at work " they are still racing" then 3 days will go by "they are still racing" -Congrats on finishing the whole course and racing like banchees, sending lots of pizza vibes and sleep vibes when you finish. can't wait to hear all the crazy moments that went down on this one... Love and Light, Jenn Kuhlmann PQ 06'
iccceee packs, just think of all the icccceee packs and long cold beers!!
The magic word, "Grilled Vegetable Pizza!" Hope the final push isn't too bad. Advance congrats on finishing the full course. It's inevitable now.
-T'n'B
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