Just got word from the support crew and the team had a little mishap while chasing the O points. Kristen took an unexpected dip in a stream and needed some time to warm back up.  They spent some time sleeping and regrouping but the good news is they found all the flags - hence 12 hours will be detracted from their end time. whoo hoo!

They had a big breakfast and are on the last hike of the race and word is it ain’t an easy one …

Support Crew is estimating a finish time of tomorrow night - if all systems keep firing.

Cross your fingers, hold your breath, do a little finish dance or prayer - whatever takes to get these guys home safe and sound is what they need now.

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Interesting things going on now. Always in a race there are races within that race. Some people, when they hear someone coming up behind them find that extra gear to kick it up a notch instead of stepping aside.

By doing the O course and finding a lot of checkpoints our team could pick up an hour (actually deducted from their time) for every one they find. And teams could, if they want just keep going and not pick up any “extra credit”.  At this point, a bit of a chess game starts. Should we stay looking or should we go?  How many hours of sleep do we have banked to call upon… How sharp are we?

It looks like most of teams around Oceanic have decided to try and find some extra points. Our friends  ACG/GORE-TEX decided to pass the points on by.

If everyone hangs on, it is a race to finish for sure. GO TEAM!

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Tracking is down - arrgg - but just got a call from Clint and our team is on the O course. Tired but still going strong. They got 5 hours of sleep and then smoked the bike leg.

Support Crew does not expect to have contact again for another 8 hours. Does someone know who at Spot I can send my therapy bill to when the tracking stops!!

Clint is passing on all your comments - Thanks everyone! Home stretch here we come.
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Great Team, Great Effort, Great shot

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Just spoke to Dave and the team is in a really good way.  Cleaned up and bedding down at 6:30 PST for a nap then on to the next bike leg.

In our conversation Dave could not add 4 plus 7 but he could rave about their Support Crew. Clint, Warren and Kristine - you guys are the angles of the team.  Thanks for taking such good care of our
questers!

Funny side note - Clint tapped Dave’s foot while Dave was completely asleep. Clint said it was the hardest thing he ever did. Put that in your final examinations for PT school - Pacific University.

When Dave woke up from a dream about feet and … - Clint was that last thing he expected to see.

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The below image was snagged from here - all really wonderful shots

 

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Looks like tracking is back up and pretty reliable - but now I just hit the refresh option about 20 times a minute and find myself yelling “Turn Left - Turn Left - dammit Turn LEFT!!”.  On the next refresh - “sheesh - took them long enough to turn left…”

Go Dave and team  you’re all navigating like  super stars.

News from Support Crew  -”best estimate is off bridgers about 4 pm or later”  -

Stay tuned!

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Our team’s tracking has been - down since the crazies and it has been driving me crazy.  So between my frantic calls to the support crew and my snapping my co-workers heads off because I can’t track our team - I searched for pics of the team and put them here:
http://www.hatchcam.com/pq/
But word is they should be hitting a TA soon after a short bike ride of 100 miles that is taking teams on average of 8 hours.
AND
They just arrived at CP 20 - 8:19 PST and feel good.

GO Go GO!

Eloise (Dave’s wife) and proud sponser of TEAM # 17

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Clint (Support Crew) grew up in Missoula, Montana, hiking, biking, skiing, windsurfing and exploring the outdoor life.

 

He was a competitive bike and ski racer through high school and college, and led bike trips in the summer and taught skiing in the winter for 8 years.

 

Clint just graduated from Pacific University and is ready to embark on his new career as a Physical Therapist in Hood River Oregon. But first he is joining Team Oceanic # 17 as support crew for this year’s Primal Quest. His local knowledge, medical training and just plan good nature are all prime components of the team.

 

Maddie (Support Crew) was rescued by Clint and his wife a year ago. This is Maddie’s first trip to her best friend’s home turf. She has an infectious trait of greeting every day with a contagious happiness, and will be sharing what she knows about joy and living in the moment with her teammates.

 

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