Patagonian Expedition Race
Lead Team Times at CP8
Anne-Marie Dunhill / 20.02.2016
As the lead teams chasing YogaSlackers wait for a weather window in Estancia Perales, other teams still continuing the race are spread out further back on the course. According to CP staff, Mila Finland withdrew from the race this afternoon and were sleeping in CP7 at Rio Primero.
Waiting a PC8 for the remaining teams, two of the checkpoint staff were sleeping on an inflatable mattress while a third kept watch. At 19:35 a ringing mobile phone jarred them awake. Instantly focused, Sam took the information relayed to him in English. It was team 20, Sherpa, informing the organization that they wished to withdraw from the race. They stated that they had no injuries and gave the exact coordinates of their location so that the race could organize their collection. They had not reached PC7 in Rio Primero.
At the time of this report, 21:46 local time on February 20, these are the times for the first six teams to reach PC8:
East Wind in 14:34 out 14:51
YogaSlackers in 21:22 out 21:42
GODZone in 01:52 out 04:24
Merrell Adventure Addicts in 12:59 out 13:05
M.O.B in 13:07 out 13:33
NorCal in 13:33 out 13:50
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