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Buff and Wilsa Helly Hansen are out on the Water...
Lynne Oxenham / Team Orion Health / 24.10.2007
This report is courtesy of the support crew of New Zealand’s Team Orion Health: www.orionadventure.comThe missing news from the last TA is that Orionhealth arrived after a bit of a nightmare trolley run ... They\'d had to stop and get the trolley fixed on the way ... trying and failing to buy a hammer (they did manage to get some nails) from a local who wasn\'t that keen to part with his equipment! They managed to develop a good system to propel themselves along, and still made great time on the leg, coming in about 15 min faster than WHH ... The trolleys may not survive!
Update now from where the kayak is to start from:
Buff and Wilsa Helly Hansen are out on the water... but the organizers have now stopped the rest of the racers here, as the sea conditions are apparently pretty rough. There are rumours about a restart here tomorrow, but at the moment confusion reigns!
Will try to let you know what happens next!
Orionhealth came in off the bike in good time to us waiting to welcome them with a big \"maybe congratulations on finishing third\" !
After hug photos and a change out of race gear, the team jumped into the tent and are now getting some sleep whilst they await whatever decision the race directors make about restarts etc etc.
WHH support crew incredibly kindly set up their huge tent for us - we are rattling around in there ... Fi and I without sleeping mats or bags as Wayne and Stuart have them (we have been sharing, as we didn\'t think we\'d need to use them at the same time!). I\'m sleeping under the NZ flag which is a new use for it! :o)
Getting some sleep (hopefully) now ...
[Ed. The race website is reporting Buff as the winners ahead of Wilsa Sport Helly Hansen, with the teams which were held back due to rough seas now continuing to the finish line.]See All Event Posts
