Land Rover G4 Challenge
The Final Stage
15.05.2006
With six days to go and the most physically challenging conditions still to endure in the frigid and oxygen-starved Bolivian Andes, half of the competitors have a real chance at walking away with a brand new Range Rover.
“I have to believe I can still win and will do everything to make sure that chance is kept alive right to the very end,� said the UK entrant Brian Reynolds on the eve of the Challenge leaving the beautiful whitewashed colonial city of Sucre for Stage 4.
The title contenders knew that the final round of Team Partner Selection in Sucre would be the most critical choice of colleague so far. To get the best chance at the title, they knew that they must have the strongest possible team mate for the high altitude and potentially high drama - last push to the finish line.
In the last three weeks Team Partner Selection has been an intriguing mix of picking the strongest and the most complimentary buddy for the demanding activities. But as some of the potentially perfect marriages have ended in tears, the politics of the adventure have come into play.
At least one of the top contenders is not particularly popular, and rumour and counter-rumour circulated as the competitors gathered on stage in a majestic Sucre courtyard that some partner selections might be strategic to alter the balance of power at this critical point.
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