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All Stars Push to the Front

07.11.2006

After camping out overnight, Webber led the teams out on a 33km hike from Lake Ada through to the Walls of Jerusalem. Clear skies soon turned for the worse, bringing more rain, hail at times and making conditions extremely slippery and testing.

The all-star celebrity 12th Team (Craig Mottram, Craig Walton, Sid Taberly, Mike McKay), shrugged off their bad luck from yesterday and moved into first place as they were joined by Oarsome Foursome rower Mike McKay as a replacement for Kelly. The team set off to a cracking pace, finishing the remote trek, a clear 29 minutes ahead of Webber’s Pure Tasmania team.

Describing the trek British rowing champ and member of Webber’s Pure Tasmania Team, James Cracknell said; “We’re in the middle of nowhere out there. If a chopper can fly over it, we’ll be walking through it. That’s how remote this part of Tasmania is�.

On facing his old rowing adversary in the wilderness, McKay said; “We’re not on familiar territory here, we’re used to battling it out over a six-minute course. We’re just pleased to have broken seven hours on today’s hike with our teams intact.�


Race Times for 33k Trek: (Stage One of Day Two)

1. All Star Celebrity Team 6hrs.9mins.22secs
2. Pure Tasmania Team 6.37.24
3. Telstra (men) 6.57.54

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