Adventure Race race (Exp Oregon) 24:00:00 [4]
Leg 5 - Whitewater packraft - We had a longer TA here as we had to box up the bikes and get the packrafts ready to go. I think it was about noon or so when we rolled in and didn't get on the water until almost 2pm maybe? All in all this section was a blast. We were moving slower than expected and actually cut it way closer than we wanted to at TA 4.5 with only 12 minutes to spare before we would have been pulled and DZ'd for the night. Kevin and I flipped twice with the second including a pretty lengthy swim with an inconvenient outcome. I was on river left with the boat. He was river center on a large rock with both paddles, and Julia and Anna were on river right. Thankfully Julia was a whitewater guide in a past life and she got us all sorted as the sun was setting. This left us with about a km of whitewater to do in the dusk/dark. Those last couple rapids were a little.... Interesting.
Leg 5 - Trek - Pretty straightforward trek other than CP26 being tricky. It was a clue for a grave, so no getting close and pinging the control. I missed it on the first try (not by much according to tracking) and the reset of the private property fence line was costly. Cold and sleep monsters were hitting us hard here and we ended up taking a quick nap to try to stay sharp. After finally getting 26 it was a bit fo a long slog to finally arrive at TA5 just prior to sunrise.
