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The historic Skippers Canyon Bridge is a hive of activity today as the GODZone Pure teams complete a unique discipline. Southern Adventure are manning the technical abseil with four ropes with one team allocated per rope. Race Director Warren Bates does not expect to many snarl ups as the numbers of teams increase during the day. ” You can have four teams rappelling down at the same time. Its a pretty quick descent obviously down into the river and so once everyone is roped up nothings really holding them back. We are operating it on a first come, first served basis and the teams knew that from the outset.”At 91 meters high above the river the suspension bridge is one of the highest and most spectacular in New Zealand. It was commissioned in 1901 at a cost of £4000 which equals aprox $700 000 today.

Mar

7th

21:03

A sure shuffle for those chasing the leaders

Behind the current podium potentials there’s a few shifts going on. It looks like Ataraxia MACPAC (01) and Racer’s Edge – Powered by Torpedo 7 (21) are spending Monday evening and night taking turns in the fourth and fifth spots over the Te Iringa Track and Mohaka River. Both teams are very well respected by

Mar

6th

22:03

You just have to believe

It’s at this stage of the race that doubt starts to creep in for some teams, as to whether they will make the cut off or not. Day Two has just about come to an end, with the top half of the field on the Stage 4 rogaine which takes them through the Whirinaki State