From: http://www.teamcyanosis.co.za/
Moab, Utah. The temperatures were in the mid 30’s, mild compared to the 40’s we were expecting during the race. The swimming, paddling, rope and horse riding skill tests had all been checked off as the team lounged around in their hotel room, air conditioner at full blast. The night before the start, after a hearty cowboy style banquet of beans and turnips we received our maps after a course overview by Don Mann, PQ course director. The big news was that the race management were only expecting a quarter of the field to finish the full course… the maps revealed why. Ahead lay 800km of mountain biking through desert canyon trails, including the famous Moab slick rock, trekking across desert plains, up and down steep sided canyons, paddling down major rivers like the Green and Colorado, horseback riding, river boarding and the biggest ropes course ever set up for an adventure race.
Team Powerade Cyanosis were approaching panic stations. Twenty check points had to be plotted on our maps, our boxes had to be repacked and loaded onto the convoy of support trucks and they themselves had to get to the yellow American school buses before they departed at 11.30pm. The convoy of 9 buses drove 5 hours into the middle of nowhere. Not surprisingly, the team didn’t get any sleep.
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