Quotable Quotes
March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News“Well none of us was very handy last night, we were too tired. I was
carrying the map, but I thought that Rick was navigating so I was
just following him. It wasn’t the best direction.”
Mikael Lindnord, Extreme-Sports.dk
“We started to realize we were off the recommended route when we had
to carry our bikes and hand them to each other over car sized
boulders in the snow. Our navigation missed a little.”
Rick Baraff, Extreme-Sports.dk
“Yeah we saw the Eastern Mountain Sports girls heading up the wrong
canyon, straight up a waterfall. We thought wow those girls are
tough how the hell did they make it up that?”
Dancing Pandas
“We saw a lot of teams going the wrong way up the canyon, we tried to
follow the white ribbons that we found, because that’s what the
organizers told us to do. We saw some other teams that we know
didn’t see any ribbons on their route.”
Team Lucky
“I thought I’d bring my bike with me and grab a nice ride here and
there while I was waiting for my team. It wasn’t going to happen, I
haven’t had a minute to rest so I just gave out bike parts to help
the other teams.”
Donato, Crew for Dirty Avocados
“It’s been a brilliant experience, I am really enjoying it. I can’t
believe how cold it gets here.”
Adventure Racing Legend, Adrian Crane, Team Goldrush Mother Lode /
Racing with Giants
“Let’s get going boys.”
Said three times in five minutes by Melissa Griffiths, Team Goldrush
Mother Lode / Racing with Giants
“It was one of the scariest nights we’ve ever lived through, we
really didn’t want to die in Baja.”
Support Crew, Team Lucky about being lost trying to find transition
area 13 in the black abyss of central Baja
“We were sure we were going up the right canyon. I was following
along on the map. There was one place where the canyon went a little
south and I couldn’t find that section on the map. I just figured
that it had changed a little since the maps were printed.”
Christian Burke, Feed the Machine recalling a sleep deprived moment