The dark, dark Baja

March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News

The moon does not rise until the early morning hours. Athletes are going on their third day, some with as little as 1 or 2 hours sleep.  More and more mistakes begin to happen.  Patience wears thin.  Feet and body take a serious toll at this point.  The course is every bit as beautiful along the way, but you haven’t seen darkness till you are in the middle of Baja with no moon.  So dark is it here that it has a World famous observatory because of the absence of any light pollution from big cities and towns.  Most teams today passed through virtually the only town they will see the entire race, a town about 400 meters long with 3 family run cafes, a church and a school and a park (that was filled with goats when our CP staff arrived.)  Then it was back into the wilderness where the occasional light from a small ranch is all that they seen.  The two DART/nuun teams are mid way into the final canyon run and appear to have made things interesting for us.  Our SPOT tracking is just not giving us all the information we (and you) would love to have and leaves a lot for the imagination.  Glenn Rogers and his leading team (Mari and Sean) would love to dethrone Cyril and his squad.  But Cyril, Jen and Aaron have had fire in their eyes since their 6 hour mistake on Tuesday.

Many of the teams just might be feeling a tiny ocean breeze coming from the Pacific, a mere 50k away.  It is virtually all downhill from here.  The ocean was predicted to be roaring tonight and much to our surprise it is a bit tame while it awaits the lead teams.  We’re heading into the field so we can bring you more reports from the middle and back of the field from here on out.

  1. 21 Responses to “The dark, dark Baja”

  2. By Anne on Mar 27, 2008

    With the leaderboard updates, reading the blog, and seeing all the messages to the teams, this race has been the most exciting to watch! Keep up the good work! It’s nice to be able to follow the team so closely.

  3. By Dan Freeman on Mar 27, 2008

    As of 430-ish this morning, it looks like DART/nuun NWK and DART/nuun riding together on the bike into Ensenada, but on the full leaderboard it shows DART/nuun two CPs behind…I’ll try refreshing screen…

    GO like a goat being chased by a chupacabra, Clancy!!!!

  4. By Dave H (FB) on Mar 27, 2008

    WOW!!!

    Looks like an awesome finish.

  5. By Dan Freeman on Mar 27, 2008

    Update, update, update, pretty please. Are times based on check-in or check-out? Who left first?

    Paddle, Clancy, PAAAAAAADDLLLLLLLE!!!!!!!

    The suspense is just killing me….

  6. By ruth on Mar 27, 2008

    Go, Glenn. This is what you have been working for for months. I know you can pull it out.

    Mom

  7. By Jose on Mar 27, 2008

    no winners yet??? no? nada? Karen tell us more. You’ve kept me waiting for updates hahah

  8. By Ed Gigg on Mar 27, 2008

    Go for it Dart NUUN I knew you could do it!!!
    Ed

  9. By galen on Mar 27, 2008

    the suspense is killing me!
    C’mon Mari, you guys can do it!

  10. By gustavo on Mar 27, 2008

    resultados por favorrrrrr
    RESULTS PLEASEEEEEE

  11. By Lauren Clancy on Mar 27, 2008

    AHHHHH FINISH IT UP TEAM DART-NUUN/NW KAYAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. By RVG on Mar 27, 2008

    paddle paddle paddle!

  13. By Beth & Torbjorn on Mar 27, 2008

    Team DART-NUUN/NW KAYAKS -
    I’m glued to my laptop, refreshing like mad to find out who wins it!!!! Go like hell, Clancy!

  14. By Dave H (FB) on Mar 27, 2008

    looks to me like they came in together??!!

    very exciting stuff!!

    Maybe I can get some work done now ;-)

    Good job DART(S)!!!

    Can’t wait to see you all out on a course soon!
    Team Spirit Canada (Dave)

  15. By team dark nuun on Mar 27, 2008

    congratulation for the race,
    nice

  16. By team dark nuun on Mar 27, 2008

    congratulation for the race

  17. By team dark nuun on Mar 27, 2008

    congratulation for this race!!!!!!!!!

  18. By Dave H (FB) on Mar 27, 2008

    Someone should check on Karen… she was soooo current with the blogs, I’m surprised there has been no announcement

    Maybe the excitement got to her :-)

    (hope everyone else on the course is o.k.)

  19. By Lisa Matwijiw on Mar 27, 2008

    Congrats to both Dart Nuun teams…you guys are awesome. Maybe Cyril and Sean will need to have a rematch on the bikes up Sullivan Canyon.

  20. By Cuzin Ang on Mar 27, 2008

    Gooooo Dirty Avacado’s, you can do it!!! Keep your mind clear, the finish line is very close! I’m so proud of you all for doing so well the first time in this race….GOOOOOO Adam Armijo!

  21. By ark on Nov 19, 2008

    “Очень познавательно”

  22. By BaKiNeC on Dec 7, 2008

    Я подписался на RSS ленту, но посты почему-то в виде каких-то квадратов :( Как это исправить?

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