Training Log Archive: Georgia

Event: GODZone - Chapter 7 Fiordland
 

Godzone 2018

Stage 1 - Packrafting Waiau-Borland

Really three stages pretending to be one.
1a - Paddle Te Anau-Waiau-Manapouri.
Went well. Paddled with Stu and we were the same speed as A and B. Didn't have to try that hard and managed to get a small lead over Yealands.

1b - Trek over Titaroa and abseil
Went into this with a small lead and made good time through the harder controls in the bush then took the high right route over Titaroa. Came out into the Borland and met Yealands there so their way must have been slightly quicker. Probably pushed a bit hard over the hill for no good reason (although we didn't know about the dark zone). Abseil was a bit scary but got down ok. Got the the end of this trek at maybe 10pm in the lead by maybe 10min to find there was now a dark zone on the Waiau. Don't really know what the organisers were thinking. They made it sound like they didnt think we would get there in the dark!

1c - Paddle down the Monowai in the dark then a nice sleep in a carport in Monowai for maybe 5hrs. Lots of teams there by morning, felt like 20, probably less. Paddle down the Waiau with a mass start that quickly turned into the Swordfox, Yealands race again with T7 around for a bit of it this time.

C • Darkzone 2