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Day 5: The Challenge comes to an end!

An update from  Richard Palmer … The day started with a boat trip from Port Arthur that was great fun, however was quite rough and cold. The real race started on top of Mt Wellington with a tough descent followed by a very technical mountain bike leg ending up at Wrest Point Casino. We then [...]
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Day 4: An epic day

An update from Phil Barrett … Day 4 of the Mark Webber Challenge took place at Port Arthur and commenced with a severe weather warning which bought about the cancellation of the planned paddling stages of the day. The first leg for the two Telstra teams was a 15km run from Waterfall Bay to Fortescue [...]
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Day 3 – Plenty of adventures today!

An update from Keith Mearns … Today saw us move from the beautiful Lake Barrington and head North to Launceston. We had a difficult 32km mountain bike section which took approximately 2 hours. The mountain biking was 3 laps of 9 km course with some challenging up hills and technical down hill sections followed by [...]
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Day 2: Currently leading corporate division

An update from Mark Comer … Well day two is done and dusted. Unfortunately it rained all night and was pouring again this morning so we couldn’t do the Mt Rolland. While it is very tough it is spectacular. It would have given us the chance to gain some time back on some of the [...]
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Day 1 update: Challenging Day

An update from Mark Comer … We all jumped on the mini buses and headed to Cradle Mountain today. There was talk that due to snow and black ice we might not be able to get all the way to top – apparently you can only get up there on average 28 days a year.We [...]
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Registration Day

An update from Mark Comer … We arrived this morning and have registered. It is beautiful today but the weather is expected to get nasty later in the week. We fitted out our bikes, checked all our new gear (clothes, shoes, bags, etc) and had a quick kayak. I am in a boat with Keith, [...]
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