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1 pm, Wednesday August 28: Team Land Rover completes the mountaineering section of the nine-day adventure race. For four days they bushwhacked through dense slide alder, crossed icefields, and made a Tyrolean. Traverse using ropes to cross a swollen river of icy glacial water. Even though they were warned to watch for bears they never saw any, but said the constant battle with insects was bad enough.


4 pm, Wednesday August 28: After a three hour rest from four days of mountaineering, Team Land Rover enters the Downton River for a 40 mile paddle which will take all night. In the middle, they must portage between two lakes. Rules prohibit dragging the canoes, so they must carry all gear approximately one mile. By dawn they will switch to mountain bikes for another twelve hours across steep ridges, carrying instructions to watch out for black bears.

As of mid-day, Team Land Rover ranked approximately twenty-fourth, and remains in great shape and great spirits. Of the seventy starting teams, 41 remain; 15 have been disqualified and 12 are unranked due to a team member dropping out.

First place Team Eco-Internet Reebok, approximately 30 hours and two legs ahead of the Land Rover team, is now crossing the Pemberton icecap. The French Team Hewlett Packard is in second place, and Team Hi-Tec Adventure is in third.

The weather, which had been beautiful (although perhaps a bit too warm during the day) is now overcast and predicted to worsen. The possibility of rain may necessitate adjustments to plans.