Pictures from Steel Sports Pain in the Pines 2005
Our first quick transition
Launching onto the mist-covered lake
Notice our paddles made out of a 3-ring binder cover zip-tied to some sticks
Returning after fetching our real paddles...
...which Misty and Dave are quite happy to have
Transitioning to the first big bike leg
Almost ready to go
And we're off
At the start of the second paddle leg
What a beautiful day to be on the lake
Misty and Dave finishing the paddle
Jeff and Kip right behind
Starting out on the second long trekking leg
The water balloon toss-and-catch special test
Every dropped balloon meant 10 pushups
We wound up doing 30 pushups before we were through
Next special test: Find the matching pairs of patterns
Misty's excellent memory helped us through this one
Done with the final bike leg
Happy that it's all over
Showing off some of our other hurridly-contructed paddles
It's always a nice bonus to win
Thanks to Team Backpacker for letting me sub in for Darius for this race