After confirming with Keith (NI’s own Montgomery Wick) that we were unlikely to be killed or maimed on the abseil even if we did something daft, we chucked ourselves over the edge with gay abandon and gambolled back to the bikes.

I can’t remember anything else from there until we reached the kayaks, apart from the wooden skis thing round the souterrain, which we HATE. “OK, 1, 2, 3. Left, right, … Try bigger steps. Wait, I am falling forward. You ready? What’s wrong? OK. Left, right, …”

Just got the results from Ivan and the winners were brothers Johnny and Gerry Mc Cabe with Kevin Murdoch and Cathal McGreevy in second and NTSR in 3rd, that’s Gerry Kingston and Billy Reed. (Tango and Cash were 5th, well done lads!)

There’s another report here from Wicklow Tri Club which gives hints and advice on what to wear/ carry/ do on such an occasion! and the Two Fat Ladies give a link to the full results also.

CCAR’s next event is a one day race on the 29th March. These events are well worth supporting, they’re organised by individuals and not companies and I’d imagine at a lot of personal cost to the people involved. They’re a little out of the ordinary and that what’s puts the “adventure” in Adventure Racing. If Ivan and co. keep it up they’ll have no trouble filling up every available space so get your entries in fast!

-Aisling-

Qoute and image from Tango and Cash’s blog. I’ve scoured that photo for any filthy references and can’t find any Rick……

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Picked this up on my trawl through YouTube.com this evening. It’s the world record attempt to abseil 100m on a single line in the shortest time. Check this out - he totally misses the safety boxes at the bottom but all credit to Petzl, their device stop him sharply just before he probably would have broken his ankles and pelvic girdle (that’s what happens in large vertical falls).

Surprised they didn’t have better footage of the drop.

-Robin-