https://www.expeditionracecanada.ca/
Live tracking on the link above.
Competitors get the map and instructions 6 hours before the race starts.
Even Ironman has aid stations, and people handing out bananas and water. Competitors in this event have to put everything they need for 583kms in two totes per team. Your bins are at the next major check in station . There are requirements for what you must have with you on each leg. For Baldy, the requirements are carrying bear spray, and a shelter.
On an early leg, one team was caught without carrying the required gear, and received a two hour penalty. I believe they dropped out of the race.
These people are in incredible shape. The foursome I watched head out for the last leg looked as relaxed as someone going for a Sunday ride. Bike from here to Penticton, and they are done.
The first team, (I believe from France) came through here last night and finished in Penticton around 2:00am.
One team I saw was resting from the bike, before heading up on the hike.
One cyclist reclined on the ground with a thin film over her, when she could easily have gone into the lodge.
The volunteers manning the Baldy checkpoint expect the Lumpy hikers here in a bit, and the next team is about 5 hours away. They are under a tent with a propane firepit.
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