Rick wrote: - >Can you say a few more words about what the land crew does, and why it's arduous? G'Day Rick, Thats a really good question. The land crew is a mandatory requirement of the race for safety reasons. They look after the paddler at rest stops by providing food and warm changes of clothing if required. They drive along the paddling route and find parking spots, so they are available at the checkpoints and the end of the race. This is relatively hard night driving along a country road. The driving route is much, much longer than the paddling route. They check the paddlers progress on the relevant notice boards and are available to pick up the paddler if the paddler can't continue. They help land the boat at rest stops. And they make sure one of them gets enough sleep to be able to drive everyone safely home. Its against the law in NSW to drive while tired - considered at least as dangerous as driving while drunk. They encourage the paddler. They pack the boat away at the finish. They help others if others have problems. Its an unglamorous job and a lot of work and every year theres a competition after the event in which paddlers may choose to write up the good work done by their crew and put the write up in for a best landcrew prize. Thanks for asking and cheers to land crews everywhere. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 11:07:33 PST
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