The eden duo is indeed one of the most well known and well respected adventure races in South Africa. The early alarm, wakes us up with sleep in our eyes, and gear already on but the rush to get to the start always sends your adrenalin soaring, hoping you have everything ready for the big start; kloofing up the Kaaimans River, where you are expected to jump across rocks, as well as keep a steady stance, while balancing on the edge of the slippery side. One slip could mean a sore leg for the rest of the race and which would not be very enjoyable making your way up to the Saasveld agricultural college.Here [in transition] you sum up the components of the race left behind and those still ahead of you and take stock of your team, which in this case my team consisted of the beautiful but daring Nina Orzehowski, the always enjoyable and joker of the lot Ashley Willcocks, sister of well known adventure racer who I'm also a team mate with for other events of adventure racing Brandon Willcocks, and last but not least Wojtek Orzehowski who led us all the way with smiles and laughs but our guardian angle no less. We were close behind the experienced team of St. Aubins school which consisted of three strong boys and a women. They were our main competition as we were entered in the junior race, which has to consist of three racers under the age of 19, and one member over the age of 19. The team must also have representatives from both sexes. The distance for this race category is 100km of tough terrain.
