Hi from Mike.

Everyone is off the course, well feed and beginning to heal. Now that we have gotten some sleep in a real bed and a real shower, we all enjoyed the post race party and are beginning to reflect on the enormity of this great event.

There are many great stories to be told. Those will come out over time. Overall it was a great effort by all of the DA’s with DAII finishing the long course and DA I breaking the top 30.

While feet are pretty messed up and several of us are on antibiotics, the over all health of everyone is very good.

This was an epic event covering over 545 miles and climbing over 65,000 vertical feet. The highlights for me were the riverboarding and the rope section. Due to weather not everyone got to do those sections as the river was closed after several rescues and the ropes were closed due to lighting. DA I was waiting to go up the ropes when the lighting hit and wasn’t allowed to complete that section.

We were very sorry to lose Susan. She was a victim of her own toughness. She literally rubbed the skin off her heal all the way down to the tendon sheath. She never complained or said anything until it was too late to do anything. She went into medical and it was clear that she was risking possible perminate injury if she went on. Susan made the only decision that she could and had to withdraw. I honestly believe that we would have been ever faster if she could of stay on.

Brian over came really bad feet through out the race and showed great courage to just keep moving

Team 56 traveled a great deal with Dancing Pandas on several treks and though the ropes. we really enjoyed their company and working together.

The next few days are going to be spend resting, visiting, sharing stories and cleaning up gear for the trip home.

We all greatly appreciate the love and support from everyone.

We will begin posting blogs over the next few week, sharing our stories and experiences.