Day 7 - extactic but busted

Gaz has just phoned - he sounds really tired, he let me know he'd sent a brief
e-mail - here it is:

Today has been one of the shortest but hardest of the trip - only 90km
but it took over 9hrs...After heavy rain yesterday, we knew we had the
mighty Qoara gorge to climb. So after an early start we headed through
streams and rocky passes to wait 50 mins in 30oC to attack it.

I gunned it and amazingly got up after only 1 minor blip 1000m up, at approx a 1 in 4.
I was ecstatic - along with most of the team!

We then had some fantastic Forest sections and about 17 river
crossings to negotiate, some very rocky - we had a few big spills, but
unlike the other teams, no broken bones.

We then had some great fun on some sand tracks before arriving at a
beach and meeting some kids & their cows!
Finally the dodgy ferry over the river Kei and some dusty roads in.
We were 1st back to the fantastic Morgans Bay hotel.
A great day, but I'm busted!
cheers all
Gaz