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Pictures from Steel Sports Pain in the Pines 2005


Our first quick transition


Launching onto the mist-covered lake


Notice our paddles made out of a 3-ring binder cover zip-tied to some sticks


Returning after fetching our real paddles...


...which Misty and Dave are quite happy to have


Transitioning to the first big bike leg


Almost ready to go


And we're off


At the start of the second paddle leg


What a beautiful day to be on the lake


Misty and Dave finishing the paddle


Jeff and Kip right behind


Starting out on the second long trekking leg


The water balloon toss-and-catch special test


Every dropped balloon meant 10 pushups


We wound up doing 30 pushups before we were through


Next special test: Find the matching pairs of patterns


Misty's excellent memory helped us through this one


Done with the final bike leg


Happy that it's all over


Showing off some of our other hurridly-contructed paddles


It's always a nice bonus to win


Thanks to Team Backpacker for letting me sub in for Darius for this race

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