1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Can you believe it's been a week already since the 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: rescue Warriors set off on the epic three thousand kilometer 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: trip of the country and support of the rescue helicopter 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: dun Kombarra is one of them. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: Morning morning, Look, how's everyone? 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: Yeah? Good, give us an update? Where are you and 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: how far have you got here? 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: We've got to Menga Kino yesterday, so if we are 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: must be the better quarter of the way or something, 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: you better record away going eight hundred k's, there's something 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: in the week. So yeah, clicking, clicking over quite nicely. 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: The aim was to polish off about one hundred k's 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: a day. Have you been achieving that? 14 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, we hear, Yeah, someone got it wrong the other day. 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: We'd up with one hundred and fifty. But yeah, one 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: hundred fifty, one hundred and thirties, eighties, nineties, So yeah, 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: nowhere everything about that. So it's going well, going well 18 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: at the moment. 19 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: Have you have you kept on track? I know that 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: you've got Bruce Kelb with you, and he was the 21 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: culprit for an unexpected detour the last time this was held. 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm very good at that. 23 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: Punch plus punches I've had four punches, four or five punches, 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 3: and I did the same last time, So I just 25 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 3: don't think I was. 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: Made for the script. But I've got new ties on YouTube, 27 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: so I should be fine for me in here. 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: All right. There haven't been any other dramas. What about 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: the weather, because it's been damp enough. Here has been 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: pretty standard this summer. But we've been hearing reports of 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: what the North Island has been thrashed with. Again, has 32 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: it affected you guys? 33 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: Now, we've actually dodged moke today, like come get ninety 34 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: ninety mile Beach. We couldn't ask for for for a 35 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: better day. It was. It was nice and nice and 36 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: misty seamouth, so that that gave us two things. One 37 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: was no wind, so we went battling wind as well. 38 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: And what what the what's the misty? You couldn't see 39 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: the end of ninety mile Beach, so I couldn't play 40 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: with your mind, so true going and you couldn't actually 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: see that far. It was great. See, so now we're 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: we're really lucky there. We look we're end at then 43 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: we are coming across into into Auckland. We had understorms 44 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: around us, but we were sort of on the edge 45 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 2: of them. We got wet, but yeah, we we didn't 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: get there, didn't get the worse for it. But then 47 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: we here next morning up up to mountaining for for 48 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: a photo shoot. At the top of mountain were peace 49 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: hoop up there. You could see about a hundred meters, 50 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: but we got the photo of the point up there 51 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: was showing clouds and you we got wet and yeah, 52 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 2: yes that was quite windy, but yeah it was that. 53 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 2: Now we're actually bloody lucky and yeah we've we've dodged 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 2: the worst of that weather. Yeah, and the rest of 55 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: the way. 56 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: So what what's to come? Where are you off to today? 57 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: Uh, center of the North Island this morning and into 58 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: the into the Timber Trail Lodge tonight. 59 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, is that on your way to the bridge 60 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: to know where that we were talking about? 61 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, we just got to see it. Yeah, 62 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: just all the all the warnings out it's we'll see. 63 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: Make sure the trucks are still open yesterday, but we're 64 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: pretty money, but they were still open and we're just 65 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 2: fingers crossed that is still open and we can't keep 66 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: going down there. So you were waiting, waiting with baited. 67 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: Breath aside from the occasional puncture, no other dramas. 68 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we had an unfortunate excellent yesterday. Actually we 69 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 2: Mark ended up yeah, going overhead a bed excellent and 70 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: ended up in hospital. 71 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: So he said, my goodness, is that Mark chrissy? 72 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: Yeah okay, yeah, well you know he said some damage. Yeah, 73 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: he came up. Yeah, me and versus pavement doesn't come 74 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: off too well. So he has just a really unfortunate excellent. 75 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, no, sorry to hear that. Well, it's one 76 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: way of getting yourself out of the rest of the ride. 77 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: I guess. 78 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: I thought he was dedicated. I thought he was keen 79 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: to the ride. 80 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: But that wasn't standing to bite early. Oh no, we 81 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: wish him a speedy recovery. Then that's not fun. 82 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, so here, that's that put a put a 83 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: put a depth on yesterday. But yeah, so that's sort 84 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: of the mood change. But there. But we're actually keeping 85 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: mostly moving pretty good. Everyone's pretty positive and yeah, yeah 86 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: bloody good. But yeah, that hasn't been here. It was 87 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: a bit nasty actually. 88 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: And super quick. So you're traveling top to bottom the muscle. 89 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: Guys without the e bikes are traveling south north have 90 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: you have you had an update from them? Where are they? 91 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: Oh? 92 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 3: Where are they at now? It was, yeah, they got 93 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: two years, they did do They did the Big River 94 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: trail yesterday and got to reef and so they would 95 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 3: have had another big day. Yep. So they're doing quite 96 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 3: a few more k's than us. But yeah, they've they're 97 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: doing very very well. Getting it getting through Big River 98 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 3: would have been new for for a couple of them, 99 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 3: which would have been quite tough, but but they made it, 100 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: so that's. 101 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: A good note. 102 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: They're doing very very well. Getting track with them most 103 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: days and yeah, they're looking good. 104 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: Brilliant. Duncan bar and Bruce Kel will leave you to 105 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: to see off today. I think about seven thirty is 106 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: when you're back on the saddle. All the best for 107 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: keeping the chafing at bay and keeping your balance there 108 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: as well, and certainly look forward to staying in touch.