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| Photo # 25 : Approaching the No Hands Bridge Aid Station (photo by Doug). |
| Photo #26: A photo of Doug's friend Sophie at No Hands Bridge. Sophie also helped to crew me . Three days prior to RDL, she had not heard of a 100mi race before.... (photo taken by Doug). |
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| Photo # 27: Running across No Hands Bridge. |
| Photo #30: This photo was taken by Doug at Maidu Aidstation. Helen Klein was incharge of this aidstation (she is standing under the blue & white tent) |
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| Completing the Olmstead Loop, I returned to Cool Aidstation. Doug had me sponge off with some cold water. I drank another can of Boost. As I headed out, another runner named Frank asked if he could join me & that his friends had recommended that he run with me. Frank had spent an hour at Cool Aid Station recovering from dehydration. He was from Reno and he worked as sheriffs deput y in the Reno area. So we ran together for a couple of miles, beyond where the course jumps back on WS100 trail. As we started the descent back to No Hands Bridge , Frank went ahead and he was feeling better. I took the descent conservatively to protect my knees and also to avoid tripping... I had had several close calls earlier in the race and also had one in the early part of this descent. Returning to No Hands Bridge aid station marks about the 40-41 mile mark. |
| Photo # 28: Heading back towards Robie Point and then to Auburn Dam Overlook. The strong breeze threatened to blow the hat off my head. |
| Photo # 29: A photo of the Auburn Dam Overlook aidstation that was run by Barry Fisher. This aidstation sits at about the 45mile mark. I picked up my headlamp and flashlight here, eventhough I would not need it for anohter few hours. I did not want to leave the flashlight and headlamp in the Rattle Sanke Bar drop bag for fear something unexpected might happen and I would not be able to reach Rattle Snake Bar before sunset. |
| Photo #31 : Doug took a photo of me entering Rattlenake Bar Aidstation at about 55miles.. I had right at 1 more hour of sunlight remaining at this point. It turns out that I could have picked up my headlamp and flashlight here no problem! |
| The section between Horshoe Bar and Twin Rocks Aidstations is just under 6 miles long, but this section is very rocky. It is difficult traversing in the daylight, much less after night fall. I was concerned about rattlesnakes in this section before sunfall, but fortunately I did not hear or see any. I really tried to make good use of the last hour of sunlight to get through as much of the rocky section as possible, but only made it about halfway when I had to turn on the headlamp and flashlight. In the dark , this section was very slow-going. I had several close calls of stumbling on the uneven surfaces.... it took about 20-30 minutes for my eyes to adjust. . I knew once I reached Twin Rocks aidstation that I would be done with these rocks and Doug would be waiting to start pacing me. |
| Photo #32 : Entering the Twin Rocks aidstation. Twin Rocks is at about 62-63 mile mark. Doug took this photo . I got my water bottle refilled at Twin Rocks and then Doug and I headed out toward the Cavitt School Aid Station. |
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