the sunset. Beautiful night as the sun sets on this first day of the M. R. 3
40 river race across the state of Missouri. Quiet out here, the wind has
died down handlers prepare for the night. Waters clear
calm as can be now. This is one side of the river, Nice beautiful moon, that's
the other side of the river.
I mean what's better than that exhaustion has already set in? I think
we're both feeling it. I think everybody doesn't just race and with
nightfall comes more challenges. Just give this nice soft glow.
We need to look for something
3 40 after dark, but it's been fun,
full moon and the wide open at night be like *** big giant christmas tree, red
and green lights. The race takes place during *** full moon,
so racers can see *** little better got the moon behind me too, but it's still
very dark on the river. I have no idea what you guys can see if I can keep
myself awake. Jewel, how you're handling things Alright, alright. And
obstacles can come from anywhere.
Whoa, what was that? That was *** That was *** carp
little fish just jumped right in between our paddles as we're going.
Some paddle through the night, others are forced to pull off and sleep, ***
couple of miles short of glass. Go hit some fog was not safe to go on, you
don't think it looks like fog ahead or stand up paddle boarder Lauren
Rodriguez to keep her record pace in *** long night. It means there's no
time to sleep there anybody available to catch me only time to stop for ***
few minutes at the Glasgow checkpoint. Thanks for everybody's home. Thanks
everybody. 3 18 with my goal time and it is 2 46 so we're maintaining my 30
minute bank, leaving no room for error with another 198 miles to go.
The difficulties at night also extend to the support boats tasked with
keeping these racers safe. There's *** winner right there.
You can ride up on that stuff, you don't see it, it'll throw your balance
off the lead boats. Come through mid Missouri overnight. That's what cave
you said doing good man, keep it going, keep on trucking and not far behind.
That's that's him. I see legs pumping, night troubles, impact ground crews to
this will be our last night drops so hopefully by the next one, the sun is
peeking up the difficulty in the risk of them not retrieving it, it just
means so much more for them going downstream without resupply for the
night at their overnight resupply in Glasgow chris and Otto with the
cracking ready. The bags only get one shot unless you're ready to jump in the
river, but we are ready.
He's ready. Yeah, that's *** cracking. Is that them telling us to throw so
hard to read the distance at night there behind the bridge ready throw
throw
one Mississippi 2 Mississippi three Mississippi
Mhm
The racers on the Kraken send back trash and their only means of
communication.
That needs to be, but it doesn't reach the banks and there's no safe way to
retrieve it. I can't get those. So the Kraken and the only phone they had on
the boat both continue down river in the dark of night.
Okay, so happy day to 24 hours later. We have done almost 170 miles halfway
after *** long night, sunrise on the Missouri River brings *** new day.
We're off like *** herd of turtles and new hope to these weary paddlers. We're
gonna hear chase, scream and yell out of joy for being halfway down with this
race.
There you go. Little things in this life. This race are important. Bridge
over Giuliana shoulder that's officially at the halfway point of the
race. They press on through fatigue getting lower raw right there already.
Look at the tape out, but are relieved the night is over for now. I started to
eat something. We do this. Why chase battles. It's kind of nice. It's kind
of like *** little little mini vacation chase. You're doing *** great job. You
can't have fun in this thing, man, This becomes *** torture. My knees are not
loving me. Right on the river is slow, slow this year they've been unable to
pass the lead boat overnight. Second best is not good enough when you
haven't slept for two days.
I think I see them pretty sure it's them. Yeah, give me *** holler and I'll
let them rip. Should I throw? I'm gonna throw No. They're saying no, that's not
good. That's not good with no way to communicate with their ground crew. I
need that green bag with matt's cell phone. They come to *** full stop at
their next resupply just before Jefferson City. We feel good. We're
gonna do it. We gotta, yeah, we, we just conserved energy. I know they're
ahead of us like you're fine. What are the guys that cooper said that? We were
an hour and *** half behind Duddy and remain confident with 130 miles left in
the race. That was *** win. Win back on track, baby,
back in boonville. Come straight for you. I'll go around. You wanna go over
there and stand up paddle boarder. Lauren Rodriguez is making her morning
style, but first must navigate choppy waters and *** difficult ranch.
Currently, I think I fell on time here