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Missed turns and herd mentality

Sat 03:16. Posted by Hadyn Tang.

Division 5

Three Div 5 teams appear to have gone the wrong way at a fork and then thought better of it. SexyDivXy, who were charging it up towards the Corn Trail checkpoint, missed the turnoff to head up to No Name Mountain Road but managed to correct losing only about 20 minutes. Wamburun 5, who initially looked like they were going to follow SexyDivXy up towards Corn Trail, have also turned around back on to Quark Pot Road, but have maybe lost closer to 30 minutes. Finally, Yukeembruk 5 initially turned up Bolaro Mountain Road back in the direction of drop site again after rejoining from Gully Road, but have turned around to chase behind the herd (but are seriously behind the main pack!)

It's still pretty hard to tell what's going on in the main Quark Pot Firetrail herd. According to the latest tracker pings, Griffin, Ursula and UniLodge are out in front, but there's so much race to go that it could be anyone's game. We have about 6km to go before the leaders need to make their next significant nav decision: whether or not to turn down the Shoebridge Track. This route is probably the best being both shorter and having less total vert, but has a killer climb at the end up Major Creek Mountain Road.

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