Yay: lots of friendly morale boosting chats with east to west ers, including Brian, Guy and Dirk and many others, some familiar some not, such a cool part of this event. Loved this morning, reminded me why do this, beautiful forest at dawn, lots of laughter with the other fast five at waikaremoana. Last few hours of day also good.
Boo: hateful gravel climbs with endless false summits this after noon, felt crap, hard to keep going, very tough.