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EP4:10/19 "I Wonder If They Like Blondes in New Zealand?"
apskip:
--- Quote from: puddin on October 17, 2008, 02:48:10 PM ---Phil on Boonie Hunt said that after 10 hours of waiting at the pitstop that his dad wanted to put a jacket on etc, so with that we know it was a very long wait for Phil and dad for teams or a team.
I just walked in the door so will let you all know what other goodies Phil had to say later.
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This piece is information helps determine what didn't happen. Flights in to Auckland from Santiago or Buenos Aires arrive only in the early morning(between about 4am and 5am). A wide pitstop time range that is less than 24 hours means that all teams must have reached Auckland on the morning of Saturday May 2. Once there, it is clear that something bad happens to at least one team so that they finish well after the others. The total gap from first to last was not necessarily 10 hours(Phil and his dad could have had to start from the nearby Coromandel Peninsula where Phil lives once there were reports of teams nearing the Tauranga area but they would err on the side of being early to arrive for the piststop festivities), but it must have been pretty large.
Slowhatch:
Let me throw a few more cents :2cents: into the gap issue. Phil's exact words from the insider video:
I've got a little separation between...when the teams get here and when I have to get ahead of them so...
For the record, he's at the BurgerFuel at 114 Ponsonby road (compare the cap with this photo). It's not really close to any location or task except the SkyTower. The shadows are indistinct and if there was a watch or clock in the video, I must have missed it.
Kiwi Jay:
Been scouting :hearts:
Met a man at Kiwi360 called Phillip, a.k.a Phill. Said he heard about the race heading to Te Puke. Saw Terence and Sarah from what I believe. Task was to squash Kiwifruit which went into a container. :tup:. The Pitstop is overlooking Mt. Maunganui!! The sign says Mt. Maunganui, NZ. Angry at the fact that I didnt see any of them!! Life goes on. And lastly...roughly 2 hrs to get from Aukland International to Gulf Harbour up north
I CANNOT WAIT FOR TOMORROW. THEY COME TO MY HOMETOWN YAY :yess:
Chateau d If:
I don't know if this will help but
This shot was taken here between 4:05 and 4:45 pm (assumes May 2nd).
apskip:
Chateau, that is very interesting. However, it may not have been done on the day of the race. My forecast has the New Zealand portion of the leg ending before noon for the leading teams but lasting until 7pm for the lagging teams. Phil would not have had time for a miod-afternoon snack. The burger visit (which was with his father) was in Auckland and probably the day before. Phil did not have to depart on April 30 from Santiago with the teams. He could have hustled to LaPaz airport after the morning pitstop checkins were complete and caught LAN965 LPB SCL 1245 1745 and gone trans-South Pacific on the night of April 29 arriving early morning on May 1.
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