Seeing that I finished so late, my wife told me about the woman was ranting as her husband was picked up by the sweep. Pity she does not put any times in her post. i.e. when did they leave Calitzdorp and at what time and where were they picked up by the sweep. There is some information missing that would give a more complete picture. No quite second hand info, but from I heard they may have no been aware of the interim cut-offs (it was 22:00 at 310 km, which they had not made). The focus was on finishing by 6am. We were at the last wp at about 23:38, and at that stage they had already been picked up. There was no threat to us being picked up and we were even "escorted" in by a bakkie on the final tar stretch. We were passed a number of times by the medic(s) on the quad bikes on the stretch between Calitzdorp and last wp, so difficult to comment on that one. It is good to help a fellow-competitor, but in doing so you may have to sacrifice your own race / time, but is it then fair to rant against the event / event organiser if (pre published rules) are applied? On a more positive note, the braaibroodjie at the Rooiberg waterpoint was a winner
