2001 Race - May 29, 2001, Tuesday
The Great Mississippi River Race for Rett Syndrome, May 2001
We are Going the Extra Mile..... The Extra 2,348 Miles to Find a Cure!
The Great Mississippi River Race for Rett Syndrome, May 2001
We are Going the Extra Mile..... The Extra 2,348 Miles to Find a Cure!
Teams called in to Safety Officer between 5 and 7 AM
Updates/Comments 5-7 AM calls , from Elizabeth Tynan, Safety Officer:
This might be it, the final day of the Great Race, the fabulous finale at the finish line! Bring out the troops in the big Parrish boat, Don, and your binoculars, too. Here's what's coming: Team Alaska: And now for the real--and completely unexpected--news break: The real winner of this race is not going to be Verlen and Bob later tonight, or even Clark and Kurt. Kerm says they expect to be declared the winners this afternoon after they complete the walk through the one-mile built-to-scale model of the Lower Mississippi at Mud Island in Memphis. It is realistic in every detail (mosquitos? fish flys? snakes?) and even has a little boat at the end, which Kerm and his hundred-member team are going to try to get into for a group shot. Don. . . . I have a feeling you'd better take some kind of emergency measures--you're the closest official. All that black pepper is. . . . well, who knows what's happening. Send us an immediate bulletin as soon as you have the details. Team Double Helix: Andrew called at 5:10, from a "perfectly calm" spot in Louisiana called White Ferry Landing, river mile 190, to say that all is well, and that they had dined on "pasta with pesto sauce" last night. Clark and Kurt continue on their way to the finish. Team Kruger: I have never heard Stan sound more jubilant than he did this morning. Verlen and Bob had just reached Belle Chase, LA, river mile 76, at 6:30, and fully expect to steam (stream?) into Venice before dark. END OF SAFETY REPORT MAY 29, 2001, MONDAY
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