Our first brush with FWTS (Female Wrong-Turn Syndrome) at the Ace Adventure Challenge 2004 caused us more than half an hour's delay. Ouch! Good thing our rival team followed in our tracks, and like the Pipe Piper, we led a whole bunch of racers astray! heh heh! Thanks to us, fella Team JAFT, who were virtually at the end of the pack, was able to clinch third position coz they had better direction skills! Blah!
Photo above taken by Madhivanan Periannan : The 4 Ladies teams that took part in Ace Adventure II (2005)...can u spot "the Angels"?
It was the Sabah Adventure Challenge 2005 that convinced us ladies that men and women are created equal!!! Rebecca and I teamed up with Ken and we're proud to report that we got lost a total of 3 times on the first day of the 3-day race....setting us back by a few hours of plain unnecessary torture! So, conclusion reached is that WTS is not peculiar to the female species...
So....LESSON NO 3 : Always read your map and never assume you know where you're going!
For a good read, check out "Buffalo Rides in Borneo" by Wilson Low (aka Adventure Racer). His other article "No Easy Easter Weekend" was published in one fo the 2005 editions of Sports Inc. magazine. Evidence that we were there : Kim's Album / Mus' Album / Zach's Album...
Ok, Airani says my posts are too long and I do get carried away sometimes....so, will leave it to future posts to hopefully impart what I've learnt from my adventure racing experience to those who may be interested in reading them!
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