Browsing Archive: April, 2012
Posted by Nicholas Hops on Monday, April 23, 2012,
Hi all
After 5 months of excitement the Epic has come and gone and academics have idled their way back into my life. A lot of people have been asking what the final donations tally is and here is the answer. Hopefully it is not 'final' as with any luck I will be able to continue to raise money for the Red Cross Childrens Hospital for as long as I can. A friend and I, Rich Damant, are hoping to do the epic next year for the same purpose/cause and are in the process of looking for a corporate sp...
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Cape Epic Stage 7
Posted by Nicholas Hops on Sunday, April 1, 2012,
Captains Log:
Today was the last day of my first (hopefully of many) epics! A nice and leisurely wake-up at 06am for the start at 8h30 meant that everyone around the camp was upbeat and chatty. The atmosphere was very festive as the riders and supporters knew that they were just a few hours away from the finish! It was a big mass start and after packing up my tent for the last time, Dad and I lugged our rider bags over to the truck. The start was medium paced, because the terrain for the first... Continue reading ...