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TransRockies (Stage 6-7 & The End) by Ben Vincent

Well that’s it, Darren and Jackie have finished and we’re all back to the day jobs. I’ve just uploaded photos for Stages 6 & 7 and a few more highlights for the rest of the week:

http://www.tassography.com/photography/2008-08-08-darren-and-jackies-transrockies

Darren & Jackie finished, just as they started, 21st in the Open Mixed competition, out of 30. I think they are both relieve it is over but I suspect they’ll be looking for a new challenge soon!

Whilst waiting for them at the finish line, one of the girls I got to know in the support group had a bit of a surprise! Her boyfriend came across the line, jumped over the barrier, dropped to one knee and proposed.

I reacted quickly (right place right time), burst off 74 photos with the two camera I had on me, here’s the best ones:

http://www.tassography.com/photography/2008-08-10-the-transrockies-2008

Over the week I took 2500 photos, I’ve spent sometime organising them into the teams so anyone else who competed can quickly find their team:

http://www.tassography.com/photography/events-sporting-events-transrockies-2008

That’s it for the TransRockies photos, I am definitely riding it next year but I wouldn’t be surprised if Darren or Jackie get the itch early next year…

Posted: Sun, 24 Aug 2008, 07:28:51 GMT by Ben Vincent

Category: Ben's Blog

Albums: 2008-08-08 Darren and Jackie's TransRockies, TransRockies 2008, 2008-08-16 TransRockies Proposal

Tags: TransRockies, Mountain Biking, Canada

TransRockies (Stage 5) by Ben Vincent

After my flying visit to the Internet cafe, it turned out that our ‘Campsite’ for the night has free Wireless access :) So I’ve uploaded some more photos in Darren & Jackie’s adventure: http://www.tassography.com/photography/2008-08-08-darren-and-jackies-transrockies I’ve also started off a separate Album for other teams I’ve taken photos of this week: http://www.tassography.com/photography/2008-08-10-the-transrockies-2008 The fast driving was worth it because I finally managed to get Jackie and Darren crossing the finish line: [Read More]

Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008, 23:09:30 GMT by Ben Vincent

TransRockies (Stage 4 & 5) by Ben Vincent

Once again I find myself at a coffee shop, I think they must be replacing Internet cafes as the place to get online! Darren and Jackie had an excellent Stage 4, they came in 17th in the Open Mixed group with a time of 7 hours 14 minutes. That’s up from 21st place and they are now 126th overall! Another few days like this and they’ll be in the top half, which is really their aim, well at least Darren’s, I think Jackie will just be very pleased to finish and not come in after the cut off times! [Read More]

Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008, 18:51:38 GMT by Ben Vincent

TransRockies (Stage 2 & 3) by Ben Vincent

I’m back in the same Internet cafe, and I’ve uploaded photos from the end of stage 2 and start\finish of stage 3: http://www.tassography.com/photography/2008-08-08-darren-and-jackies-transrockies Darren & Jackie have had a much better day, finally some real biking and they have pulled back 4-5 places and are now 21st out of 27th Mixed teams. And they only have 20 minutes to make up to get into 22nd place… Stage 3 was a timed event, so no early morning packing for me. I spent the day taking 850 photos of the riders as they did 40km figure of eight course around the forest. [Read More]

Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008, 04:51:33 GMT by Ben Vincent

TransRockies (Stage 2) by Ben Vincent

Ok, so I know that I’ve just put up day 1, but I’m taking full advantage of a cafe with wireless whilst I can find one! It’s called the Smoking Water Coffee Co, I guess because the hot spring up the road makes all the streams smoke! [Read More]

Posted: Tue, 12 Aug 2008, 03:15:57 GMT by Ben Vincent

TransRockies Mountain Bike Race by Ben Vincent

This week I’m in British Columbia, Canada, helping Darren and Jackie do the TransRockies Mountain Bike Race. Whilst they compete in the ~600km race, I’m driving the Ford Explorer (which is full to the roof), taking photos and catering to there every whim (which usually is just an energy drink). It’s the seventh year it’s been running and Darren had this crazy idea to take part. They’re only on day one and I think Darren would agree, it’s been a little bit tougher than they thought! Here’s how the rest of the week will pan out: [Read More]

Posted: Mon, 11 Aug 2008, 23:31:38 GMT by Ben Vincent

Airline Tax (cont.) by Ben Vincent

I’m still confused how tax can be 75% of a flight leaving Heathrow, then it got more confusing when Lisa got a quote from US Airways. The tax was less! Well that makes no sense. So I looked at Expedia UK and US and the tax is different based on the country you book from. [Read More]

Posted: Thu, 7 Aug 2008, 17:38:47 GMT by Ben Vincent

bmi and the case of the over taxation! by Ben Vincent

For the last couple of months Lisa and I have been trying to book our holiday (vacation in American). For various reasons our first few ideas fell through. So then we had the idea to visit the UK for a few days and go to Sharm for some diving. The first problem with this is the fact that bmi and in fact all of Star Alliance don’t allow you to book points across multiple carriers online. So you have to phone them up, which for a complex trip can take anything up to an hour to work out with the agent. [Read More]

Posted: Wed, 6 Aug 2008, 17:58:01 GMT by Ben Vincent

Introducing Sofia and Matias by Ben Vincent

Well we now have our first fish tank residents Sofia & Matias. Introducing Sofia [Read More]

Posted: Sun, 3 Aug 2008, 19:08:16 GMT by Ben Vincent

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Ben - Cool! A nice end to the week, my mum was waiting for me in St Louis, she kept it a secret!

(Updated: Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 23:10:30)

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