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11/5/02 Do you have to win to feel successful? This question comes after Team CrankSports.com (aka Team Block) placed 16th in this year Eco Challenge in Fiji. 81 Teams started the expedition but a mere 23 actually finished. Based in the jungles of Fiji most teams had expected a warm tropical climate. This was not to be. With the majority of the days having rain and the teams trudging through mud and rivers it was some of the coldest days of the racers lives. They say pack light and freeze at night - that was an understatement. Most of the teams packed according to previous years Eco Challenge experience and this worked against them. Gear boxes and food supplies were few and far between and way out of the expected order. Going to the start line without any knowledge of discipline order or directions was so out of context. The racers were given maps of the first few hours of the course with 10 minutes to go over them - then the gun went off and the race was on. For the next 10 days teams would be given maps and instructions for only the next section of the course. This left so much in question and only the most resilient teams would survive. It wasn't just a physical race it was a mental test. How much can 4 people endure together without explanation? We would like to thank our sponsor CrankSports.com for making the race possible and getting us through nutritionally, we wouldn't have done it without their support. 
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