15. August 2000 10:39
by Rene Pallesen
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Ecochallenge ( Sabah 2000 )
Preparations at the Magellan Hotel
( Kota Kinabalu ) . . .All the Ecochallenge teams gathered together at the Magellan Hotel in anticipation of the race, which was due to start on 20th August.
During our stay at Kota Kinabalu, we were staying at the most extravagant hotel - as pictured on the right. It is huge! It has 3 swimming pools, and takes us an hour to walk around the perimeter.
The radio communications team had to arrive a few days before the start of the race because we had to hand out over 2,000 pieces of radio equipment. We had problems getting the necessary approvals for helicopters so I ended up having to hand out most of the equipment whilst Glen and Paul sorted out the issue of the helicopters. We had to get all the equipment and our team to Silam before the the race started.
Glen and Paul checking all the equipment and re-programming some of the radios.
Behind me are all the radio equipment, ready to be handed out. I am standing here waiting for the competitors to arrive as I have to sign out the equipment as I give them out.
We had to improvise a lot of the furniture, using old crates to set up tables.
After the race, Glen and I decided to make most of the luxury and just veg... aaahhh... bliss!
Created: 7 Dec 2001