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It was great to watch
and we only had one swimmer who decided to do
it in a C1. I know, I thought the same thing. I
honestly thought he was a goner; he disappeared
for 20 seconds before surfacing, still deep in the
woods with no immediate rescue on hand. Luckily
for him, we had a solid safety crew on the bank
and some pretty hand chase boaters including
Bain. He wasted no time; recovered banana
man then recovered his boat
eventually after 2km of chasing.

It was a cool race, great footage. The novice
events were all held on the lake, sun was shining
and spirits were high. They all then went onto
drink their body weight in beer and enjoy the
rest of the party. The next morning, we said our
goodbyes, packed the van and set the satellite
navigation for Oslo.