Painted Wolf 4th in world adventure racing
South Africa’s elite adventure racing team Sanlam Painted Wolf from Knysna crossed the finish line in fourth place at the 2016 Adventure Racing World Championship (ARWC), producing the best results for a South African team. They finished just before 8:00 on Monday, November 15. The team, which consists of Knysna brothers and business owners Mark (47) and John Collins (42), Cape Town paediatrician Dr Andre Gie (34) and Stellenbosch engineer Robyn Owen (26), completed the 627km course involving 14 stages of nonstop expedition-length adventure racing in 100 hours and 25 minutes with only four hours of sleep over the period.
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