GODZone Chapter 11 , Fiordland is in the books and what a historic week it was. We saw the very last expedition adventure race of Nathan Fa’avae’s career and one last win to cap of a tremendous career with Team Avaya.

We catch up with race director Warren Bates to recap the race and pay homeage to the leader of the greatest ever adventure racing team.

We suggest looking at the Dotwatch map as you listen to view the section discussed in the race

We discuss:

• How has the last week went for RD Warren Bates

• What it was like being back in Fiordland for the first time in 5 years. What makes the area so special and why they chose to go back

• Expectations going into the race. Who did Warren think would be competing at the pointy end, what parts of the course did you expect to be the most challenging 

• Talk about team Avaya. How good are they really??

• Honour Nathan Faavae and what has he meant to this sport

• What the future of the sport looks like. What Warren thinks of athletes and teams like No Idea and Fear Youth coming through.

• How to make GZ more accessible to international teams.

• Talk to us about your history in adventure racing

• What’s up next.. Inaugural GODZone AU event..

Listen to Chris Forne of Team Avaya on the podcast last week and Nathan Fa’avae on the podcast in 2020.