Rodge finds a quicker way down.
Roger "Rodge" Crawford returns to Trailwalker in 2006 after being awarded the coveted Most Skin Lost Trophy in 2004's event, given to the team member suffering the most extensive abrasion injuries to the feet.
Despite his blisters gradually joining together to cover almost the entire surface of both feet to a depth of 10cm in places, Rodge continued to the finish in 2004 with a dogged determination that earned him a few admirers ("that guy's got guts") and a few detractors ("that guy really needs a decent pair of shoes.")
Rodge, mild-mannered insurance geek by weekday, applies his number-crunching skills to planning our training walks, managing our schedules, and making sure we arrive at checkpoints to meet support crew on time.
But our weekday numbers man transforms into Action Man on weekends, enjoying sailboarding, snow skiing, basketball, bushwalking, rogaining, and as we've discovered en-route to training walks, high-speed off-road rally driving in his unmodified early '90s Toyota Corolla.
There's nothing Rodge won't have a go at, and that includes fronting up for another go at Trailwalker... this time with a better pair of shoes.
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