#94 - Tibet or Not Tibet: An Omnishambles

Episode 94 is the Tibet tapes. Magnus and Tim finally made it to the Park World Tour races in Tibet, just five days late, after a permit saga that ended with a man in a dark coat handing over their papers in a Beijing hotel lobby, taking a photo of them and running off. Ralph, sick at home in Oslo, delivers the verdict: omnishambles. - Five days of visa limbo in Beijing, a legendary Volvo car-hire guy with a printer, and the airport manager we never got to meet - Lhasa at 3,600 m: Tim on the hotel oxygen machine, Magnus racing Tomas Krivda up a 4,900 m peak for a Coke, and two yak chases - Magnus races with the flu: 4th and 3rd and one second off Yannick Michiels. Tim walked, max heart rate 119, doctor's orders - Chili chicken feet and getting altitude-mocked on the train to Nyingchi - The dilemma returns: would you orienteer in handcuffs or boxing gloves? One host is still furious Plus Magnus's 80 kg bench saga, Ralph learning to 'turn his legs on', a Yeti jumper, the DM mailbox and, eventually, the Oceania Champs results. Featuring Tomas Krivda, Yannick Michiels, Kasper Fosser, Gustav Bergman, Aston Key, Lara Molloy and Joseph Lynch. Events: Park World Tour Tibet (Lhasa and Nyingchi), Oceania Championships, the China gold WRE and Blodslitet.