The overnight camps are set up for the participants by the camp crew.  They are low standing gazebos with shade cloth sides and a ground cover and sleep six.  When the participants arrive in camp after finishing the daily stage, they are given five litres of bottled water.  This must also be used to fill up their water bottles for the next stage the following day.  There will also be extra water available in drums.  A fire is lit at 18:00 so the participants can cook their food.  In the rare instances when the weather does not permit a fire, boiled, hot water will be supplied. 

The Medi-Clinic Team headed by Dr Charl tend to the participants' injuries and the physios, headed by Genevieve, also take care of the runners.

And the question no-one ever asks!  Ablution.....toilet facilities.....!  All the participants must carry toilet paper or tissues.  The camp crew build a make-shift toilet with a drop-hole quite a distance from the camp, or the participants can collect a spade and go off on their own.  All paper must be buried.