Richie McCaw said his former All Black team-mates ‘‘have got it easy'' after he canoed down the Matakitaki River on the fifth day of the GODZone adventure race yesterday.
Asked how GODZone compared to rugby, he said: ‘‘Bit different. Actually, that was really enjoyable, going down the river.
‘‘The race is really tough. At 5am this morning, walking down the hill, [Mt Owen, 1875m] my legs were wobbling.
‘‘It was a bit tougher than rugby.''
Talking about why he was tempted to give adventure racing a go, McCaw said: ‘‘You get curious.
‘‘I guess it's a question of can you handle it. That's the bit that gets me going and until you do it, you don't know if you can. You open yourself up to failure too.''
A team of four from Yealands Family Wines crossed the finish line at Kaiteriteri Beach on Tuesday night after 3 days 13hr 44min of adventure racing, leaving the Cure Kids team 36 hours in their wake.
By yesterday, the Cure Kids team, also including Sarah Fairmaid and Ben Meyer, had raised $294,000 for the children's charity.
