DART-nuun is known to take chances, and they did so today during the kayaking portion of the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge.

Instead of paddling around the tip of an island, they figured it would be faster to portage around the end, lopping off some distance, thus saving time.

FAIL

"The jetty was full of tank traps," said Ryan "RVG" VanGorder.

Tank traps? That doesn't sound good.

I don't have a shot of DART carrying its boats along the jetty in question, but I do have a shot of another team paddling around it, which is what DART eventually decided to do. It shows those nasty old tank traps in living color. I wouldn't want to try to climb over those things, with or without a boat!

Aside from the tank traps portage failure, it was a good day to be a member of DART-nuun. The sun was out, the winds were calm, the the mood on Abu Dhabi's Corniche was very laid back indeed.