Dedicated volunteer Kevin Haines, above, with the time board at Mt Strzelecki base camp.

"I've done this for 21 years," he said.
"I just love it, I love meeting all the runners and talking to them. They all want to know about the island so I tell them a bit about the history and geography and things.''

Although he has supported plenty of teams in the 21 years, Kevin has followed David Sweetnam’s team for nine years. "I went to school with David in Yolla,” he said.
Over the years Kevin has collected plenty of interesting tales about the race, including the time volunteers made a stretcher out of wool, a pack and two pieces of pipe when runner Lloyd Febey collapsed at the mountain’s summit.