SUCCESS: Northland's Jared Walsh and Duncan Forbes have completed the 13,300km journey from London to Mongolia as part of the 2013 Mongol Rally.PHOTO/SUPPLIED
A pair of Northlanders taking part in the 2013 Mongol Rally - from London to Ulan Bator, Mongolia - have finished the race after forking out for several repair jobs along the way.
Maunu's Jared Walsh and Portland's Duncan Forbes, as part of 'The Taniwha Funnel Club', completed the trip
of about 8300 miles (13,300km) and now want people to make donations.
Walsh and Forbes said via their Facebook page earlier this week that they had reached the finish line, where the locals conned them into downing shots of vodka.
"[We have made it to Mongolia] after more than 8300 miles, three major breakdowns, crossing the deserts of Mongolia on our lonesome and a hell of a good time," the pair explained, who got into the challenge for a bit of laugh.
"[We] bumped into some locals on our first day in Mongolia who made us celebrate our first successful river crossing with shots of vodka," he said.
