Musing and Errata on the world of Adventure Racing from the Yak
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So a press release was issued on the 19th from the Teva Mountain Games about the first annual Everest Awards. The awards are designed to recognize outstanding individual achievement in 5 different outdoors sports including adventure racing.

"We envision the Everest Awards as the Academy Awards of the outdoor sports industry, only a whole lot more fun," said event organizer Joel Heath of Untraditional Marketing.

If you read the entire press release you'll notice that in the Adventure Racing category the entire starting lineup of the 2004 Nike/ACG Balance Bar team have been nominated along with only two other racers. You'll also notice that ASM is a sponsor of the event, that the finalists where chosen by a "panel of editors from key outdoor sports publications", and that one of the presenters is an ASM editor. It is also worth mentioning that Ian is a regular contributor to ASM having written numerous articles and editorials.

You do the math.