Musing and Errata on the world of Adventure Racing from the Yak
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Monday, January 30, 2006

An easy way to Save the World

Come and race at Baker Creek State Park in McCormick, SC on May 6th to help raise money for Save the World, Inc. This year marks the 5th time the race has been held to support the organization's humanitarian aid programs. Unlike many charities, this one converts 100% of all contributions directly into aid without tittering away a cut on "administration" like so many do.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Adventure Racing Skills Clinic

Doug Gray, accomplished veteran adventure racer, author of Adventure Coaching and the President of Action Learning Associates has announced a series of adventure racing skills clinics to be held in Charlotte, NC.

You'll learn about and gain hands on experience with each of the disciplines key to adventure racing by working with experienced racers in the classroom and in the field.

For more information visit http://www.action-learning.com/adventure.

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Columbia Sportswear acquires Montrail

Between Team Montrail and their support at the grass roots level, Montrail has been an AR staple for several years now. Time will tell what interest Columbia will have in continuing that tradition. See the press release for details.

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

2006 ARWC web site goes live

The official site for the 2006 running of the Adventure Racing World Championship has been opened to the public. So far the site offers what you would expect...background info on the ARWC, details on the actual race, bios, team list, etc.

This year's coverage will include GPS tracking though it is not clear if that will be done in the same way it was last year in New Zealand.

Keep in mind that we'll be providing our own live coverage from the course thanks to badass AR reporter Lisa de Speville.

http://www.arwc2006.com

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Save $400 on CARA National Championship

You've got until January 31 to save $400 on the standard registration fee for the 2006 Canadian Adventure Racing Association National Championship. In addition to that...teams that register before the deadline will get an additional $300 credit to help cover hotel, car rental and food expenses, a one year CARA membership, and a one year subscription to Explore magazine.

This year the prize purse is guaranteed to be $25,000 (Canadian) or more depending on how many teams decide to compete in Timmins, Ontario on May 28th.

For more information or to register visit the official race site at www.canadianarchampionship.com.

PS - Yes this race is open to US teams...as is membership in CARA.

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Video killed my bank account

I've added video clips from the 2005 Raid World Championship to the Raid page in the all new Features section...to wet your appetite.

I'm thrilled to announce that we'll be getting clips after each leg of the 2006 Raid World Series and the Raid World Cup in September thanks to the good folks at Saga d'Aventures.

The caveat is that we're only going to be able to continue offering these (and other) clips so long as the bandwidth required to meet demand doesn't exceed our ability to pay for it :-)

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Adventure Racing Around the World

Team DART will be sharing a multimedia presentation of their experiences while racing in Brazil, Mexico, New Foundland, Canada and the US at the REI in Seattle on February 1st. They'll also be giving away gear from Montrail, Arc'teryx, nuun, Gregory, Teko and their other sponsors.

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It's about time...

I had a few minutes to kill last night so I started looking at the hosting service we use (Smugmug) for a way to link to the images stored in our galleries. Piece of cake :-)



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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Sweet deal on Aire inflatable kayaks

It's that time of year again. Gravity Play is selling their fleet of Aire Tomcat Tandem inflatable kayaks at prices discounted up to $250 off retail. These boats are in virtually new condition having been used only 3-4 times for a total of about 60 river miles. They are in excellent condition with no patches or repairs.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Team Subaru AR Clinic

Dan Barger and Susan Bower of Team Subaru Adventure Racing will be speaking about AR, expedition racing and ultra running in Austin Texas on January 26th. More info here.

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