Musing and Errata on the world of Adventure Racing from the Yak
presented by MPGear.com

The Checkpoint Zero Adventure Race starting to look like a reactor leak at the Savannah River Site.

All my red dots are concentrated in the southeast...

I'm gonna need a few more teams from out west to even things out. I'm talking to you Matt...and Bryan...and you too Gordon...you in particluar. You need to get your peeps together and come visit your east coast hommies!

Tell your sponsors that Yak's offering a discount on ad rates at checkpointzero.com to any company that pays the entry fee or travel costs for their team to come race in Helen, GA in March. (Tell them you're gonna win and you'll pay them back with your cut of the $3k prize purse :-)

If you don't end up on the poduim, you'll still come away having had a great time. You'll eat dinner during the pre-race briefing and spend Friday night at the Unicoi Lodge before tackling a challenging and fun 85 mile course that winds its way through the surrounding wilderness.

Also, Checkpoint Zero sent TWO teams to California for Nationals so...you kinda owe us. See you in March?

You can read the FAQ, discuss the race with teams already registered or ask questions of me or the Course Director, Tony Berwald, in the race forum.

Swing on by our new Adventure Racing Forum and help us prime the pump. We need new topics and opinions on the one 2 we've already got :-)

MPGear.com is now taking orders for the 2006 Primal Quest DVD. You won't get it until early 2007, but if you order now they'll send a gift card so you can still check that racer off your list for Christmas (or Hanukkah or Festivus).

The Raid World Championship will be showcased in the next episode of the Jeep World of Adventure Sports. The show airs Saturday (the 11th) on NBC at 2:30 EDT.

Thanks to Army of Zero reporter Mike Bitton for traveling to warm and sunny Santa Monica from his home in the less warm and sunny Vancouver, WA to cover the race. His photos are online and we'll have his race report and a short Q&A with Robyn Benincasa later this week.