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The Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge

Nancy Cook / 27.08.2007

The Challenge is held each year to raise funds for the Mark Webber Challenge Foundation which distributes monies raised directly to worthy Australian Charities which in 2007 are the Leukaemia Foundation and the Save the Tassie Devil Appeal.

Event Dates: 17th – 23rd November

• Competitors will cover more than 450km of rugged Tasmanian terrain kayaking, trekking and mountain bike riding.
• The Challenge begins at Cradle Mountain and finishes in Hobart, taking in the superb coastal setting at Freycinet in the middle.

Confirmed Elites to date

• Formula 1 driver Mark Webber
• World Champion Adventure Racer Richard Ussher (NZ)
• Olympic Pole Vaulter Tatiana Grigorieva
• Champion Australian adventure racer Guy Andrews