The Return of Primal Quest
Rob Howard / 19.05.2011
Rumours circulating about the return of Primal Quest, the U.S. expedition race were recently (almost) confirmed by a posting on the news section of the race website.Primal Quest was one of the bigger expedition races on the calendar and after a chequered history last took place in Dakota in 2009. Now it may be back, and after the recent disappointing cancellation of the Abu Dhabi challenge it would be good news for AR to see one of the best known races in the sport make a comeback.
The author of the news item was Kraig Becker, who worked on the media team for the race and explained what he could on his excellent <a href="#" onClick="javascript:newsitewindow('theadventureblog.blogspot.com/')" class="main">Adventure Blog</a>. Here is what he had to say;
A few weeks back I posted about the possibilities of Primal Quest returning in 2012, much to the surprise and delight to racers and fans across the globe.
Since then, I've had emails and Facebook notes from a lot of people asking for more information. Of course, I couldn't spill too many details at the time, and to be quite honest, they are still filling in, but here is a note that I wrote last night that was posted on the Primal Quest website earlier today:
<i>To The Adventure Racing Community:
For the past few weeks there have been a number of rumors circulating around the Internet regarding the possible return of Primal Quest in 2012. We can confirm that those rumors are true and that wheels have been set in motion to bring this legendary event back from its hiatus.
While we can’t share specific details at this time, we can tell you that the Primal Quest team is already in negotiations to hold the race somewhere in the western United States. We have high hopes that those negotiations will come to fruition, and that we will have exciting news to share in the very near future.
For now, stay tuned and start training. Because “the World’s Most Challenging Human Endurance Competition†hasn’t gotten any easier!</i>
What I can share with you at the moment is that progress is being made on bringing the race back in 2012, and that the entire PQ team is very optimistic about the chances of that happening. We hope to make an official announcement within a month's time that will share details on the location and possible dates as well. For now, all I can say is that we're aiming for a seven day race to be held somewhere in the Western United States.
If you want to look over the Primal Quest website its <a href="#" onClick="javascript:newsitewindow('http://www.ecoprimalquest.com')" class="main"> here</a>.
