2007 AR World Championship Website Launched

Rob Howard / 22.08.2006

As the teams cross the finish line in Sweden at this year’s ARWC 2006 and Nike Powerblast lift the 2006 ARWC Trophy, preparations are already well underway for the Adventure Racing World Championships 2007, to be held in Scotland between 24th May and 02nd June 2007 and which launched its website today.

The UK’s premier expedition adventure race, Wilderness ARC, will become the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championships and will follow the spectacular racing in this year’s Championships to continue the tradition of epic racing at this high level. Scotland will provide the stage for the best teams on Earth to line up and begin a journey through the epic scenery of this famous and evocative landscape.

In 2005 the inaugural Wilderness ARC established itself as an instant classic and such was the quality and standing of the event, it was selected last year to become the Adventure Racing World Championships in 2007. It continued into 2006 with another fantastic course and in its third year, promises to deliver all the ingredients that are demanded and required for racing in the best adventure on the planet.

The event has chosen its 2007 home in the Western Highlands of the Lochaber region, where the terrain is rugged, the weather is unpredictable and the views are wild, unspoilt and epic. This truly is one of Europe’s last great wildernesses.

With the planning already well underway, this year’s course will be kept a closely guarded secret until the eve of the race, which will take place from an event base at Fort William. Course designer Gary Tompsett promises the very very best of what this vast and powerful land has to offer.