Final Preparations for the World Championships

11.04.2007

60 of the world’s top adventure racing teams from 22 countries are currently gearing up for the 2007 Adventure Racing World Championship, hosted by the Wilderness ARC. The race is a major international event in the Highland 2007 event programme, Scotland’s Year of Highland Culture, and is guaranteed to be the one of most spectacular and demanding multi-discipline, expedition-style endurance events ever staged in Europe.

Taking place from 24 May until 2 June (race starts 26 May) in Fort William and Lochaber – The Outdoor Capital of the UK - in the Scottish Highlands, The Wilderness ARC will mark the climax of the prestigious Adventure Race World Series, with a course covering over 500 kilometres of rugged and varied terrain, including 25,000 metres of ascent. This roller-coaster of rugged sporting disciplines promises to be an adventure of epic proportions.

Competitors will be guaranteed a mix of challenges involving navigation, mountain biking, mountain running, kayaking, abseiling, mountaineering, river crossing and both gorge and open water swimming.

The mixed-sex teams of four, who faced a rigorous selection process before gaining entry to the event, will come from a diversity of countries around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Trinidad, South Africa, Sweden and the United States. Alongside 20 powerful UK squads they will battle it out for the coveted title of World Adventure Racing Champions 2007.

The British Adventure Racing Champions, Team Aberdeen Asset Management, who have won the Wilderness ARC race for the past two years and who boast a strong international track record, are aiming for the hat trick in the face of fierce competition.