8th edition of Costa Rica’s Coast to Coast coming up this April 18 to 27, 2008
27.02.2008
For the 3rd time in the 8 year history of the race it will begin on the Caribbean side (Hotel Punta Cocles) and finish on the Central Pacific side of the country at Hotel Playa Bejuco.
The first stage of the race starts and ends at Hotel Punta Cocles – a mini-race to get things started. The key to this stage will be to acclimatize and stay safe in anticipation of the excitement to come. Ocean kayaking, trekking and mountain biking will all be featured in this first stage. The real crossing will begin during the 2nd stage of the race. As in previous years all stages will be long – especially the trekking ones that will take teams deep into the rainforest on remote trails and up and over the Continental Divide. The biking stages will traverse Costa Rica’s seldom-seen rural areas, where teams will need to use their navigational skills and occasionally ask friendly locals for directions. Two exciting ropes sections will break up the long stages of the race.
At the moment we have 12 teams set to go – 8 local teams and 4 international teams. On the international side team Bones is back to defend their title and Dark Horse is back for the 4th time. These 2 teams are joined by Team Adventure World Magazine and Team Race the Rockies – both experienced Adventure Racing competitors but rookies to the Coast to Coast Challenge. A few other international teams have shown interest and we are confident that they will join the fun. Costa Rican teams including Economy, Caribe, Armeria Polini, Rancho Margot, Elok, and Thule are back and are hungry to win the title from Team Bones. A couple of Costa Rican rookie teams will join them. There is still space available in the race for interested teams and several Costa Rican racers are looking to hook up with international racers.
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