Huairasinchi - The 2014 Adventure Racing World Championships
ARWC 2014 Ecuador - Key Course Details Released
ARWS Press Release / 08.08.2014
The much awaited altitude profile of the 2014 world championship course, plus other key details, have now been released.
The 650km world championship race course will have an expected winning time of 4.5 to 5 days and has been described by the race directors, Proyecto Aventura, as the most biodiverse Adventure World Championship so far, crossing the Andes, Amazon, and Pacific Coast, Ecuador´s three continental geographical regions, each one renowned for incomparable natural, cultural, and ethnic diversity.
Limited places are still available for wild card entries until the 31st August 2014 - details at http://www.huairasinchi.com/
For the first time, the host race HUAIRASINCHI will hold the majority of its route in lowlands and not at altitude as in years past, a plus that will certainly help international teams prepare to come to Ecuador.
Ecuador is the country with the greatest concentration of rivers and flora and fauna diversity per square kilometer in the world, providing a dramatic setting for an Adventure Racing World Championship. The race will be described as an expedition experience, Crossing the Andes at Latitude 0°, and it's important to underscore that the race will not be held at extreme altitudes.
The race altitude will vary between 0 and 4000 meters above sea level. Teams will acclimatize in Quito at 2800m. The race will descend past waterfalls, climb canyons, cross primary natural forests, páramo highlands, traverse gorges, as well as various water environments like mangroves, rivers, lakes, and inlets across the country from one region to another. The race organizers guarantee that racers will have an unbelievable time, living and experiencing all that Ecuador has to offer.
Click to view the PDF Altitude profile document http://www.
Teams from countries including France, New Zealand, United States of America, Switzerland, Colombia, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, New Caledonia, United Kindgom, and the host nation, Ecuador, have already marked their calendars and are preparing themselves to travel in November to the middle of the world, in South America.
HUAIRASINCHI, will be extending the registration date for wild card teams interested in participating in the World Championship to August 31. Teams now have until this date to complete their registration process. Take advantage of this once in a lifetime race through the middle of world.
As race host, the city of Quito (at 2,800m altitude) is offering some of its best sites and facilities not only to teams, but also their friends and families who might travel with them as well as international press and other public. You can review information about flights, hotels, tourism and travel packages, as well as car rentals and other training and preparation options like acclimatization trips and hyperbaric medicine on the event website.
Quito and Ecuador have won various distinctions and awards over the past few years for their excellent tourism and conservation efforts. In 2013, Ecuador won the World Leading Green Destination, the Best Nature and Wildlife Tourist Destination. Additionally, Quito, the host city for the AR World Championship, was also awarded by the World Travel Awards the title of South America's Leading Destination.
HUAIRASINCHI 2014 promises to surprise and challenge teams, showing a new face of its lowland treasures. HUAIRASINCHI also looks forward to welcome for the first time ever in the AR World Championships, teams representing their countries, as the new race rules on nationality come into effect. We welcome you to the HUAIRASINCHI Explorer 2014 Adventure Racing World Championship in Quito, Ecuador!
For more information visit http://www.arworldseries.com/
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