2008 Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race
Note From The Field - Day 6
Kraig Becker / 30.06.2008
- Now that Nike and Merrell are home, and enjoying the spa treatment over at Moonlight Basin all eyes now turn to Bones and Dart-nuun, who are currently neck and neck and powering towards the finish line. Both teams are expected to reach the end tonight, with the fastest team claiming the last podium position.
- Team Nike ACG (pictured) reached the climb site today at about 1:50 PM local time and proceeded to tackle the ropes section. In an interesting move however, they elected to not find any of the orienteering points on the optional O-course, which means they are passing up a lot of time credits to get a jump on the competition and stay on the course.
- The bulk of the teams are still moving through the Bridger mountains and by all accounts, most of the athletes are in good spirits feeling fine and enjoying the views. With a lot of course still ahead of them however, some of the trailing teams may risk getting "short coursed" in order to finish before the cut-off time.
- Over heard on the the course: "I have been racing since Eco Challenge 96. Primal Quest – Montana is without doubt the greatest AR I have ever competed in. In every aspect, Primal Quest – Montana out-did any other AR!" The person responsible for this quote? None other than Blain Reeves, who has been racing since before the first Eco-Challenge.
- Kudos to Jay Smith and the entire climb team. The teams seem to be enjoying the incredible ropes course he has put together, with Nike commenting that it was the most intense ropes course that they had ever done.
- I've mentioned a few times before that the Werewolves are blogging from the race, and doing an admirable job I'd say. But a few other teams are also doing great blogs, such as this one from the Dirty Avocados, or this one from Racing With Giants. Team Shasta/Core Concepts is also blogging their PQ experience and Dart-nuun is making regular updates to their site as well.
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