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Video: 'Gear Junkie Challenge" Urban Adventure Race

Our inaugural "Gear Junkie Challenge" urban adventure race put 13 teams against a run-bike-climb course through the city. Photographer Paul Vincent captured the action.
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The gear that 'Saved our lives' in Patagonia Race

The Patagonian Expedition Race, held in southern Chile, is one of the world's most death-defying organized sporting events. A 10-day wilderness immersion, the race pits teams against a 700KM course with mountains, fjords, rivers, and swamps as far as the eye can see.
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Look close, immense Icefield reveals tiny adventure racers in Chile

This heli-captured photo by Justin Lotak shows a slice of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Chile. Look closer and you'll see two teams, eight miniature racers making headway across the crevasse-laden expanse.
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'Continued Deterioration' unfortunate theme in Patagonian Race

Over the course of 10 days of continuous adventure racing through 700km of Patagonian wilderness, Team GearJunkie–YogaSlackers flat-out suffered. Hard. This video and race report from the team of last week’s Patagonian Expedition Race is painful to watch and hard to read.
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Happy Ending: Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers finish exped race

Our adventure racing team, GearJunkie/YogaSlackers, crossed the finish line in Chile today. By all accounts, the Patagonian Expedition Race this year -- our team's fourth running of the event in Chile -- was the longest and most difficult to date.
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Bruised, swollen, beaten. . . Victorious. Portraits from Patagonian race

Look deep into these eyes -- this is a gaze rarely seen, exhaustion mixed with the thrill of winning a race few human beings can even contemplate making it through.
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Ice Fields and Oblivion: Update from 'Last Wild Race'

The Patagonian Expedition Race kicked off six days ago. Teams biked through a night and then put crampons on to trek into the vast ice fields of southern Chile. Navigation into white-wall valleys ensued, including crevasse leaps and miles of travel through otherworldly terrain.
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Race at 'End of Earth' starts Today; Team GJ/YogaSlackers gunning for Win

After podium finishes at the Patagonian Expedition Race in southern Chile the past two years, Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers is setting sights on First Place. But the competition -- not to mention the wilderness terrain -- is daunting as they head into the fray.
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World's Toughest Endurance Challenges

Fifty of the most extreme ultras, bike races, swims, mountain climbs, and "other iconic endurance events" from around the globe are listed in a new book. Are you tough enough?
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Team GearJunkie/WEDALI Wins! First Place in USARA Championships

It was a cold weekend to race in the Catskill Mountains of New York. But despite below-freezing temps and a huge wilderness course, Team GearJunkie/WEDALI managed to again eek out a huge win!
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