Equinox traverse and future plans.

Written by Dima.

August is the busiest time for the team, especially this year, when we organized the longest and the toughest Calleva Race ever. There are 1000+ photos and links to some exiting race reports on the race website.
Finally I got a few minutes to write about 46 hours Equinox traverse that was almost 4 weeks ago at Ohiopyle park in Pennsylvania. Actually, Ohiopyle was pretty much start and finish of the race, while most of the course was all the way north beyond the Pennsylvania Turnpike! The race was epic! I don't remember last time I had to run so much, but we had to run. Competition was strong and team Orion from Minnesota beat us on every single stage of the race except the last O-course where we gained 2 extra points. As the result we finished 2nd in coed 2 (next time we have to run even more, because we have no chance to beat team Orion on bikes) and 5th overall (actually 4th, but they forgot to count ropes bonus for our team). The highlight of the race was my new Fenix light. It was so bright I had to dim it for incoming car traffic.

Now the plans for the rest of the season. Next weekend is the Shag. It's 12 hours and I am going there with Vladimir. He is doing boring triathlons and I hope to convert him into the "right religion". He already did his first mountain bike ride, not bad for the first timer:


In September is going to be East Coast Championship in Pennsylvania. And finally in October all North American Adventure Racing Championship in the Land between the Lakes in Kentucky. Both championships we are going to run with Michelle in coed-2. So far we are ranked first in both championship series and all we need now are victories!