Patagonian expedition. The life tracking is ON!

http://www.patagonianexpeditionrace.com/tracking/

The race starts in 15  minutes with long paddling on river and open water. After that about 100+ km of mountain bike and rough trekking, another bike for 150 km and about 90 km of open water. The final trekking of 120 km through mountains will determine the winner. Now in Punta Arenas 8 degrees C, wind NW 35 km/h, some chance of rain.

Our team is Calleva, our number is 2.

Patagonian expedition starts in less than 24 hours.

Val managed to send a message to facebook before leaving to the race briefing:
"Hey everyone...HELLO FROM PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE!! Everyone arrived well and this is the first-only available attempt at correspondence before we leave... I am leaving for the race briefing, you all take care and i will enjoy the high winds and cold temps... "

Team Calleva will fight against very strong international teams:

"Team Buff  (Spain) and Team Easy Implant MT Compagnie.com (France) are previous Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race champions. This years racers have stood on the podiums of X-terra Brazil, EcoChallenge Australia, Primal Quest U.S.A., RAID North America, RAID Gauloises, Salomon X and the Adventure Racing World Championships. With this unprecedented racing pedigree, every minute and decision will be crucial in order to be a top finisher."

Life tracking of the teams must be available tomorrow form the race website.

Team Calleva on the way to Patagonia!

Today at 5 am team Calleva departed to Punta Arenas, Patagonia. I drove Mark, Sara, Val and Druce to the airport. It's me on the photo, staying on crutches in front of the guys. My big dream of the Patagonia Expedition Race is postponed by one year due to a knee injury. Fortunately, we had backups and the team is big and dynamic enough to deal with any troubles.

I will keep the online coverage of the race from this blog. The website of the race is here. The race starts 8:00 am, February 10th.

Team Calleva is sponsored by Calleva Outdoor Adventure.