Sleepmonsters report and first photos from the race.

Finally, some good and detailed reports about every day and stage of the race:

http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racereport.php?race_id=7220

Thanks to Rob Harvard reporting directly from the race.

First photos are uploaded on the race website:

http://www.patagonianexpeditionrace.com/flash_gallery/photo_gallery.php

Trekking is going very slow and it's the first one. The second one is expected to take 4 (!!!) days to finish. Team Calleva is in the middle of the pack so far. The weather in Patagonia is terrible.

Go Calleva, GO!!!

Patagonian expedition. The first news from the website...

It's very hard to navigate through the race website, but I found it:
http://www.patagonianexpeditionrace.com/en/index.php
That's the page they publish the race news. Team page is here:
http://www.patagonianexpeditionrace.com/en/races_2009_teams.php
And the first photo 20 minutes before the race start:

Patagonian expedition. Day 2.

Tracking was down at night, but it's back up now. Spot is very "spotty" and some teams are still displayed at the start. Team Calleva finished paddling and mountain biking and started the first trekking at sun rise (no sleep first night). Here is Google earth view of the mountains they have to cross between PC2 and PC3 (apparently PC is CP in Spanish). Click the image to get more details.

I will try to update the race progress every day. I am relay impressed how many people are following the race.