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The roots of adventure racing are deep and the origin of the modern adventure race is debatable. Some point to the two-day Karrimor International Mountain Marathon, first held in 1968 as the birth of modern adventure racing. The Karrimor Marathon required two-person teams to traverse mountainous terrain while carrying all the supplies required ...
The Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) [1] is an endurance racing season where adventure racing teams compete in a range of disciplines including, for example, navigation, trekking, mountain biking, paddling and climbing.
The third series of Race Across the World began airing on 22 March 2023. Unlike the transcontinental races in previous series, the race took place entirely in Canada between Vancouver, British Columbia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Each two-person team was required to cross the country on a 16,000-kilometre (9,900 mi) route without ...
The Raid Gauloise or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern expedition adventure race and was first held in 1989 [1] in New Zealand as "la grande traversée". ". Its creator, Gérard Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races like the Whitbred Round the World Yacht Race, and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five-person ...
Lindnord's career as an adventure racer started in 1997 and lasted almost across two decades before he retired in 2015. Lindnord was the captain of the first Swedish team to win an ARWS event during the 2010 competition in Costa Rica. Besides racing, Lindnord was race director for ARWS/Explore Sweden between 2004-2010 and ARWC 2006 in Sweden ...
Before its debut, Expedition Impossible drew comparisons to other reality television series, including The Amazing Race, [1] Pirate Master, [8] and Burnett's own adventure race series Eco-Challenge. [32] Burnett has repudiated the comparisons to TAR, saying "There’s no taxis. There’s no hotels. This is very, very different.
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In 1997, Eco-Challenge competitor Dave Zietsma wanted to bring expedition racing to Canada, and introduced the 36 hour Raid the North race event. Originally known as Frontier Adventure Racing, the company grew to include the 6 day expedition race, Raid the North Extreme, and an 8-hour series, the Salomon Adventure Challenge.