With just a compass and map in hand, it took a group of four people unfamiliar with B.C. a total of 73 hours to navigate the Okanagan91裸聊视频檚 toughest trails and win the world91裸聊视频檚 biggest adventure race.
Starting on June 5, 18 teams from as nearby as Vancouver to as far away as Brazil arrived in Kelowna to participate in a race that covered 580 kilometres of area across the Central and South Okanagan.
And, after days of non-stop racing with limited food supply and a backward sleep schedule, Team Bend, a squad made up of members from Oregon and Quebec, emerged victorious.
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The objective was simple: the first team to cross the finish line after completing all 50 checkpoints from Kelowna to Penticton is the winner. How teams got to that goal, though, was anything but.
Teams were responsible for packing their own food during the non-stop race that featured snowshoeing at Apex Mountain, ziplining in Peachland and a paddle down the Similkameen River.
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The Montreal adventure racer described the food his team ate as 91裸聊视频渁 mix of real food and more energy-type of food.91裸聊视频�
As for sleep, that didn91裸聊视频檛 happen at all until the team completed a little over 24 hours of the course.
91裸聊视频淲e brought sleeping bags and got some rest somewhere on the side of the KVR Trail,91裸聊视频� Provost recalled.
It took Team Bend exactly 73 hours and 13 minutes to complete the course, beating the second-place finishers by over eight hours. The map wasn91裸聊视频檛 revealed to any of the teams until three hours before the start of the race.
The event, Expedition Canada 2022, is sanctioned by the Adventure Racing World Series. This year91裸聊视频檚 race came after organizers held a 91裸聊视频減ilot event91裸聊视频� last year in the Okanagan.
Team Bend, named after a city in Oregon, was represented by Karine Corbeil, Daniel Staudigel, Jean Yves and Provost during the most recent race.
91裸聊视频淭he Okanagan is so beautiful,91裸聊视频� Provost said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e going to make it a priority to definitely come here again.91裸聊视频�
