Registration is now open for any and all members of the media who wish to cover Primal Quest Montana Presented by SPOT. Simply click here and fill out the form. You will be contacted shortly with more information about the event. Thank you for your interest in Primal Quest, and see you in Montana!

If you have any questions e-mail the Primal Quest Media Director Kraig Becker at kraig.becker@ecoprimalquest.com.

The GoFAR Podcast has posted another great interview today, this time with John Stann of <a href=”http://www.racedayfilms.net/”>Race Day Films</a>. John talks about his experiences with adventure racing, both as a competitor and as a videographer. Amongst John’s recent projects was filming the first Primal Quest Sprint Series race in Pocahontas State Park, Virginia last weekend. The interview gives us a glimpse of what it takes to cover an adventure race event such as PQSS.

Click here to listen to the interview in it’s entirety.

Photo by Will Ramos

Hamptons.com profiled adventure racers Mary Scheerer and Shari Hymes, who will be racing with Team Towanda next month in Montana. An excerpt from the article can be found below:

Mary Scheerer and Shari Hymes are right at home in the wilderness, sans cell phone and beach blanket. Beyond the walls of their Sag Harbor home, they’re literally surrounded with wooded terrain which, by hike or bike, they’ve come to know like the back of their hands. 

It was nine years ago when the two women took their hobby to the next level, maxed out on the intensity of their new sport delving into the curious world of adventure racing. Since their initial quest, they’ve competed everywhere from up and down the East Coast to Australia’s Down Under, pushing their bodies and minds to the limit with challenges that are as mentally trying as they are physically exhausting. 

To read the rest of the article at Hamptons.com click here. 

Photos by Will Ramos

A Danish Trekker taking part in the TGO Challenge, an annual walking event in the Scottish Highlands, took ill last week and activated his SPOT Messenger alerting rescue teams to his condition, and quite possibly saving his life. 

Niels VIntner activated his device at 3 AM local time after suffering from what is described as acute stomach pains. Once activated, the SPOT Messenger sent an alert to the monitoring station in Houston, Texas. From there, the location of the beacon was passed on to Scottish police in Fort William, who dispatched an RAF helicopter to VIntner’s precise location to extract him.

This event marks the first time that a SPOT Messenger has been activated in the U.K. The device is designed and manufactured by Primal Quest presenting sponsor SPOT who will use the Messengers to provide up to the minute tracking of teams while out on the course during the race. 

 

Today we turn the spotlight onto the Dirty Avocados, who will be racing in Montana in just a few short weeks. This very entertaining interview was conducted by Gordon Wright.

Team Dirty Avocados is a Northern California adventure racing phenomenon, part semi-elite racing squad and part slapstick revue. In a world where too many adventure racers take themselves – and the sport – too seriously, the Dirty As keep it real. They are a team in a very real sense – comprising of a revolving cast of at least 11 members who train hard and race harder. With such a large squad, there is a bit of good-natured competition among the members, but over the past three years, they have notched impressive podium finishes in races ranging from Raid the North Extreme and Baja Travesia to the Tahoe Big Blue and the Gold Rush 24 Hour Adventure Race.

The Dirty Avocados have, for the first time, two teams entered in this summer’s Primal Quest, and I was able to catch up with three key team members at a pub recently. Unfortunately, what started out as an interview turned into something out of a Hunter S. Thompson manuscript, replete with large quantities of beer, displays of manly love, and complaints about Primal Quest’s onerous certification program.

The team was founded, with fairly disastrous results, in 2005, in my driveway. But that’s for later on in the story. First, meet some Dirty Avocados:

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Another excellent race report from the first ever Primal Quest Sprint Series. This one comes from Caroline Brosius and offers up even more great insights into what racers can expect in future Primal Quest Sprint Series events. And when you’re done reading Caroline’s report, check out the full results from Saturday’s race on our Results Page.

A typical Don Mann production: PQSS #1 off with a Splash!

Saturday morning, driving south on I95 from Northern Virginia in a torrential downpour, Chris Rumohr (A-list Ambassador) and I were beginning to wonder what we would find at Pocahontas State Park, just south of Richmond VA. Weather reports were of 4”+ of rain and it wasn’t looking promising, but we had faith.

After doing OAR events for nearly 10 years I am nearly convinced Don Mann has an “in” with the weather gods; torrential rains to “prep” the course and the absolutely perfect weather to race in.

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UPDATE: RESULTS NOW POSTED! Photos by Will Ramos are now available. Visit www.waramos.com for more info. Enjoy!

The first ever Primal Quest Sprint Series Race took place over the weekend at the Pocahontas State Park located near Richmond, Virginia. More than 20 teams lined up for this inaugural event, and a great time was had by racers and PQ staff alike.

Greg Yetter from SleepMonsters.com has written a great race report that can be found here. Alternatively, Chris Webster of The A-List has graciously submitted this wonderful race report below to give us all a sense of what Saturday was like. 

Team A List — Chris Webster (The A List™) & Caroline Brosius (Super AR & world class paddler) –represented at the inaugural Primal Quest Sprint Series Adventure Race on May 10, 2008 at Pocahontas State Park, Richmond, Virginia.   Short Story:  The Richmond Virginia area venue is beautiful and the PQSS format is most excellent. 

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VisitMT.com the official tourism website for the state of Montana, has posted a brief but informative article announcing that Primal Quest presented by SPOT is coming to Montana in June. The article will let visitors to the site know more about the event and what they can expect out of the race once it gets underway. 

The PQ Staff wish to thank Donnie Sexton and her entire staff for doing such a remarkable job in assisting us with Primal Quest Montana. With out their hard work and dedication, the race wouldn’t be the same, and their efforts have made our jobs much easier.

Thanks Donnie!