The GoFar Podcast hosted by Fred Abaroa conducted a pre-race interview with Nutramendz Team Soar, who are currently running in 18th place at the 2008 Primal Quest presented by SPOT, having just passed Checkpoint 14, with the Crazy Mountains looming.
Fred is joined by Tom Thomas, Tracy Evans, Brian Hausen from the team who talk about a wide variety of adventure racing topics as the they prepared for Primal Quest. The podcast kicks off with Tom talking about recovering from a major injury a few months back, and rehabbing his way back in time for PQ.
All three members talk about their experience in adventure racing, how they got started, what they enjoy about the sport. They also rattle off their list of injuries like a badge of honor and discuss their training program for getting ready for Primal Quest, which included “Hills… lots and lots of hills.”
Throughout the race we want to take an opportunity to thank our partners, without whom there wouldn’t be a Primal Quest. Each of them plays a vital role in the success of the race and deserve credit for allowing us the opportunity to have this great adventure.
Today the spotlight falls on Tate Incorporated, a company that specializes in training and education for high risk personnel in both the public and private sector, as well as research and development, testing, and implementation of new technologies.
Tate’s training procedures focus on employees, both for the government and private industry, who are working in hostile or high threat urban and rural environments. Their background in special operations and SERE training make them an excellent choice when for offering a wide array of services, including threat assessment, survival training, and high risk operational education.
Amongst Tate’s list of illustrious clientele include the U.S. Air Force and Army, the Center for Navel Analysis, 720th Special Tactics Group, Joint Military Attaché School. In addition to these, dozens of civilian corporations contract with Tate to handle their high risk training operations for their over seas personnel working in hostile environments.
Primal Quest is proud to call Tate Incorporated one of our segment sponsors. Thank you Tate for all of your support!
Team 54, Werewolves/MPGear.com continue to post in their excellent blog of the race, with good updates on the progress of their team and general information on the course. Yesterday they posted this video of two team members, Tom and Paul, getting rescued from an island on the Gallatin River when whitewater became a little too wild. The footage was shot with the Werewolves’ GoProHero 3 Camera.
Major props to PQ River Director Josh Galt for getting the Werewolves, and others, back to shore safe and sound.
Day 3 recap from PQ contributing writer Craig Stein
Wednesday June 25, 2008 – Emigrant Montana
By Craig Stein
A new dawn met sleepy racers this morning at Check Point 12 on the Yellowstone River. The top three teams made this transition area during the early morning hours only to find that the sea kayak section on the Yellowstone to Big Timber, Montana had been cancelled. The river is flowing at 9.5 ft. which qualifies it as being in moderate flood stage. Fully grown cottonwood tree trunks are freely floating down the river colliding with bridges, creating unsafe conditions for race teams to enter the cold, brown, boiling waters. Local rafting companies have cancelled all float trips.
Team Nike was first into the boating transition area this morning at 2:15 AM. Mike Kloser looking very energetic said, “We feel pretty good but we need to sleep for a while!” He certainly did not seem to mind that the paddling had been eliminated. Within minutes Team Nike had been fed and was off to their sleeping bags for an early rise and departure at 6:02 AM.
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"You were so helpful with my emails before the race, and then all the question during the race. It was a treat to see the beautiful country of Montana. And a treat to have such great support, both with our team as well as with the PQ organizers. Thanks again for all your hard work and patience. It truly was appreciated by us, and I'm sure by every other team out there to test their limits. Looking forward to 2009."
The GoFar Podcast hosted by Fred Abaroa conducted a pre-race interview with Nutramendz Team Soar, who are currently running in 18th place at the 2008 Primal Quest presented by SPOT, having just passed Checkpoint 14, with the Crazy Mountains looming. 
Throughout the race we want to take an opportunity to thank our partners, without whom there wouldn’t be a Primal Quest. Each of them plays a vital role in the success of the race and deserve credit for allowing us the opportunity to have this great adventure.
Day 3 recap from PQ contributing writer Craig Stein
