“The Super Bowl of Adventure Racing” – Sports Illustrated

500 miles, 10 days and 100,000 feet of elevation gain!

Primal Quest Montana, to be held in Big Sky Montana country June 21 – July 2, 2008, is still open for registration! Need more reasons to sign up?

Primal Quest is produced by the most experienced adventure race production team in the world, and is being hosted by Big Sky Resort, one of the premier mountain resorts in America. Our 40+ sponsor partners and the 150 volunteers coming from 27 different countries will help to ensure this 5th edition of Primal Quest is an event not to be missed.

Along with the many wonderful sponsored items, gifts, services and SWAG that have been so generously provided, PQ partners will also soon be releasing:

• A new state of the art interactive web site to be released prior to the event.
• A new state of the art Interactive Leader Board – and Live Tracking to accommodate frequent video and photo web updates throughout the competition.

If you were impressed by our PQ-Utah 2006 Leader board and tracking capabilities, you will be sure to be awed by what we have in store for Primal Quest Montana 2008.

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PESCADERO, Calif. (TK DATE, 2008) - GoPro, a manufacturer of wearable digital cameras for sports, will be providing Digital HERO 3 wrist cameras and Helmet HERO gear mountable cameras for the Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race June 21 - July 2, 2008.

GoPro will provide its wearable cameras and accessories to the 80-plus teams who will compete in a variety of non-motorized action sports during this summer’s race. This will allow the Primal Quest teams to capture exciting immersive video and photos while they labor through the punishing adventure race.

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We are excited to announce our partnership with the world-class adventure race known as Primal Quest, back after a two-year hiatus. Headed up by retired Navy SEAL and well-known/respected adventure racer and event promoter Don Mann (who’s also an avid Hammer Nutrition product user), the 2008 race takes place in Hammer’s home state of Montana on June 21 - July 2 (exact location TBA).

Labeled as “the World’s Most Difficult Human Endurance Competition” (or, as writer Jason Blevins puts it, “The sufferfest that eclipses all sufferfests”), Primal Quest (quoting their web site) “is a 5-10 day expedition adventure race. It is the largest non-motorized, multi-sport, multi-day event of its kind in the US. Primal Quest® is an environmentally friendly, ecologically aware wilderness Expedition Adventure Race®. Teams of experienced back country adventure athletes journey across expansive terrain using only a map, a compass and combined skills. Successfully finishing requires much more than stamina and mental fortitude. It requires selfless teamwork, spirit and absolute determination. Only co-ed teams of four are permitted to race. Team members are required to travel together at all times and must finish together in order to be officially ranked. Over $100,000 in Cash and Prizes will be awarded to the top finishing teams.”

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Odyssey Adventure Racing and Primal Quest continue a tradition of excellence and shared passion as a formal partnership is announced…

Odyssey is proud to join Primal Quest Montana as a Gold Partner, guaranteeing a slot in Montana for the winning team of the Endorphin Fix 3 Day Adventure Race this upcoming April in West Virginia, U.S.A.

In April of 2007, PQ Montana course director, Chris Caul, completed the Odyssey E-FIX 2 Day AR as a soloist on a single speed mountain bike – no small feat. “The course Joy designed last season was the most challenging, most rewarding, and most beautiful AR course I’ve raced yet. I can’t imagine a better event in the eastern U.S. with which to test one’s mettle and shear fortitude.”

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From WKRG News5
By Jennifer Abney Anchor

 At a time when most people rely on diet pills and surgery to lose weight, one Louisiana man decided to lose weight the old fashioned way. And, he is now racing his way to better health.

Dave Poleto struggled with weight loss for over 30 years. His story is a familiar one to many.

“I am just like everyone else, I spent my whole life on that weight loss/weight gain roller coaster,” said Poleto, “I would lose 20 pounds and then gain back 25 pounds.”

Poleto’s motivation to lose weight began with a simple request from his son.

“I was with my son at the park, he was saying come run with me, play with me Dad,” said Poleto, “And, I physically couldn’t keep up with him.”

That day Poleto made a decision to lose weight and keep it off.

“I started by signing up for walks, for 5k’s,” he said.

In just one year, Poleto lost 100 lbs. He went from a size 44 pants to a size 34. For him, constant motivation was the key. In just a few years, he went from participating in 5k’s to competing in a 10 day long- 450 mile adventure race. It challenged him to run, bike and paddle his way to the finish line!

For years Poleto watched an event called Primal Quest on television. “Primal quest is the ultimate endurance challenge,” said Poleto.

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Greg’s gritty directorial debut about the realities of staging a race of this magnitude. Shot and edited on location in Moab, UT

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By Michael Spiller 

You may be asking yourself, “Why is there an article about adventure racing in my favorite local triathlon magazine?” Well, because Team Enduring Freedom has some exciting news to share.

First, let’s cover the basics. What is adventure racing? If you are unfamiliar with the sport, it is a multi-disciplined race that usually involves any combination of orienteering and navigation, cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling, climbing, and yes, sometimes swimming. However, swimming in adventure racing usually means with your clothes and shoes on and in temperatures that are less than 65 degrees. Adventure racing is enjoying a recent surge in popularity and is slowly
becoming nationally known. It generally attracts physically active people
from their early twenties through their mid-fifties.

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From Don Mann:  

Hello PQ Competitors and Friends,

This is an important period of growth here at PQ. We’re finalizing what we believe to be the most beautiful and athletically challenging course in PQ history. We have exciting changes to the traditional AR ropes disciplines and are proud to welcome Jay Smith, Kitty Calhoun, Conrad Anker and the rest of their crew as they join the PQ staff to create another world-class ropes course.

We’re also proud to introduce this year’s course designer, George Rice, known to many of you as Director of the Mountain Adventure Race. George, who knows the Montana wilderness better than anyone in the sport, has been working closely with Course Director Chris Caul to design the most challenging, aesthetic and safe wilderness course the Big Sky state has to offer.

We’ve also been ramping up our plans for the Primal Quest Sprint Series, which starts with three events in 2008:

• May 10 Pocahontas State Park - Richmond, VA
• Sept 6 Moraine State Park - Pittsburgh, PA
• Oct 4 US National Whitewater Center, Charlotte NC

We’ve been negotiating with additional venues for the 2009 series and are currently planning 8 – 12 events for next year. The winner of the point series can earn a free team entry into the following year’s Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race!

Today we release THE THIRD OFFICIAL COMPETITOR NEWSLETTER FOR PRIMAL QUEST MONATANA. I encourage you to read this entire newsletter and ensure each of your teammates (including support) do as well, as it is full of very important information that is critical to your success at PQ Montana.

We hope your training is going well and we look forward to seeing each of you in June!