[thumb:2025:r]2006: We were one full day into the race and the scorching hot Utah landscape (and water) were big concerns for racers and PQ staff.

Relive the adventure over at Yahoo! News… Primal Quest: Water connections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / 26.June.2007
Contact: Chris Caul
540.969.9357

[thumb:1979:r]info@ecoprimalquest.com

While the location of next year’s Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race is still a secret, we are happy to announce the 2008 race dates.

Between June 21 and July 2, 2008* seventy-five co-ed teams of racers will take part in the World’s Most Challenging Human Endurance Competition.

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.

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[thumb:1861:r]Primal Quest has been called the Crown Jewel of Adventure Racing, living up to this name in both quality of race and financial expenditure. Recent decisions by Bill and Denise Watkins (founders of PQ) and Don Mann and Dawn Taylor-Mann (Director and Chief Operations Officer of PQ) will give this legendary race an opportunity to continue its billing as the greatest adventure race as well as change the financial structure so that it may remain viable in 2008 and beyond.

Primal Quest:
Primal, adj, first, original, primitive, first in importance: fundamental;
Quest, n, search, pursuit, a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance usually involving an adventurous journey.

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[thumb:1755:r]2006: Primal Quest Utah began exactly one year ago on an early Sunday morning!

Relive the adventure over at Yahoo! news… Primal Quest: The desert at dawn.

Intrepid reporter Stephen Regenold has an interview with PQ Director Don Mann about PQ2008 on The Gear Junkie site!

The news is out on Primal Quest 2008. I.e., it’s going to take place. But the information on Primal Quest’s web site is a bit vague, and as an intrepid journalist—as well as a racer in the 2006 event—I wanted more. Thus I went to the source, Mr. Don Mann, the new Director of the PQ for this exclusive interview. . .

Read the interview today!

June 25, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / 25.JUNE.2007
Contact: Chris Caul
540.969.9357
info@ecoprimalquest.com

Race management for Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race unveiled a new look to their website today in anticipation for the opening of registration on Sunday, July 1, 2007. The new site contains the very latest information regarding registration, volunteering, and other news about the World’s Most Challenging Human Endurance Competition.

For continual updates on Primal Quest 2008, please visit www.ecoprimalquest.com.

May 23, 2007
Letter from Don Mann
Primal Quest, Director
5/23/2007

[thumb:1723:r]Just the thought of Primal Quest, “the Super Bowl of Adventure Racing” potentially going away made me feel very uneasy. There are just too many people who are passionate about this great sport -we couldn’t let it go away.

Last year, as the PQ Course Director, I was pleased to see just how far the sport of adventure racing evolved over the years. In the early days we had Gerard Fusil’s Raid Gauloises. From it came Mark Burnett’s Eco Challenge, Geoff Hunt’s Southern Traverse our Odyssey Adventure Racing and so many other great races, but most significantly, Primal Quest emerged. Bill and Denise Watkins (Founders of PQ) vastly improved every aspect of our sport through their unselfish generosity.

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May 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / 23.MAY.2007
Contact: Chris Caul
540.969.9357
info@ecoprimalquest.com

[thumb:1701:r]Primal Quest Returns in 2008

– Primal Quest, the crown jewel of adventure racing, will return to an undisclosed US location in the Spring of 2008.

In 2006, Primal Quest Utah featured 360 of the worlds best adventure athletes covering 500 miles of the most brutal and unforgiving terrain in North America. During the 10-day event, ABC Sports / ESPN2 covered the 90 co-ed teams as they pushed the limits of physical and mental endurance in an attempt to reach the finish line of the most grueling multi-sport race in existence.

The 2008 Primal Quest will feature new leadership, as PQ 2006 Race Director Don Mann takes over the position of Chief Executive Officer through a licensing agreement with founder Denise Watkins, the managing partner of Primal Quest LLC.

“We’re thrilled that Don has taken the lead to produce Primal Quest into the future,” Watkins said. “He brings with him not only the deepest adventure racing knowledge available, but a huge fan base among adventure racing participants who respect his talent as a proven director. I have no doubt that Don will be able to build upon the Primal Quest legacy and create another unique experience for our athletes in 2008.”

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