from The Adventure Blog
The Team GearJunkie adventure racing stable grew in size yesterday when it was announced that GearJunkie.com was joining forces with veteran adventure racing squad Team WEDALI for the 2012 season. The newly renamed group will go by the moniker of Team GearJunkie/WEDALI and will join Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers under the GJ adventure racing umbrella . Minneapolis based WEDALI, which stands for We Eat Dirt And Like It, did everything but eat dirt in 2011. The team was amongst the top AR units in North ...
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from The Adventure Blog
A month ago I wrote about the fourth stage of Dave Cornthwaite's Expedition 1000, which was just about to get underway. This stage of his journey has Dave traveling from source-to-mouth along the Mississippi River on a stand-up paddleboard, a distance of 2400 miles (3862km) that began in Lake Itasca, located in northern Minnesota, and ends when the river enters the the Gulf of Mexico, of the coast of Louisiana. Since getting underway, Dave has been making great progress, and has already covered more than
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from The Adventure Blog
The Gear Junkie has always been a big fan of adventure racing. He's even competed in some of the biggest events around, including the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race earlier this year. Today, he's got a great interview with Team WEDALI , the reigning U.S. Adventure Racing National Champions. In the interview, WEDALI talks about the keys to their success, their primary strengths, and their pre-race strategies for competing. They also talk gear, what their favorite items are, and share some tips for better
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from Rock Climber Girl
Yesterday, I flew home from Minneapolis via Denver. It was a whirlwind trip cross country travel two days back to back (yay, frequent flier miles!) and it broke my heart to fly right by so many friends with only quick airport layovers and a couple of hours of sleep in between the flights. The flight [...]
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