from Arc'teryx Latest News
Vancouver, B.C. – Der 27-jährige Paul Guschlbauer war die ganz große Überraschung bei den diesjährigen Red Bull X-Alps, einem Nonstop-Wettkampf über 864 Kilometer, bei dem die Teilnehmer nur Gleitschirmfliegen oder zu Fuß gehen dürfen. Der im Chiemgau lebende Österreicher lieferte sich nach 14 Tagen unterwegs mit dem Rumänen Toma Coconea einen unfassbar spannenden Fight um den zweiten Platz. Es ging um Minuten – und dank GPS und Live Tracking fieberten Zig-Tausende mit. Die Red Bull X-Alps ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
27-year old Paul Guschlbauer was the big surprise at this year's Red Bull X-Alps competition – a non-stop adventure race over 864 km for selected athletes. The challenge is to cross the Alps from East to West as quickly as possible travelling only by paraglider or by foot. After 14 days, thousands of people followed the close duel for second place between Arc'teryx athlete Guschlbauer and Romanian Toma Coconea in the live-stream. Since 2003, the X-Alps race takes place every two years and is known as one
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from The Adventure Blog
While I've been mostly occupied with the Raid the North Extreme this week, another event was taking place in Europe that is definitely worth a mention as well. That's where the Red Bull X-Alps 2011 was taking place, which is a very unique race that is a demanding test of endurance, skill, and nerve as well. For those who haven't heard of it before, and I'm one of them, the X-Alps is an event that pits endurance athletes on a non-stop race through the Alps, starting in Salzburg, Austria and ending in ...
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