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Article: Nike ACG/Balance Bar Wins Subaru Primal Quest; Epic End to World's Leading Adventure Race.
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- September 10, 2003
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Nike ACG/Balance Bar landed their four-person kayak on Lake Tahoe's Lakeside Beach at 2:13 a.m. PDT today, winning the first-place prize of $100,000 at the Subaru Primal Quest and reinforcing their position as the best adventure racing team in the world.
Racing together for four days and seventeen hours, the team of Ian Adamson, Mike Kloser, Danelle Ballangee and Michael Tobin tackled a Sierra Nevada course of 457 miles and more than 60,000 feet of elevation gain. Slated to air on CBS January 10, 2004, the Subaru Primal Quest is considered to be the most difficult endurance event in existence. The ...