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Article: Primal Quest: in the red, rocky desert of southern Utah, the air is dry and still and temperatures hover around 100 degrees under the hot summer sun. Not the ideal conditions for being active outdoors--but, then again, Primal Quest, the world's premier adventure race, is not your average outdoor activity.(outdoors)
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- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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For starters, the race lasts a grueling 10 days (24 hours each), cartying racers over 400 miles of some of the world's most extreme conditions--including long stretches of desolate plains, high mountains, and whitewater rapids. And competitors don't just run. They do it all: bike, ride horseback, kayak, and rock climb, all the while navigating with a compass and their teammates in an all-out effort to reach each of the race's 42 checkpoints before any other team.
This summer, 89 teams of adventure racers migrated to rural Moab for the event. Some signed up and competed for their share of the $250,000 cash purse--others for the kind of intense challenge you can't ...
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