BLOOMBERG, Simon
The Nelson Mail
06-22-2006
Nelson racers go to extremes of climate
Byline: BLOOMBERG, Simon
Edition: 2
Section: SPORT
Type: INTERNATIONAL
Things are heating up for Nelson adventure racers Tony Bateup and Lisa Savage.
The Grizzlytours.com/Port Nelson team members had been training in sub-zero temperatures in the mountains, lakes and rivers of a snowbound South Island. But this week they are adjusting to 40deg heat near Moab in Utah as they prepare for the Primal Quest adventure race, starting on Monday.
Bateup and Savage and team-mates Paul Chaplow of Wellington and Keith Riley of Marlborough left for the United States on Sunday. The quartet is one of 90 four-person teams ...