Patagonian Expedition Race Reserves 2012 Entry for Checkpoint Tracker Championship Winner
The Patagonian Expedition Race has emerged in recent years as one of adventure racing’s premier events. The 2011 edition was a fiercely contested and arduous affair that has drawn interest the world over thanks to an award winning video that has been making the rounds.
On July 15th fifteen teams from around the world were selected to participate in the 2012 edition of the Patagonian Expedition Race.
Today we are thrilled to announce that five additional slots have been made available and one of them is being held for the winner of the 2011 Checkpoint Tracker Championship in the Coed Elite division.
One additional entry will go to the winner of a qualifying event in Chile and the three remaining slots will be awarded to teams on the waiting list.
We’re very excited to be a part of the world’s Last Wild Race!!!
Registration for Patagonian Expedition Race 2012 Opens May 30th
Decades of exploring the vast wilderness of Chilean Patagonia, innumerable explorations and nine previous events have led us to the 10th Anniversary of the PATAGONIAN EXPEDITION RACE.
600 kilometers of adventure!
This upcoming edition will amaze competitors, spectators, attending journalists and race staff more than ever before. It will take 15 carefully selected international teams over unnamed mountains, through narrow fjords and along imposing glaciers before finishing at the southernmost point of the Americas, Cape Horn. Yes, Cape Horn!
The 2012 course will begin by returning the race to its birthplace, Tierra del Fuego, before embarking on the most breathtaking route in the race’s history. As racers follow in the footsteps of the first explorers of the region they will cross the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 300,000ha reserve called “Karukinka”, the Darwin Range, the Beagle Channel and much more of unknown land, before finishing just 650 kilometers north of Antarctica. This route plans to provide spectacular scenery and unprecedented obstacles as teams fight their way to the end of the world.
Mark your calendars for February 14, 2012! We hope you plan on joining us and supporting our conservation efforts as we celebrate our 10th anniversary. The registration process will open on Monday May 30th, 2011.