Race Photos are Uploaded

We've cleaned up and posted about 90 photos from the race. We have another 250 but this grouping represents all the wonderful events and areas where we were busy adventuring in Guadeloupe.
Cheers, Chris & Libby


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Audio Blog - Saturday direct from San Juan

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHzgggJnX0

Audio Blog - Saturday - direct from Guadeloupe

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
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FINAL Race Results: "1st.Place USA Team Guadeloupe 2007"

Audio Blog - Friday - Direct Guadeloupe All is Well

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Audio Blog - Thursday - direct from Guadeloupe

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http://www.sleepmonsters.com/ (additional updates)
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - Wednesday direct from Guadeloupe

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http://www.sleepmonsters.com/ (additional updates)
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - Tuesday AM - direct from Guadeloupe

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<hr> Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 5:07 am

http://www.sleepmonsters.com/ (additional updates)
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - Amazing RACE direct from Guadeloupe

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<hr> Monday, November 26, 2007 9:32pm

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http://www.sleepmonsters.com/ (additional updates)
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - direct from Guadeloupe

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
- if reading this from email, visit the blog to listen to the audio track we recently posted
<hr>
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - direct from Guadeloupe

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
- if reading this from email, visit the blog to listen to the audio track we recently posted
<hr> http://www.sleepmonsters.com/ (additional updates)
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com/

Audio Blog - direct from Guadeloupe

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
- if reading this from email, visit the blog to listen to the audio track we recently posted
<hr>
http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com

Arrived By Air Saturday 11-24-07 - DOING GREAT !

To be Choosen to compete & represent the State of Colorado & to be 1 of three U.S.A. teams amoung 30 in the World is our humble pleasure .... it is your comments & prayers that we cherrish...please continue your support...we love Guadeloupe ! MAY THE RACE BEGIN !Cheers....Chris and Libby. 11:24am est. Saturday, 11-24-07.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHzgggJnX0

Ya protech - keepin our skin golden and safe

We get asked a lot what we do for sunscreen? As adventure racers, training in multiple sports, we spend hours outdoors. Protech is the best thing out there. Protech goes on like a light moisturizer, absorbs quickly and does not sweat or wear off. The moisturizers keep our skin comfortable and help prevent wind-burn and chapping. The high-end sunscreens provide protection from all the nasty rays - UVB, UVA short and UVA long rays.

Hybrid Lip Balm keeps our lips healthy during those long rides exposed to the elements (sun, wind, and extreme temperatures). Hybrid contains long-lasting moisturizers, stays on longer than other lip balm and does not gunk-up water bottles and hydration pack mouth-pieces. You can get it at http://www.protechskincare.com.

Audio Blog - getting ready for our flight

Testing our new international cellphone, packing, and trying not to stress too much!

Listing to our latest update from Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe.
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The teams

TEAM SPORTERA, France - Suisse
Karim Benamrouche
Nicolas Guitton

TEAM SALOMON, Suisse
Bettina Ernst
Caroline Doka

M6-SPORT.COM, Italie
Frédérica Friz
Iacono Soldaini

TSL OUTDOOR LA CLUSAZ, France
Patrice Fischer
Vincent Faillard

TEAM AMI, Holland
Mirjam Van Burgel
Winfried Bats

TEVA-LA PINILLA, Espagne
Antonio De la Rosa Suarez
Isabel Sonia Matesanz

LES HUSKY'S, Canada - Quebec
Daniel Dubé
Yvon Nadeau

SXM ADVENTURE, France
Bruno Rey
Hugues Fazilleau

RESISTANCE, Espagne
Gine Dani Buyo
Rodriguez David Texido

ROCK AND RAPID ADVENTURE, Angleterre
Simon Fisher
Sarah Hughes

LES SURFEUSES, France
Emmanuelle Joly
Rachel Lecoute

LES PETITES LOUVES, France
Frédérique Barbara
Stéphanie Allain

X SPORT, France
Olivier Coffre
Franck Viguier

GUADARUN, Guadeloupe
Widy Grego
Lucien Datil

WAX'UP GIRLS, Guadeloupe
Frédérique Denis
Laurence Lignières

LES HEURES SAINES, Guadeloupe
Eric Cholet
Didier Baltide

TAÏNOS, Guadeloupe
Oliviè Lafleur
Christophe Baudet

CHAISING DAYLIGHT, Russie
Artem Rostovtsev
Mikhail Pershin

Team SOLE, USA
Karen Lundyren
Paul Romero

BUFF SWEDEN, Suede
Frederik Ölmqvist
Martin Flinta

IRISH AR, Irlande
Vanessa Lawrenson
Paul Mahon

AZ3 SIXTY, USA
Robert Shannon
Jared Adams

SPELEO SALOMON, Pologne
Piotr Kosmala
Kasia (Katarzyna) Zajac

SLEEPMONSTERS UK, Italie
Eddie Winthorpe
Marco Ponteri

HAGLOFS GIRL TEAM, Finlande
Noora Sinisalo
Aino Salimaki

SPIEGEL, Belgique - Australie
Katrin Van der Spiegel
Richard Mounstephens

INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS, Russie - USA - suede
Carl Fey
Natalia Feu

ATENAH NATURA, Brésil
Fernanda Maciel
Silvia (dit Shubi) Guimaraes

CAMRACERS, Angleterre
Russell Ladkin
Tarquin Cooper

TIMBERLAND, USA
Christopher Boyd
Libby Niemi

Related links

Official site

Recommended links:
History/Culture
Images of Guadeloupe

Fish link

Top 10 list...

Top 10 little known facts about this race:
10. We're 1 of 30 teams selected for this race
9. We're 1 of 3 teams selected from the US
8. Teams are comprised of 2 people
7. Special awards are given to best over all teams, best mixed team (male/female, like us) and best local team
6. If we're in the top 3 the first day, we get (yes, "get") to go skydiving (I've done it and love it, Chris is a little scared of this one)
5. Chris could have asked one of his adventure racing buddies but, because it's less about speed and more about the experience, he asked me =)
4. This is Chris' 75th adventure race
3. This is Libby's 1st adventure race
2. There's a lot of security to ensure we're always in good hands
1. Media coverage was a pre-req to get into the race so thanks to Casie and Rocky Mountains Sports for covering this event for us! (Cost for non-media coverage folks = $3k/person)

Audio Blog - we just setup audio blogging

During Our Adventure 2007 in Guadeloupe we will be posting audio blogs so that we can share our amazing adventure with you all.

Race Countdown

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Events by Day

Saturday, November 24th

• Welcome reception with IGWA organization partners
• Official teams presentation
• Special secret skill event
• Cocktail
• Sleep at lodge

Sunday, November 25th

• IGWA Official launching
• Discovering identity event in town
• Surf event
• Windsurf event
• Golf event
• Snorkeling environmental event
• Top 3 teams enjoy parachuting
• Daily presentation, yellow jersey awarded, cocktails
• Night orienteering event
• Hammock bivouac on beach

Monday, November 26th

• Coasteering event
• Rope skill event
• Orienteering race
• Identity discovering event
• Ecology and kayak event
• Cultural identity discovering event in city
• Daily presentation, yellow jersey awarded, cocktails
• Sleep at lodge

Tuesday, November 27th

• Sea boat trip
• Road discovering event on motorcycle
• Cultural identity discovering event in city
• Coastering race
• Snorkeling environmental events
• Rope skills event
• Environment and orienteering canoeing
• Cultural identies discovering event
• Daily presentation, yellow jersey awarded, cocktails
• Night orienteering event
• Hammock bivouac on beach

Wednesday, November 28th

• Trail race
• Canyoning event
• Environmental trekking in tropical forest
• Identity discovering event in the arrival city
• Daily presentation, yellow jersey awarded, cocktails and dinner
• Sleep at lodge

Thursday, November 29th

• Trail in Guadeloupean mountains
• Cultural identity event
• Cultural identity track
• Daily presentation, yellow jersey awarded, cocktails and dinner

Friday, November 30th

• Sea kayak events
• Cultural idenity track events
• IGWA Final Official Arrival
• Awards, cocktails and dinner

Saturday, December 1st

• Free and restful time in lodge
• Transfer to airport in afternoon
• Flight to San Juan in late afternoon
• Night in San Juan, out in the am to USA

Our Itinerary

The Race - ILES Guadeloupe IGWA Adventure

The IGWA/ILLES GUADELOUPE ADVENTURE is an Adventure and Discovery event of the Guadeloupean Teritory. During a week, 30 international teams (hand selected by the race promoters) will roam about through running, swimming, paddling, discovering or seeking. The race will alternate between adventure-sport events deep inside the landscape and discovery events across towns and villages, experiencing both to feel scents and flavors and to go to meet the inhabitants and learn of their culture while discovering the envirnment and ecology of these amazing islands.

Visit http://www.igwa.net/ for more information on the race, including photos and samples of what we'll be experiencing while in the French Caribbean.

Adventure Stages: Sailing Mountaineering Night sections Funboarding Snorkeling Rope skills Surfing Canyoning Sea Kayaking or Canoeing Horse Riding Sky diving Kite boarding Golfing

Discovery: Inheritance orienteering trail Identity rally Flavor hunt Spirit event Underwater ecology Bird identification

About Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is a lively center of Creole culture, boasting a spirited blend of French and African influences. As well known for its sugar and rum as for its dive sites and resorts, the archipelago offers an interesting mix of modern cities, rural hamlets, rainforests and secluded beaches.
One of the most urbanized of the region's islands, you'll need to scratch beneath the French polish to get a grip on Guadeloupe's Creole core. Away from the tourist hub, the buzz of insects in the banana groves and the whiff of coconut rum will put you firmly back on Caribbean time.

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16°15′N, 61°35′W, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi).[1] It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence its currency is the euro