Saturday, November 24, 2007

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
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http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com

Friday, November 23, 2007

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.

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.
- if reading this from email, visit the blog to listen to the audio track we recently posted
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http://ouradventure07.blogspot.com

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

Sunday, November 18, 2007

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)