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World AR Champs Sweden/Norway

Michael Posted: 16 August 2006, 7:10 AM   Begins today. Website www.arwc2006.com. Believe that night navigation is absent this year, but maybe there'll be some tricky mapwork in the caving... 7 out of 40 teams with kiwis: Bjurfors Merrell/Wigwam Orion Health (Stu, Brent) Port Nelson/Grizzly Tours Buff Sweden Golite/Timberland Nike Powerblast (Aaron, Sara)   Tane Cambridge Posted: 16 August 2006, 9:26 AM   Aaron and Sara are in Golite/Timberland, Richard Ussher is in the Nike team   Andrew M Posted: 16 August 2006, 11:29 AM   http://www.arwc2006.com/teams/show_team.php?id=28 Nice pic of Brent This message was edited by Andrew M on 16 August 2006, 7:32 PM   Michael Posted: 17 August 2006, 8:25 AM   Sections E and N involve orienteering, but can't find individual section times.   Ellmo1769 Posted: 17 August 2006, 8:40 AM   Is it just me or did Team Multitude Salomon take just over 2 hours to get to checkpoint 14 on an estimated 6 hr leg while the leaders took just under 5 hours.   Greg Posted: 18 August 2006, 5:23 AM   Is anyone else finding the "live" tracking absolute rubbish   nick Posted: 18 August 2006, 7:39 AM   it sux   Tane Cambridge Posted: 18 August 2006, 8:28 AM   Yeah its pretty bad, compared to the Primal quest and the WOC tracking systems...but better than the Southern Traverse! There is some more articles/stories and photos on http://www.sleepmonsters.com   Brenda Boghopper Posted: 18 August 2006, 10:19 AM   Press release from Geoff Hunt ARWS Director August 16: Japanese watch Casio has become the official watch of the Adventure Racing World Series on the eve of the fourth Adventure Racing World Championships in Sweden. Would that be the Lapp-split model then?   addison Posted: 18 August 2006, 10:24 AM   Not sure Michael?   Greg Posted: 19 August 2006, 3:47 AM   Top teams have finished the Orienteering section. The course setter said a national runner would take about 2 hours. Team Finland with a former top orienteer raced through it in 2:40, not bad half way through an Aventure race, Golite and Nike took about 3:10 starting and finishing around the same time. Biggest loosers were FJS that left first while other teams slept before it, that took 5:19 and are now down in 8th   Ellmo1769 Posted: 19 August 2006, 4:27 AM   Team Golite in 2nd/3rd but both Nike and Finland have slept. This message was edited by Ellmo1769 on 19 August 2006, 12:27 PM   Michael Posted: 21 August 2006, 3:34 PM   Nike/Powerblast has won - contains kiwi Richard Ussher. Golite/T and Orion Health can't be far away from finishing, currently listed 4th/5th. Port Nelson has made it into the top 20 (19th).   Rob G Posted: 21 August 2006, 3:45 PM   check out www.speepmonsters.com.au for some excellent reports   Greg Posted: 21 August 2006, 4:00 PM   thats www.sleepmonsters.com.au Rob do you keep forgetting your passwords?   nick Posted: 22 August 2006, 5:30 AM   The GPS tracking is shithouse but reading the times on the website, it looks like Orion must be nearing the finish. In 5th place. Awesome.