AR First: Satellite + Mobile Tracking

In a first in adventure racing, teams participating in the 2009 AR World Championships in Portugal, will be using both satellite and mobile network trackers, to take advantage of the more reliable transmission of mobile trackers (where mobile coverage is good) as well as the universal coverage offered by satellite trackers.  TrackMe360 is providing the satellite GPS beacons for the race.  Check out the Live Coverage here (coming soon).

About ARWC2009 – XPD Portugal

The race will be the Adventure Race World Championship 2009, in a new edition of Portugal XPD Race

Portugal will once more welcome the best international adventure racing teams, allowing them to explore the vast potentialities of the central region of the country. It will be an opportunity to see the best teams in the world to compete between them at the highest level in Adventure Racing, demonstrating their skills and their knowledge.

Estoril Portugal XPD Race aims to showcase the potential of Portugal as a prime location for Adventure Racing and the skills of the Portuguese for organizing large international sporting events.

The 2009edition of the XPD race will be organised as follows:

Dates: 8th to 13th of November 2009
Total estimated distance: 700/800 km
Length/Format: 5 days (approximately 120 hours to complete the race)/Non-Stop
Support: Provided by the organisation
Teams of 4 members
Compulsory at least one female member
Non-Stop format
All elements always competing
With Prize-money
The winner will be the Adventure Race World Champiom 2009

Live Coverage at Adventure Zone

Team tracks available:

1. Norcal-AR

2. Yogaslackers

3. Kayak Lake Mead

4. Dirty Avocados

5. News

6. Dirty Avocados II

7. Our Angel Nicole

8. Ready or Not

9. And Loving It

U. Almost Semi Pro

W. Tecnu/Staphaseptic

W. SOAR/Baarbd/RWG

 California’s first expedition length adventure race in several years kicks off on November 5th, 2009 at 7:30 AM.  12 of the west coasts most experienced adventure racing teams will be braving the notoriously unreliable November weather at altitudes ranging all the way up to 5,700 ft.  This year’s race (2009 Gold Rush Mother Lode) will have live coverage via TrackMe360’s Adventure Zone (powered by Untamed Adventure).  Adventure Zone is the place where individuals, groups and event organizers publish their adventures live, complete with GPS tracking maps, pictures, news blog, trail mail, and more.

Each team is equipped with a GPS tracking beacon from TrackMe360.  Every 10-30 minutes (depending on terrain conditions), the beacon reports the team’s location to the web site, and the continuously updated leaderboard gives viewers up-to-the-minute status on the race field.  The teams competing are: