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Make your Baja Epic experience the very best with real-time GPS tracking for friends and family, and satellite based 911 service for safety. For just $39.95, participants can rent a SPOT GPS Tracker from TrackMe360.com, for use during the entire event. What do they get? Their very own online tracking map, where friends and family can see where they are. Every 10-30 minutes, depending on terrain, the GPS tracker sends the racer’s location to the online map, immediately visible from any Internet browser. In addition, the standard SPOT features (OK, Help and 911 messaging) are also available. To learn more about that, click here. Advance reservation IS required! RESERVE YOURS NOW!

About the 2008 Baja Epic

The first-ever Baja Epic—a four-day stage race through the mountains and deserts of Baja, Mexico—is set to kick off November 5, 2008.

Some 100 racers are expected to attend, including big names such as endurance buff, Tinker Juarez. Organizers are promising them plenty of challenges.

The Baja Epic will cover nearly 250 miles, with 24,000 feet of climbing. About 20 percent of the course will be singletrack, with roughly 77 percent on fire roads. Only about three percent will be paved.

Stage one starts on the beach in Rosarito and runs 65 miles, with 7,860 feet of climbing and 4,888 feet of descending. The stage runs through the infamous Tequila Hill and the old King of the Mountain course to the finish in Santa Veronica.

Stage two is the longest leg, totaling 81 miles, with more descending than climbing—6,216 feet and 5,523 feet, respectively. This stage starts in Santa Veronica and ends at Ojos Negros.

Stage three has more frequent ups and downs than the first two stages and, like stage two, has more down than up. The trail also overlaps part of the legendary Baja 1,000 (motor vehicle race) course. This stage has 6,850 feet of ascending and 7,807 feet of descending. It starts and finishes in Valle de la Trinidad via a 53-mile loop.

The 45-mile fourth and final stage will start at the “Wine Village,” Ensenada and finish in “The Lobster Village,” Puerto Nuevo. The trails between the cities are private and virgin to bicycle rubber.

The race is different from most mountain bike stage races because racers and guests will have the opportunity to stay in hotels each night. The Baja Epic will pick up participants from the San Diego Airport and transport them to the starting point. There are also discounted entry fees for riders who wish to take care of their own lodging and transportation.

For more information, including registration, course profiles, videos and maps, visit www.bajaepic.com

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Mount Diablo (May 2008)

100 Lakes (June-July 2008)

Desolation (July-August 2008)

Silver Lake (August-September 2008)

Sep 24 – Oct 11 – Track Sean’s journey here!

Sean lives in California where he runs River and Ocean LLC; a sales and customer service agency in the watersports industry. He is the US West Coast importer and distributor for UK based sea kayak manufacturer Valley Sea Kayaks. Sean is also the Western region sales representative for Kokatat Watersports Wear and has been a member of Team Kokatat since 2006. He is the current World Masters Surf Kayak Champion in the High Performance category.

In 2004 Sean completed the first solo circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland and all the inhabited islands; a six month, 4500mile expedition and the longest journey ever undertaken by kayak in British waters.

Supporting Sean in this endeavor is AquanSports of San Carlos, California.

FOLLOW THE EXPEDITION REAL-TIME WITH TRACKME360! SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE – CLICK HERE! (LIVE AUGUST 24-29, 2008)

Off Roving, an off road after market company for Land Rover owners, is donating the proceeds from this year’s third annual Great Divide trek to a 12 year old from Big Bear who is slated to be the youngest ever to successfully make the summits of the tallest mountain on each continent. These are called the “Seven Summits”.

Beyond this, Off Roving is making this year’s GDIII a pledge drive to its sponsors and community to
raise $30,000 for Jordan’s next ascent in Antarctica which will cost nearly $100,000. Supporters in this
effort pledge for a day, multiple days or for all five days of the trek. Pledges are $0.10 per vertical foot one truck ascends each day. To pledge your support, go here.

The Great Divide is a well known annually sold out trek following the legendary Great Continental Divide Expedition led by Tom Collins with the launch of the Range Rover. Land Rover owners drive their own vehicles in the tracks of legends. This year’s trip is designed to raise money for Jordan Romero so he can complete his last two ascents. Two legendary ascents. One legendary goal. We climb so he can climb.

The trip will be “published” online complete with real-time GPS tracking maps, using GPS gear provided by TrackMe360.com. Between August 24 and 29, you can see exactly where the expedition is here.

Monday August 4th, 2008 – Folsom, California. We are pleased to report that TrackMe360.com is the price leader for rental of SPOT GPS Trackers. An internet search yielded 3 companies offering short term rentals of SPOT GPS Trackers, and TrackMe360 was on average 18% less expensive than the other services, comparing 3 Day, 1 Week, 2 Week and 1 Month rental periods. In addition, TrackMe360’s prices INCLUDE return shipping (by USPS 2-3 Day Priority Mail), something which does not appear to be included with the other offers (at least we could not see any mention of it).

The biggest difference in price was for the 1 Month rental, where one company charges $140. In comparison, TrackMe360 charges only $69.95 for a months use, including return shipping. Says Jansson, owner of TrackMe360: “A lot of the cost is in the setup and administration. SPOTs are life saving devices, and quality control is of the utmost importance. Extending the rental period doesn’t add that much cost to us, since it is still only one setup activity – therefore we can be very aggressive on the longer rental periods.”

TrackMe360 rental pricing is:

• 3 Days – $29.95
• 1 Week – $39.95
• 2 Weeks – $49.95
• 1 Month – $69.95

Dear TrackMe360:

We made it to the summit! Using the Spot while climbing Mount Shasta in northern California, provided the peace-of-mind that help is on the way if we needed it. The OK feature provided our friends and family with timely information about our location and that we were “OK”. The tracking feature was a fun way for friends and supporters to follow our progress. Your service was excellent. For someone like me, who might do one or two epic trips a year, being able to rent the SPOT is perfect. Thanks for being there!

Randy Mintz – Folsom, California

Race in Desolation Wilderness??? Yeah, right! Using the unique format of the TrackMe360 Training Race, you can now race against others in the months of July and August in an area where a traditional race format could never be permitted. Read more here. Find yourself here at Checkpoint #5:

Denali, Alaska – At 6:59 PM on Thursday June 19th 2008, Jordan Romero of Big Bear Lake, California, summited one of the most difficult peaks in the world at the age of 11. He is one of only two 11 year-olds to have ever summited the mountain. Due to its northern latitudes, it ranks as one of the longest and most arduous climbs, weather often putting teams on hold for days and weeks at a time. Team Jordan Romero did the climb in record time. We are still awaiting details of the amazing feat.

TrackMe360.com provided GPS safety and tracking gear to the expedition, and via periodic location messages sent via satellite, fans, family and friends all over the globe could follow Jordan’s adventure in real time at www.jordanromero.com.

A team of recreational (plus!) cyclists from Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley, CA finished the gruelling RAAM 2008 on Thursday evening June 19th at 8 :15 PM, after over 3,000 miles of riding from San Diego, CA to Annapolis, MD.  TrackMe360.com provided GPS tracking for the team so that fans, friends and family could follow their journey online in real time.  Every 10 minutes, our satellite beacon would send the team’s location coordinates to an online tracking map, courtesy of TrackMe360.com.  Detailed team results are here, and the team’s web site is here.

A four-person team of everyday folks from Valley Presbyterian Church will ride in what is known as the “world’s toughest bike race.” They hope the drama generated by the coast-to-coast race and their own relative inexperience in the event will draw attention to a worthy cause: Peninsula Habitat for Humanity. The “ultra-distance” riders hope that their endurance will raise $50,000 for an eight-unit family complex on Lincoln Avenue in Redwood City. This project will provide affordable ownership homes for eight low income families.  Team web site is here.

Coast to coast in nine days from June 11-20, 2008, Race Across America’s 3,000-mile route begins in Oceanside, CA, and concludes in Annapolis, MD. Unlike a stage race, riders pedal twenty-four hours a day in a relay format that keeps one team member on the road while the others rest. None of the Team H4 riders are professional cyclists. The ultra marathon will test them physically and spiritually and serve as a two-wheeled vehicle for generating funds and awareness for Peninsula Habitat.

TrackMe360 is providing real-time tracking of this team along its journey.  Check out the live map at: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=020phDI4p7QU3OyJdQelyRgTVzMJGh7cV