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Eleven teams have qualified already to participate in the 2014 Adventure Racing World Championship hosted by HUAIRASINCHI in Ecuador. After receiving the news that two of the scheduled 2014 races, Gold Rush Mother Lode (Sept. 9-14) and Ecomotion Brazil (Sept. 19-28) have cancelled this year’s events, HUAIRAINSCHI has decided to open new spots for teams interested in participating in and qualifying for the 2014 World Championship in Ecuador.
HUAIRASINCHI, for this reason, will be extending the registration date for teams interested in participating in the World Championship to August 31. Teams now have until this date to complete their registration process, and teams who paid the $2000 fee to reserve their spot back in April, will have until August 31 to complete their registration. Take advantage of this offer early to guarantee your spot in what will be an unforgettable race through the middle of world.
The HUAIRASINCHI 2014 race course has been described by the race directors, Proyecto Aventura, as the most biodiverse Adventure World Championship so far, crossing the Andes, Amazon, and Pacific Coast, Ecuador´s three continental geographical regions, each one renowned for incomparable natural, cultural, and ethnic diversity. Ecuador is the country with the greatest concentration of rivers and flora and fauna diversity per square kilometer in the world, providing a dramatic setting for an Adventure Racing World Championship. The race will be described as an expedition experience, Crossing the Andes at Latitude 0°, and it’s important to underscore that the race will not be held at extreme altitudes.
The race altitude will vary between 0 and 4000 meters above sea level. The race will descend past waterfalls, climb canyons, cross primary natural forests, páramo highlands, traverse gorges, as well as various water environments like mangroves, rivers, lakes, and inlets across the country from one region to another. The race organizes guarantee that racers will have an unbelievable time, living and experiencing all that Ecuador has to offer. For the first time, HUAIRASINCHI will change to hold a majority of its route in lowlands and not at altitude as in years past, a plus that will certainly help international teams prepare to come to Ecuador.
As race host, the city of Quito is offering some of its best sites and facilities not only to teams, but also their friends and families who might travel with them as well as international press and other public. You can review information about flights, hotels, tourism and travel packages, as well as car rentals and other training and preparation options like acclimatization trips and hyperbaric medicine, here.
Quito and Ecuador won various distinctions and awards over the past few years for their excellent tourism and conservation efforts. In 2013, Ecuador won the World Leading Green Destination, the Best Nature and Wildlife Tourist Destination. Additionally, Quito, the host city for the AR World Championship, was also awarded by the World Travel Awards the title of South America’s Leading Destination in the last two years.
Teams from countries like France, New Zealand, United States of America, Switzerland, Colombia, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, New Caledonia, United Kindgom, and the host nation, Ecuador, have already marked their calendars and are preparing themselves to travel in November to the middle of the world, in South America.
HUAIRASINCHI 2014 promises to surprise and challenge teams, showing a new face of its lowland treasures. HUAIRASINCHI also looks forward to welcome for the first time ever in the AR World Championships, teams representing their countries, as the new race rules on nationality come into effect. We welcome you to the HUAIRASINCHI Explorer 2014 Adventure Racing World Championship in Quito, Ecuador!
Endorphinmag
August 2014.
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