Saturday, April 08, 2006

New Race at The End of the World

The southern winter is approaching. In Patagonia, each day has fewerminutes of sunlight, and the nights are getting longer, and so, on the21st of June, we will experience the longest night of the year - whichwill be more than 16 hours without seeing the sun. In other words, wewill receive light and heat from the sun for less than 8 hours. On thatday, the organizers of PATAGONIA EXPEDITION RACE, reaching a newmilestone in the world of adventure racing, will start a new annualcycle of winter editions of the race. The setting of this race will be impressive - southern Patagonia inwinter, the season in which Patagonia shows her most beautiful side.This new edition of the race is expected to comprise three stages in theregion of Torres del Paine and then three stages in Tierra del Fuego.The format of the race, and the equipment used in it, are all designedaccording to the weather conditions of Patagonian winter.