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After
49:56 hours of racing in three stages, team Red Bull from Costa Rica reached
the finish line in Granada's central park in first place. Ligia Madrigal, Rodrigo
Carazo, Eduardo Baldioceda, and Rom Akerson completed the 350 kilometer route
ahead of Rios Tropicales, second place, and Mundo Aventura - Pozo Azul, third
in the general classification table. However, equipment and emergency radio
penalties allowed team Generacion "A" from Guatemala to take the prize
for third place. Team Parmalat-Battery earned the fourth best time while Movistar-Banco
Uno, the Nicaraguan team, was not able to complete the third race stage after
an all-night kayaking session to end the second stage on the island of Ometepe..
STAGE I (Cosiguina) - www.ecosportaventura.com - The first stage, a
24 hour adventura, was held in the Cosiguina Peninsula 210 kilometers northwest
of Managua, near the border with Honduras. Here, athletes battled with high
temperatures and dehydration for the longest stage of the race.
On the morning of July 18, the race started at Hacienda Cosiguina with a trekking-horseback
riding stage. Two members of the team were rode the horses, while the other
two were running thru the swamps which bit by bit were becoming deeper, and
harder for competidors to run thru.
A horseback riding race took place in town and was the days focal point for the community of Cosiguina that got more involved in the competition. This was followed by a short run to
the shrimp farm, where the kayak stage started, first thru the estoire, then
on the Pacific Ocean paddling in the Fonseca Gulf with a magnificent view of
El Salvador and Honduras. Red Bull-Endurance Aventure, MundoAventura-Pozo Azul,
Rios Tropicales and Parmalat/Battery, took an early advantage over team Movistar/Banco
Uno of Nicaragua and Generacion A of Guatemala.
After the kayaks, the teams hiked up to Volcan Cosiguina, where they had to
deal with temperatures of 37 C. After the hard trekking, they rode their bikes
to Los Farallones, where they did the stage rappel. The I stage finished early
Tuesday at Hacienda Cosiguina. The first team to arrive was Red Bull.
STAGE II (Ometepe) - www.ecosportaventura.com - The second stage began
the morning of Wednesday, July 18 at Ometepe Island, in Lake Nicaragua. There,
the teams struggle with non-stop rain and a very slippery terrain, which difficulted
the ascent to the Maderas Volcano. Again, teams Red Bull, Mundo Aventura and
Rios Tropicales took the lead of the competition. At Hacienda Merida they took
the kayaks and paddled for 15 kilometers around the island, where they had to
plot a couple of points on the map, proving their navigation skills. The stage
finished with a team challenge and over 300 community children supporting the
competitors. The final skills test was a local slingshot marksman test to hit
a target 100 ft away. Team Red Bull finished first. Team Movistar-Banco Uno,
from Nicaragua, retired from competition after an extended seven hour paddle.
STAGE III (Granada) -www.ecosportaventura.com - The last stage began
in Nandaime, with teams riding their bikes all the way to Volcan Mombacho. Nearby
the volcano’s crater teams did some trekking and navigation to the fumaroles
where they did an inverted canopy. They rode their bikes to Asese, where they
walked to El Parque Central of Granada. The people of the community welcomed
the teams as they arrived to the finish line in Granada’s central Park,
across from the historic colonial church..
With an overall time of 49h 56m team Red Bull-Endurance Aventure, conformed
cy Ligia Madrigal, Rodrigo Crazo, Eduardo Baldioceda and Rom Akerson, took first
place at the Reto Aventura Movistar, Nicaragua 2005, Rebeca Marin, Jose Arguedas,
Marco Gambia y Randall Solano of Rios Tropicales took second place.
The national adventure race, a local race for the TRIO Adventure Challenge in Nicaragua, was held March 12-13 in Granada. View the route, results, and race picts here (spanish only).
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