Conquering the Atacama Crossing (Chile)

30 March - 5 April 2008

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and …. they’re off!!!

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Chile is 12 hours behind Hong Kong (same time zone as USA East Coast time)…. and so they are on their way.
Stage one of the race began at 8am in Chile (8pm HK). Click here for a Google video flyover of the course. 
Stage 1: 41.4km
Starting on a salt flat at approximately 3000m competitors race over the […]

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Sunbeam Read-athon

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The Sunbeam Children’s Village will be running a Read-athon with prizes provided by Deacons. This will run concurrently with the Crossing that was its inspiration. We will be posting photos here of the  Sunbeam Children’s Read-athon as it progresses! 

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…and so it BEGINS!

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The contestants gather in the driest spot in the world ….

You can follow the crossing here with any specific images and stats that we can find - or you can go directly to our source - the official website of Racing The Planet - and have a look around: 

http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/ 

To see the race results from […]

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