It's Tierra Viva time! The Milton Basement Racers go today and the Tree Huggers fly out tomorrow. I'm streamlining my luggage today, removing items previously thought essential until I weighed it all.
The race website is here. We've received no info about live coverage and there was no mention of GPS trackers in the race info but it is an ARWS event so I would expect something.
The Attackpoint discussion is here - often the best place to follow a race where Attackpointers are competing.
The race starts on Tuesday morning and the last teams finish on Sunday at 4 p.m. (They are an hour later than Toronto time.) The race consists of 4 sections, each of which starts and finishes at a Central Camp in the small resort village of Villa Traful, Argentina.
Each section can include any or all of the disciplines (trekking, mountain biking, big lake kayaking) and in some places, we will have the opportunity to make strategic decisions by doing disciplines - or CPs within a discipline - in the sequence of our choosing. We only get maps for one section at a time so it will be fun when we start getting sleepy.
I've just decided to leave my netbook behind due to high crime rates and high luggage volume. :) This means that I can't post photos to Attackpoint and can't upload any photos from my camera, only from my phone - which I'm supposed to avoid displaying in public. Double_Downon11 has graciously agreed to post any pics I send him to the main AP thread. I have no idea what kind of communications we will have. I know Simpy ordered a SIM card so at least one of us should be able to talk to the outside world before and after the race. If I have access, I will try to check e-mail, texts, Facebook stuff directed at me, my AP log and the Tierra Viva AP thread. However, that may very well not happen, and we will be in pre-race mode soon after arriving.
Wishing everyone a very happy first week of spring! :)