{"id":1223,"date":"2009-10-30T17:44:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2009-12-06T23:36:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T21:36:15","slug":"portugal-perhaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2009\/10\/portugal-perhaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal perhaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like I might have a new plan for the next couple of weeks. I was tapping away to Emily on Skype a couple of days ago and she was bemoaning the fact that she can’t take any time off work to support Chris in his upcoming adventure race. To cut a short story shorter, I am probably flying to Portugal on 6 November to support Team Nike\/Beaver Creek<\/a> in the 2009 Adventure Racing World Champs<\/a>. My friend Kati will be flying in from Germany to lend support and drive the team vehicle.<\/p>\n

Chris<\/a> has been entering adventure races for a few years now. He started off racing with Aaron Prince on team GoLite\/Timberland (now disbanded) in 2005. They finished second to Nike<\/a> in the Primal Quest in 2006 and Chris began racing for Nike<\/a> the following year. In 2007 Nike won<\/a> the World Adventure Racing Championships in Scotland with Chris as their navigator. Here’s some puff<\/a> from Sleep Monsters<\/a> about the team. Now that’s puff to be proud of.<\/p>\n

It looks like there are two teams from New Zealand entering; the very strong OrionHealth.com<\/a> with Brent and Anna and Nga Rakau<\/a> whom I know nothing about. Nike has a large Kiwi influence with two out of the four team mates from New Zealand. Oooh.<\/p>\n

You can follow the race on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a> \"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Chris and “The Flintstones” cleaned up in TWALK 2005 despite carrying their car for the first leg. Above right: Chris was happy to navigate in a white-out during our tramping trip to Ivory Lake in 2007. Tim, Greig, and Clare opted for a GPS.<\/p>\n

Below: Chris follows Gina up a steep slope on our trip to Ivory Lake.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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