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The G-Rant : Grant's Rants on Adventure Racing

“Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.” - Alfred North Whitehead

Gearing up for Moab

We've got the biggest race Team HRAdventure has ever competed in coming up in a week or two; it's a real doosy since we need to ship our gear and our butts and get out to Moab, Utah where the race is.  Here is a link to the actual race.  The difficult logistics will be worth it, though, as I know Moab is beautiful and this time of year is ideal to be playing in the deserts, canyons, and mountains of the Southwest.  They've already got snow in the mountains out there, so we could see some cold weather during the race (but hopefully nothing like this past February); it just translates into more gear to pack and ship!

We've been very fortunate to have some kind folks from Richmond ASR (the team of Pirates, for those of you who did the Storm) offer to do support crew for us; they're arranging their vacation around the race, and we can't thank them enough.  We've got an RV lined up for our support vehicle -- thanks to our support crew renting an RV for their "vacation" and letting us split costs with them to give us a great ride as a support vehicle.  I've got some family coming down from Denver to cheer us on, too, so we'll have a good contingent of people to help us along the way.

For those of you not in Moab for those 3 or 4 days, a live leaderboard will be available via CheckpointTracker and it should let you keep tabs on our progress.

I'll try to keep this weblog updated with our plans and travels over these next few weeks . . . this way you can vicariously race in Moab with us!



Comments

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

Morgan, Mike "Mojo" Jones, Pam, & Grant. Wendy and I are really excited to help HRA not to mention vacation in Utah!

May be we can update the blog or post of the HRA message boards with updates. We'll see.
# September 22, 2006 10:02 AM

Mnewlon - HRAdventure flunkie said:

Yes - looking forward to exciting comments like "Today Morgan lost one of his toenails." Day 2 - "Morgan lost a couple more toenails" - Day 3 "Morgan has no toenails and I'm pretty sure one of his actual toes just fell off".  Good fun.
# September 22, 2006 11:28 AM

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

Comments like "Today Morgan lost one of his toenails while towing Grant up a mountain", Day 2 "Morgan lost a couple more toenails while swimming in the Colorado River when his rubber kayak sank" Day 3 "Morgan can't walk anymore because he lost all of his toes in a bad mountain trek at 13,000 feet in 6 feet of snow. Please send money to the Get Morgan Some New Toes Fund at www.morgantoes.org...." Good fun.
# September 22, 2006 1:21 PM

Mnewlon - HRAdventure flunkie said:

Dude, that was funny......really though you can all send me money if you want..........
# September 22, 2006 5:12 PM

Sherry - Are We Done Yet said:

Grant - the race sounds awesome.  I will be thinking of you, Pam, Mike and Morgan. I wish I could be there ....I will be in Maui and Kaui getting in the mindset for the Sea and Sand race.  
# September 23, 2006 7:03 AM

Mnewlon - HRAdventure flunkie said:

Gee Sherry, that sounds pretty nice.  I don't suppose you want to trade places?
# September 23, 2006 11:56 PM

gkillian said:

Sherry, thanks for the "inspiration;" while trekking through the desert canyons, I'll think back to the lush pacific islands and have a "calgon take me away" sort of moment.

I'd love to do a race out in Hawaii, but it'd have to be a long one because I have a rule: "the race has to be longer than the travel time to get there."
# September 25, 2006 8:30 AM

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

One way or round trip?
# September 25, 2006 11:32 AM

Sherry said:

I think a Hawaii Adventure race would be great - the Napali Coast along the North Shore of Kaui would be great for trekking and kayaking.  You could have a championship race there - like Xterra does in Maui.  
# September 25, 2006 12:19 PM

Mnewlon - HRAdventure flunkie said:

Hmmmmmm.....I'm having visions of "HRAdventure Hawaii".  It's kind of like CSi: Miami, Vegas, New York..........
# September 25, 2006 12:33 PM

gkillian said:

That would be a one-way ticket for me -- after the HRAdventure Hawaii event, you could find me working at a juice bar in Hanalei Bay.  No more of this "real" job stuff!

I'd like to bike up the volcano in Maui, too.  From sea level to 10,000 feet in a few hours!
# September 25, 2006 12:41 PM

Sherry said:

I agree with you Grant - everytime I go I swear I am quitting my job and waiting tables and living the good life.  
There are so many awesome places for adventures in Hawaii. One of my favorite secret places is the bamboo forest on Maui.  You have to hike, climb, jump off a short clif and swim up a river to reach the water fall - sounds like one of your races.
# September 25, 2006 12:49 PM

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

Ok, I'm down for the HRAdventure Hawaii. It may be hard to have a series but I'm sure we could have one race a year in Hawaii.
# September 25, 2006 2:57 PM

Mnewlon - HRAdventure flunkie said:

Yeah yeah!  Grant and I will have to take a couple trips to scout out the course and "stuff".
# September 26, 2006 6:37 PM
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