Hey Green Mountain Adventure Racers!

The 2008 Gorge Games is returning to the Columbia River Gorge along the
Oregon/Washington State borders. As part of the Games, Wicked Adventure
Racing will be producing two adventure races:

* Wicked Gorge Pro Course - 24 Hour Race - July 18th
* Wicked Gorge Sport Course - 5 to 10 Hour Race - July 19th

The 2008 Gorge Games will be airing with 3.5 hours of prime time
television coverage in August. All Fox Sports television stations will
air the Gorge Games, including the Wicked Gorge adventure races,
reaching an estimated *84 MILLION households*. We will have embedded
camera men, point-of-view cameras on teams, and camera people littered
through out the woods just waiting to catch you when you're feeling ...
high, low, up, down, happy, sad, and everything else in between!

The Wicked Gorge Pro Course is also a series points race in the 2008
Checkpoint Tracker <http://www.checkpointtracer.com/> Adventure Racing
Series. Four person coed teams will obtain points towards the $30,000
prize purse!

These races will be physical demanding, and mentally challenging.
However, we always design our courses so that the hardened Pro may gasp
in agony and yet the weekend warrior will still find a suitable
challenge that they can compete, and complete.

The Gorge Games will also be hosting many other events; Mountain Biking,
Riverboarding, Kayaking, Kite Boarding, Sailing, Sailboarding, Running,
and much more. In addition, several bands will be playing, beer gardens
will be flowering up all over the place, and a ton of social and
cultural events will be happening. The Gorge Games are a fantastic
Sports and Cultural festival that celebrates the beauty, bounty, and
ruggedness of the Columbia River Gorge. Even non-athletes will have a
fantastic time, and your families will find a ton of events to fill
their time while you toil away in the back country.

We have teams from all over the U.S. arriving, as well as a team from
New Zealand. We hope to see some of the rest of you out at this
fantastic race. If you are interested, please check out the race website:

http://www.gorgegames.net/events/adv_race.asp

Registration links, a complete race information packet, local resources
for camping, accommodations, and other information can all be found on
the above web page. There will be an Athletes Village that competitors
will be able to stage out of, have low cost camping, and there will be
several athlete specific events and festivities.

We look forward to seeing all of you out there!

The Wicked Adventure Racing Team,

Shane and Kathleen

--
Wicked Race Director
Wicked Adventure Racing, LLC
http://www.WickedAR.com/
shane@...
503.679.8849

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature,
nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding
danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life
is either a daring adventure or nothing." ** Helen Keller **