by Ian | Jan 24, 2011 | Atacama, Expeditions, Team HSX
teamHSX on Atacama recieved emails today with details on the course…
It makes for interesting reading..
Distance of Each Stage
The approximate distances of each stage are detailed below. There are checkpoints approximately every 10 kilometers / 6 miles along the course where volunteers and a medical doctor are stationed to give you water and support. Each checkpoint also has a tent providing shade.
Stage 1 – 35.2 km / 21.9 miles
Stage 2 – 41.8 km / 26.0 miles
Stage 3 – 40.0 km / 24.9 miles
Stage 4 – 42.8 km / 26.6 miles
Stage 5 – 73.6 km / 45.7 miles
Stage 6 – 16.0 km / 9.9 miles
Terrain
The terrain is varied. You can expect salt flats, sand dunes, loose rock and dirt, grassy plains, canyons and hard-packed dirt tracks. There are also a few water crossings throughout the week.
Altitude
The course starts at its highest altitude. Camp 1 is just over 3,000 meters / 10,000 feet. Each Stage takes competitors to a lower level, with the week finishing in San Pedro de Atacama at 2,443 meters / 7,780 feet.
Climate
The climate of the Atacama Desert is hot and dry. Course temperatures can reach higher than 40°C / 104°F (with lows of 5°C / 41°F at night).
Good luck to us….. 🙂
by Ian | Jan 17, 2011 | Atacama, Team HSX
As mentioned yesterday, teamHSX on Atacama were on today’s news.
This link takes you to the main article :-
and this link is the small snippet on the lunch time bulletin :-
Also, this evening we broke the £1,ooo mark for our Cancer research fundraising.. please help us get to £6,690… Thanks..
by Ian | Jan 16, 2011 | Atacama, News, Team HSX
Today, teamHSX on Atacama were joined at Hengitsbury Head (Southbourne, Dorset) by Divya Kohli, ace reporter from Meridian News. She filmed a piece on us to be shown on the Meridian News tomorrow (Monday 17/1/2011) night on the main bulletin.
Divya, even said they are keen to join us on our Malaga training session and are even talking about joining us in Chile for the race….
teamHSX on Atacama then went on to complete a 25km training run along Bournemouth & Poole beaches and back…
Today was also great as we recieved our new team kit….. It felt great.. Thanks Russ and Simon Furlong for helping us with this..
Don’t forget now, with only about six weeks left until we fly out, it would be great if you bought a time slot and sponsored us… Go to the Atacama pages to find out more…. www.hsx.org.uk/Atacama
by Ian | Dec 29, 2010 | Event Report, Team HSX
As with every year, HSX had their annual forum on the approach to Christmas and has been the tradition for the past three years, this year was also the Adventure Race.
Once again, the weather kept us on our toes. 2008 had rain and floods, 2009 had ice and cold and 2010 saw a fresh supply of snow dump on the Friday night..
Anyway, thanks to Chris Laws for putting it together and Alan for helping out the course out (especially the checkpoint in the middle of the pond)..
In first place this year we had Chris Slater & Ollie Robinson.. Well done to you two, you also get to organise next years..
by Ian | Sep 27, 2010 | Atacama, Team HSX
Great news…
After a successful training run on Butser Hill last night teamHSX on Atacama (Rich Batstone, Chris Laws & Alan Braithwaite) who are running across the Atacama Desert in March 2011 and are trying to raise some cash for Cancer Research are pleased to announce that their pages are now open..
If you’d like to find out more and hopefully donate a bit of money please go to hsx.org.uk/atacama
Keep on running…
