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Reporte Primer Dia

Written by X-Pyr on June 25, 2018. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Reporte Primer Dia

Un dia espléndido para arrancar esta 4ª de X-Pyr. Tras las fotos de rigor y entrevistas en la playa de Hondarribia los pilotos corrieron a pie en direccion a TP-1 (La Rhune 900m), primera posibilidad de despegue. Se trata de una carrera de 25km y 900 de desnivel, muy exigentes en un dia caluroso de verano. Aun asi Nelson De Freyman (F) logro recortar en 10′ con un tiempo de 2h30m la mejor marca de la edicion anterior.

El norte americano Jesse Williams tuvo un “aterrizaje duro” pero afortunadamente quedo en un susto sin consecuencias.

A pesar de que las condiciones en La Rhune eran muy suaves, se consiguio el mejor avance de carrera para el primer dia, con Maurer (CH) y Pinot (F) superando TP-2 (Orhi) y liderando la carrera.

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Day 0 – meeting and more

Written by X-Pyr on June 24, 2018. Posted in Blog. No Comments on Day 0 – meeting and more

A beautiful sunny summer day salutes us in Hondarribia. The 35 confirmed participant teams gathered at the city’s Auditorium. We all went through the race rules, air pace restrictions, safety and emergency procedures and satelite tracking. Gear inspection and weight checking was completed, followed by TV interviews for the race documentary. Some of the worlds’ best Hike & Fly pilots head the particintat’s list.

This years’ edition added some challenging turn points that will rise the race difficulty and length. The weather forecast is now good after weeks and weeks of rainy days. The excitement is in the air and all is now set for a spectacular race start tomorrow at the beach (10am local time). The first turnpoint “La Rhune” can only be reached by foot and is some 25km away. We anticipate first lauches around 13h from “La Rhune”.

Note: Team Michael Muehlbach did a last minute cancellation due to medical reasons.

Photos: Daniel Berhelemy