BEND-AR

This past weekend, we made the eleven hour drive to Oregon to participate in the Bend-Adventure Race. For those of you who don't know what an Adventure Race is (which is probably most of you, because we'd never heard of it before either), it's kind of like a triathlon...but on crazy Mountain Man steroids.

In teams of four, you complete a course made up of mountain biking, trekking, kayaking and caving all while navigating with a map and compass. The goal is to reach as many of the check points as possible as quickly as possible; found on top of cliffs, under bridge tresses and at the backs of caves.
 

We met up with Nate's sister and her boyfriend to make up team "Montana escape Velocity" (MeV). Together, we raced for 13.5 hours straight, coming across the finish line tired, bruised, and swollen.

Now, back in Missoula, we're able to look back and be glad we did it, but fair warning to those considering the sport: The fun parts of the race don't really become apparent until you can see them in retrospect.



- N & K