Tag Archives: XPD

Adventure Racing World Championships 2011 – Application Entries Now Open!

The application phase of entries for the Adventure Racing World Championships (ARWC) 2011 in Tasmania, Australia are now open!! www.xpd.com.au/teams Applications for Mixed teams for 30 spots to the ARWC2011 are now open. Preference will be allocated to those meeting ARWC qualifying criteria HOWEVER applications are also open to teams meeting other criteria such as [...]

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XPD as scary as it gets

I have great admiration to all that competed in this years XPD. What a tough tough event! Hopefully we can have a few posts from those hard core Cairns adventurers in the near future. Captured above is team Starfactor whitewater rafting on Tully River with team captain Terry McClelland (front) totally scared to the bones. Good on [...]

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XPD – as much an expidition as a race

If you haven’t already heard, the 5th edition of the XPD is in Cairns, which started last Wednesday – 47 teams of 4 competitors from around the globe trek, mountain bike, and kayak for five to ten days in this world renowned expedition. These adventurers race day and night over a 700km course pushing themselves [...]

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