The Patagonian Expedition Race is
a true expedition, taking teams of four through lands previously
unknown to the human eye. Racers receive minimal assistance as they
traverse through the pristine southern Patagonia by means of trekking,
climbing and related rope work, kayaking, mountain biking, and
backcountry navigation. Get the latest real time race news and updates
right here.
Congratulations to Adidas TERREX-Prunesco for winning the 2012 Patagonian Expedition Race!
And congratulations to all the finishing teams and all those who embarked on
this epic journey. Weather kept the last kayak leg from being completed
as planned, but the winning teams were brought into Pia Fjord for a
symbolic paddle to the finish line.
See all of the glory and heartbreak of the 2012 Patagonian Expedition Race firsthand, by checking out this exclusive slideshow of this year's race.
2012 Patagonian Expedition Race Trailer
Latest Patagonian Expedition Race News
Patagonian Expedition Race Ends (February 23, 2012)
Ten days after the race began, teams in desperate need of showers and hot meals, the Patagonian Expedition Race has finished. With Adidas Terrex Prunesco taking the win for the fourth year in a row, this year's field was stronger than ever. Read More
Final Race Standings (February 23, 2012)
The most current standings for the Patagonian Expedition Race. Read More
A Day with Adidas Terrex (February 22, 2012)
Expedition races seem to attract some of the most diverse groups of four
people one could possibly conceive. There are people that have never
met showing up to race together on the same team. Read More
Checkpoint 12 (February 21, 2012)
To reach Checkpoint 12, teams have had to kayak across the Strait of Magellan , trek through Tierra del Fuego, ride their bikes for 140 km of dirt roads, and then begin their trek deep into the mountains of the Cordillera Darwin. Read More
Adidas-Terrex-Prunesco reaches CP 17 (February 19, 2012)
Arriving
in the brisk morning hours, Adidas-Terrex Prunesco crossed the
Yendegaia River at 07:35am into PC 17. They now head into the glacier
section of the Patagonian Expedition Race with a comfortable lead over
the trailing teams. Read More
The Good News and the Bad News (February 19, 2012)
Team Kauri with representatives from Czech Republic, South Africa and
New Zealand came into PC 15 at 07: 40 today, being the fifth team
entering that stretch of Cordillera Darwin in the Lapataia Valley. Read More
Information from CP 15! (February 19, 2012)
PC 15 reports that United States based team Gear Junkie/Yogaslackers
made its arrival at 07:15 pm today. They are followed very closely by
South African Cyanosis. Read More
Fighting to Reach the Finish of the Patagonian Expedition Race (February 18, 2012)
The adventure began on February 14th in Punta Arenas,
Chile when 19 teams of 18 nationalities answered the call for this 10th
addition of the race. After 5 days, 15 teams remain, now braving the
terrain of the Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego. Read More
Gonna-Get-Yah (February 18, 2012)
Surviving the strict time cut- offs and gruelling distances, Pata-Gonna-Del-Yah
is currently trailing near the back of the pack. Nevertheless, they
have outlasted the 4 teams who have abandoned the race so far, recently
passed 4 Continents and by last reports is still going strong. Read More
The First Teams Back in Punta Arenas (February 17, 2012)
The Brazilian teams ‘Go Crazy’ and ‘Quasar Lontra Master Tapuia’, along
with the American ‘Discovery & Research’ and Finnish ‘Ulkoilun Maailma’ teams were the first group to leave the race course and arrive back in Punta Arenas. Read More
Cordillera Darwin (February 18, 2012)
This awesome mountain range sits at the end of the mighty Andes – and it
is here where teams will experience some of Chile’s wildest scenery. Read More
Patagonia Expedition Race Enters into Critical Phase (February 17, 2012)
The race has now split into three parts with a hard-charging group led by Adidas TERREX Prunesco opening up a strong advantage after the final bike stage, as they enter the complicated route through the Cordillera Dawrin and just passed through PC 12. Read More
Parque Karukinka (February 16, 2012)
This is a remote wilderness park like no other – a place where the only
marks on the ground the teams will come across are animal footprints. Read More
High Drama on the High Seas (February 16, 2012)
The full story is just starting to come through about the withdrawal of team number 13, Go Crazy of Brazil. Read More
Fast and Light - the Story from PC 6 (February 15, 2012)
The first long trek of the race is split into three parts, the first of which was from the kayak
transition at Puerto Arturo PC 5 to the first resupply at PC 6 covered just 17 km but a
major shift in the leader table. Read More
Day Two: Top Teams Turn Up the Heat (February 15, 2012)
After the dark zone on Dawson Island was opened at 6:30 this morning, all the teams which had been held at
PC 4 set off together (actual times will be adjusted later in the race),
to maximise the more settled weather conditions that prevail in Patagonia in the early part of the day. Read More
Tierra del Fuego : Get to Know the Route (February 15, 2012)
Not just one island but a whole bunch, Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago that leads right down to the infamous Cape Horn – and the racers will covering a fair bit of it on this year’s route. Read More
Day Two: Teams Reaching the Tierra del Fuego (February 15, 2012)
Day two of the Patagonian Expedition Race 10th Anniversary has kicked off with blue skies and a mild wind. The
temperatures outside are mild for these parts, but the southern chill is
ever present. Read More
CP 1 Times (February 14, 2012)
CP1 times for each team competing in the Patagonian Expedition Race. Read More
Day One of The Patagonian Expedition Race: The Race Is On!!! (February 14, 2012)
The racers began at 2:30 in the morning, with the wind at their backs
and the Southern Cross in the sky. All the teams set out an incredibly
fast pace heading south along la Costanera. The paved road allowed the
teams to roll with ease toward Checkpoint 1 and they arrived in
clustered groups. Read More
A Little Bit of Everything (February 13, 2012)
The sun is shining down at the southern edge of the world today. It's
been shining a lot this week, which means any of us having arrived from
winter climates are now sporting the same rosy glow as a sunburn. Read More
2012 Patagonian Expedition Race Map (February 13, 2012)
The
wait is over; the 2012 Patagonian Expedition Race is finally here!
2012's predictably insane course begins in Tierra del Fuego, the
southernmost tip of the South American mainland, and concludes over 500
kilometers southeast in Fiordo Pia, amongst the Cordillera Darwin
mountains. Read More
Chilean Team Arrives in Punta Arenas (February 10, 2012)
As the Chilean team arrives in Punta Arenas,
the airport is filled with local press and baggage carousels loaded
with bikes and more The North Face logos than a Denver shopping outlet. Read More
In Five Days, the Race Begins (February 9, 2012)
Here at NIGSA the news about racing team arrivals is trickling in one hour at a time.
Shipments of food supplies and race gear are showing up at our office
doors, and check point crews eyeball the goods hungrily, knowing they'll
be surviving on a diet of pasta and pate while out in the field. Read More
Punta Arenas, Chile: There’s a change in the city. (February 8, 2012)
Punta Arenas, Chile: There’s a change in the city. A quiet town
meandered by backpacking tourists and the odd offloading of cruise ships
is noticing the arrival of a different kind of crowd. One plane at a
time, athletes, film crews, and journalists from around the world are
filtering into the city for the tenth anniversary of the Patagonian
Expedition Race. Read More
The Last Wild Race on iTunes (February 7, 2012)
Patagonian Expedition Race documentary, The Last Wild Race by Brian J. Leitten & Stjepan Pavicic, is now available on iTunes. Read More
Patagonian Expedition Race In National Geographic (February 2, 2012)
The Patagonian Expedition Race recently made National Geographic's list of the Ten Great Races in Amazing Places.
The list is comprised of ten exceptional locations around the globe,
where you can get into incredible shape while enjoying a world-class
vacation. Read More
Esri Joins Patagonian Expedition Race in Plotting the Unknown (January 20, 2012)
Esri, the leader in GIS (geographic information systems) software, will
be the Official GIS and Mapping Provider for the 10th Anniversary of
the Patagonian Expedition Race, which takes places February 14-22,
2012. Read More