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Patrouille des Glaciers - World's hardest race
Matthias Taugwalder 2006-May-01 10:00:00
Hi all
First of all, sorry for the cross-posting. But I think this one might be due
its extreme nature interesting for many of you...
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Patrouille des Glaciers 2006 - World's hardest race
The Patrouille des Glaciers is probably the world's hardest alpine race. The
racetrack in the Swiss Alps heads over 53km with a difference in altitude of
more than 8000m. The event is organized every two years by the Swiss army
and is open for military and civil teams. The race is held in two variants:
The big racetracks goes from Zermatt over Arolla to Verbier (53km), the
smaller course from Arolla to Verbier (25km). The race is done on foot and
on skis.
A French team established this year a new record for the total distance of
53km of incredible 6 hours 18 minutes and 48 seconds!
see http://www.pdg360.ch/en/
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Just some background information: The race was held in two editions on
Wednesday/Thursday and Friday/Saturday. The panoramas were shot spread
accross these two events. To get to that special places I did some parts of
the racetrack myself on touring skis... and a 13kg backpack with the
equipment on my shoulders... ;-)
Hope you like it...
Best regards from Switzerland,
Matthias Taugwalder
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Matthias Taugwalder
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