After 10 months of training, the moment of truth has finally arrived. In the next week both the Men's and Women's Teams will be traveling to the World Rafting Championships in Costa Rica on the Pacuare River. The World Rafting Championships (WRC) is the single largest international rafting event in the world with over 50 teams and 25 countries competing, so winning teams earn large bragging rights.
(Video: Footage captured from a practice session of the Men's team running through Gore Canyon at 1600cfs).
The Men's and Women's team's had started training for the Costa Rica WRC since the winter of 2010 with extensive gym regiments in Vail CO. And since the Spring runoff, both teams have dedicated as much time as possible to make sure they are well prepared for the WRC.
The Men's team leaves tomorrow, Sept. 28, and the Women leave Saturday, Oct. 1, to start early training sessions. This early training will give the teams an advantage over others as they'll be able to get to know the river more extensively than other teams.
The Official days of the event, with official practice sessions start Tues Oct. 4, but race days and Opening Ceremony start on Thursday Oct. 6. Each of the teams will try and keep every one updated on the journey and day to day events and results. The Official Calender lists each of the day to day events as well as the linked website is the official site for the event and should be updated with results daily (hopefully).
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