May 12, 2012
Atomic AR
SPORT 5 Hour and ELITE 30 Hour Adventure Race
-Results are Official
Pangea Adventure Racing extended outside of Florida for the first time with the Atomic AR on May 12, 2012. The legendary event had gathered some of the greatest talent in the sport to race through the mountains of Georgia for the previous three years. Once the creators,
4LPH4 1337 Adventures, expressed interest in passing off production, Pangea was happy to take on the challenge.
The race was designed by
Florida Xtreme and turned out to be one heck of a challenging event. The cold night and rainy conditions made for a dreary time as well. But adventure racers just go on competing anyway. Congratulations to everyone who went at it this year in either race. You all did phenomenal.
The Elite teams faced a tough course with many route options. The cloudy Saturday sky turned into wind and rain which got worse in to Sunday.
Team Bright Byte was steady throughout and impressively were the only team to clear the course.
Layer 3, 2nd overall, was the best Coed team and roughed it out there longer than
Appalachian AR to best them by two CPs.
The Sport teams showed up to a muddy mess of a Sunday morning. To their credit, everyone went out and sparred with the saturated conditions. Amazingly, the top four teams cleared and finished the course within two minutes of each other. It was actually really fun to watch unfold.
Thank you to everyone that was part of our first trip across state lines. All the racers were pleasant to us and the volunteers even when we could tell they were hurting. Thanks for all the positive feedback we've gotten from a lot of you. We're glad you enjoyed our atmosphere and you all had great things to say about our volunteers.
We know it wasn't perfect, but we are just getting started.
Location:
The race was held in
Blue Ridge, Georgia. This location is an adventure racer's dream with true mountain biking trails, hiking trails, river paddling with rapids, lake paddling and great climbs. Also there are plenty of opportunities in Blue Ridge for kids, family and friends to be entertained during their stay.