For athletes who did not make goal in the air on the last task of the 2025 Global Rescue XRedRocks but still powered on by foot for many things got pretty wet and cold as overdevelopment got pretty serious and the rain at times was torrential. Stephen Guyette, who won […]
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Day four of the race brought an action-packed finish- some fantastic flying and some really hard miles on foot. With another tricky forecast that predicted a lot of cloud and considerable overdevelopment later in the day the task committee decided to hitch up yet again to head to another launch […]
With deteriorating and dynamic weather today after two nearly perfect weather days (and a huge task yesterday) the task committee decided on using yet another launch (Monroe Peak) for a short task in all Divisions. We took all the athletes up to Monroe mid through a really surreal kind of […]
Our task committee took a look at the weather last night and collectively decided it was time to go big. For the Pros a 103 km task was set from the Koosharem valley up onto the Fish Lake High top and all way to Castle Dale, but on the way […]
The weather is perfect to kick of this 5th edition of the Global Rescue XRedRocks. Blue skies, no wind, the fall colors are POPPING and it’s time to race! The task committee decided to bring us down to Junction today, one of Utah’s classic morning launches for going big in […]
With yet another stellar forecast the task committee decided to keep things a little less aggressive on the final day with the hopes that we could get everyone back in decent time for a nice closing ceremony, some good food and a good sleep. All divisions would start the day […]
It didn’t seem possible to send our athletes into a more special place than we did yesterday, but today the task committee might have sent the benchmark for unbeatable beauty. We haven’t been to Mt Edna since year 1. It’s one the highest peak in Southern Utah (nearly 12,000′) and […]
The winds today are going to be nuclear and very unsafe for flying. So the task committee has come up with something incredibly fun and interesting. Our athletes are headed to Capital Reef National park and going to pound out a race on foot to decide who is going to make the podium. In the Adventure Division we have a 4 way tie in first place going into today and in the Pro Division 5 points separates 1st through 5th place. Everything is on the line!
After a huge day 1 our task committee hasn't backed off even a little bit and two big tasks for both Divisions have been set.
After three amazing presentations from our European friends Pal Takats, Markus Anders and Aaron Durogati on Tuesday and Wednesday nights it's time for some racing! The task has been set and at 0800 this morning task one of the 2023 Global Rescue XRedRocks gets underway!