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.
Global Rescue XRedRocks Blog
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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!
Session #2 covers aspects of physical preparation for hike and fly racing with Ben Abruzzo, hosted by Gavin McClurg. Ben is an accomplished hike and fly athlete, pilot and professional trainer for X-Alps athletes.
Holy whirlwind batman! That was a crazy 3 days of racing in the psychedelic colors of Southern Utah! The 2022 Global Rescue XRedRocks proved to be substantially harder than the 21′ event on the ground AND in the air. Tough weather threw a hell of a curve ball at our […]
Today's weather presented our task committee with a really difficult decision. How to maximize the day when the day is going to be so dynamic and potentially dangerous? With the likelihood for really big cells and lots of wind, especially up high they had to pick a task that kept everyone low, and out of the terrain. They ended up setting both PRO and ADVENTURE tasks exactly the same, which started with a pretty mean 12km pound and 3600' of gain to the first turnpoint.
Tomorrow is going to be a really tricky day with the weather. Our task committee has announced a task for PRO and ADVENTURE but…there still may be a change. For now it’s time for bed. What a phenomenal day of racing, thanks everyone! Go here to view the results.
The task committee truly nailed it today. They built a task to deal with a really active and dynamic sky and our pilots charged hard, many of them surfing the clouds and dodging the growing cumulus into goal. Two very big hikes bookended by some terrific and technical flying! Aaron […]
Our first two Adventure Division pilots have just made goal and David Chen is getting there shortly. Meanwhile some of the pilots just behind our leaders in the PRO division have hit the dirt and are charging north on foot as they got shaded out and were jumped in the air by Jared Scheid and Tyler Burns who just landed into goal with HUGE smiles!