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 the Tushars, one of Utah’s highest ranges. All our athletes did about 7 miles to start the day to Beteson flats, then the Pro Division athletes carried on up into the psychedelic (whoa, those colors!) to find a non-standard launch, while the Challenge and Adventure athletes reversed course back to the Junction launch. The air turned on much earlier than expected, with nice cycles coming in well before 11 am. In no time the sky was filled with even more vibrance as wings danced wing tip to wing tip higher and higher into thinner and (thankfully!) cooler air before heading off towards Monroe.
The Pros had to top land around Poverty ridge before relaunching and carrying on to Cove before flying to goal at the Monroe LZ, while the Adventure Division athletes just had to make it back to Monroe hopefully in one go. Several of our Challenge athletes beat their own PB’s by flying in one go to their goal near Marysville.
Official results aren’t in yet, but in Challenge it looks like Kristian Nilsson, in Adventure another one of our Colorado Crushers Sarah Crosier won in Adventure and in Pro this year’s XLost in Idaho winner Stephen Guyette just squeaked in ahead of David Chen and Jens Glatthard.
Congrats to everyone in goal and go get some rest, tomorrow we’re going BIG!
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