The Jungle Marathon, a race of 200 miles in six stages, from 8 to October 15, through the Amazon River basin is Barbastro next challenge JAVIER SUBIAS of mountaineers of Aragon, who has made three previous personal challenges Marathon des Sables, Yukon Artic and walk across the frozen Baltic Sea. Three races considered among the toughest in the world to self-sufficiency. In the next, the adventurous spirit takes you away from home, into the jungle near the Tapajós River, one of the most important tributaries of the Amazon, departing from Alter do Chao, between Manaus and the mouth of the river, Brazilian state of Pará. The race is on in the interior of the jungle, "is total self-sufficiency, carrying all equipment and food from day one, except the supply of water at every stage."
Most of the trail where the race will open a machete blow hard, difficult, "progress is slow, often crossing channels river, sometimes short, just a few meters, and rope to hold on through the mud. "
addition," you can find rivers with more than 100 meters wide that we will have to swim "said the mountaineer, he intends to become the first in the history of Aragon ending the race. Because of the characteristics is unique in the world, no references and you can barely find something similar, is an adventure, above all ".
Of the two methods existing test, 100 and 200 km, has chosen the second, conducted in six stages. The total project budget amounts to 5,278 euros, of which more than half are to pay for registration 2,378 euros, and return flights, 1,500 euros. Subías
has begun efforts to secure grants and sponsorships to cover the costs of the project in exchange for wearing the logo or advertising on their kit, media references, web pages Mountaineers, Aragonese Federation of Mountain and his own blog, which receives about 300 visits a day. The specific plan will begin training at three months in advance, based on many kilometers "loaded." MOUNTAINEERS
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sporting career in the dense, begun in 1993, rose has made almost everything, ravines, high mountain, mountaineering and adventure Marathon des Sables specific as 2008, in the desert, where he was the seventh highest ranked English; Yukon Arctic Ultra, the toughest race in the world with 250 km in the Arctic, and the latest, which was part of the first expedition they walked across the frozen Baltic Sea, 150 miles from Sweden to Finland.
In all demonstrated their great capacity for self-sufficiency and especially dose of prudence, as shown in expeditions to Manaslu (8163 meters) in Nepal and Cho Oyu (8,201 m) in Tibet, where he stayed a few meters to reach the summit without oxygen and solo. Physical training technical ability and clear thinking have been the best guarantees.
In this new challenge will test the experience, "whom we like personal challenges, we have ideas that we almost obsessed by appellants. Two years ago, after completing the Marathon des Sables, I talked about the Yukon Arctic as the greatest race hard world and I went there. I discussed the possibility of linking three parallel tests, while opposite and extreme self-reliance. "
"SUCCESS AND EXPERIENCE"
So far it has gone from sweltering 50 degrees in the extreme desert climate of 30 º and 40 º below zero in the Canadian Arctic. The next challenge will suffer tropical climate with high temperatures that can reach a relative humidity above 90 percent for 200 miles.
"This is sports challenges that transcend pure competition, because it becomes a statement of resilience and incredible experience peppered with courage, camaraderie and adventure. Everyone competes with itself in order to see if they will be able to finish, something similar a big mountain to climb, "says Subías.
SOURCE: DAILY Altoaragón.
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