Friday, June 30, 2006

Oooh! Ahhh! Ouch!



Utah is beautiful country, but make no mistake: Primal Quest is a grueling competition. Thanks to the photographers and Primal Quest for use of these photos.

Top left: Team Hombres de Maiz stand on the edge of a remarkable cliff revealing a long drop to a beautiful bottom. Photo by Ken White

Top right: Duncan Coo, Chris Koch and Darin Nevin of Spirit take a rest while climbing the endless switchbacks between Transition areas 7 and 8. Photo by Richard Lambakis

Bottom: Ouch! This race isn't for the squeamish. Photo by Side Light/Tony DiZinno

Expect to see shots from Gazette photographer David Bitton in days to come. He's a desert rat this week, following PQ, but is wrestling a laptop with a mind of its own.

1 comment:

Chris said...

I resemble that remark!

Anyway, as a brand new blogger I just thought I'd "blog search" myself and came across my teammates and I in your photo. Yeh, that was a pretty low moment in the heat of the day - having to carry that #$@#$@ paddle gear up the side of a mountain to eventually sit in a shadeless desert putting our bikes together. Other than that, it was a beautiful race.