World T.E.A.M. Sports 2013 Annual Review | Page 10
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Parts of a Greater Whole
2013
World T.E.A.M. Sports Annual Review
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World T.E.A.M. Sports Annual Review
2013
Parts of a Greater Whole
Thanks to our Sponsors
At the Adventure Team Challenge Colorado, sponsorship
support and team entry fees covered the design, permitting,
and management of the wilderness event, as well as team
clothing, meals, camping, and transportation for out of state
ADVENTURE TEAM
CHALLENGE
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athletes with disabilities.
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[ Climbing, Hiking, Biking, Rafting, Rappelling ]
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Location: Colorado
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World T.E.A.M. Sports' annual Adventure Team Challenge in western Colorado has been
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termed by one experienced adventure race enthusiast as “the most difficult adventure race
in the world.” Bringing together teams of five persons, two of which must have disabilities
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—one being a wheelchair user—the three-stage Challenge offered participants mountain
biking, river rafting, hiking, rappelling and climbing. In each segment, all team members
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must equally participate.
First run in 2007, the Challenge has been held at three sites in Colorado: in the high mountains near Vail and Leadville and in the desert west of Grand Junction. It is at the last that
participants gathered for the 2013 Challenge. Not far from the Utah state border, teams
set off to challenge each other and also themselves. At each Challenge, teams must work
together, cooperate, an B&