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Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has encouraged the athlete to become the first Spanish man to finish this race called the Yukon Arctic Ultra.
Councilman Sports City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, and the athlete Javier García Lorca Carlos Gutierrez presented this morning the adventure that this athlete will face between 6 and 19 February, which is involved in the Yukon Arctic Ultra.
Montiel has encouraged this sport, which has in this adventure with the support of the Consistory, to become the first Spanish man to finish this race, which is traveling 480 km.
a maximum of eight days, -57 ° C and sleeping an average of three to four hours daily.
Thus the participants will walk a minimum of 60 km per day to avoid being out of control and therefore out of the race.
In addition, during the test participants should bring a pulka (sleigh) All materials necessary for survival during the race which will drag between 25-35 kilos.
The Yukon Arctic Ultra is a race that takes place on the route of the Yukon Quest Trail (the race's most famous and toughest in the world of sled dogs.)
This race takes place in the Yukon which is one of the 3 territories of Canada.
Located to the west between British Columbia and Glacier Arctic Ocean has an area of 483.450 square km and accounts for 4.8% of the total area of Canada.
Its population is 31.608 inhabitants, of whom 24,000 live in Whitehorse capital.
This test will be held from 6-19 February 2011 and consists of 3 disciplines: ski, mountain biking and skiing while walking is the mode that brings to 95% of the athletes also can be done in several Distances: Marathon, 100 miles, 300 miles and 430 miles.
As the distances of 300 and 430 miles the most popular.
This test is listed as the toughest and most extreme temperatures in the world, in records from 1964 to 2001 during the month of February registered the highest temperatures were +10 ° C and minimum from -57 ° C with average daytime below -20 ° C.
Keep in mind that in this time of year the sunlight is limited to about 6 hours a day and the wind chill will be much less affected by polar winds prevalent in this area.
Carlos Javier Garcia aims to be the first Spanish in the end this race because since the year 2003 and each edition has been no Spanish.
However, the athlete is realistic and would be satisfied if over 100 miles.
Hypothermia, Frostbite, hallucinations, physical and mental fatigue are just some of the demonstrations to be overcome during the race.
This year there will be Spanish participation record with 10 athletes in the range of 300 miles.
Among them are Jorge Aubeso (6 times champion of Spain 100 km and runner-up of 100 km.) Gabriel Santamaria (Winner of race 100 miles Himalayan 2009) and Toni Contesti (Guinness World Record Attempt on tape running 24 hours straight . He reached the 190 km).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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