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Guadalentín Sports Games are sports, but also competition, coexistence, tradition and popular support.
If a test accurately reflects all these virtues and defines what the Olympics mean that's Lorca Mountain Cruise Night, test lorquina sui generis, unique nationwide and has met 34 years, as many editions of the Games have been held to date.
Crossing first traveled to lands columbines, specifically to Calabardina, and returned to Cope lorquina that for many years housed not test.
Specifically Tail Beach was where the base camp was established and starting point of the test in which a total of 520 people in their categories Crossing Family, with a length of 5.5 kms., Short Drive, of 13 kms., and Long Journey of 21 kms.
On Saturday afternoon the Garden Wheel became the starting point of the test, where cars and buses took participants to the place of concentration: Cola Beach.
After 21 hours, once installed and mounted base camp tents, the first teams entered the starting area to pick up their maps and compasses armed with planning the route in which not the fastest wins, but who knows that team oriented and complete all the miles at regular and uniform.
In addition, this year the track had good and bad beacons to control the itinerary of the participants.
After the start, in all of the categories had to cross the transoms Calabardina and skirting his hill to get to the foot of Cope.
From there traced back through the crests of the mountains to reach Todosol urbanization and return to the queue along the path that runs parallel to the coast and allowed participants to contact the flora of Murcia coast.
Upon returning to camp, the teams enjoyed a well deserved cup of crumbs and chocolate to recharge while commenting on aspects of the route, comparing times and shared the experiences of the test.
Already in the morning was the traditional lunch of coexistence and later to deliver medals.
But before held an emotional moment of silence and read a memorandum in homage to Bartolomé García Martínez, partner in the organization of the crossing for the past 20 years, photographer of the Games and man beloved by all cross, that we tragically left on the afternoon of Friday, September 28 after suffering a traffic accident when the floods which hit Lorca.
As for the winners, in Family Cruise was a tie for first place between the "Family Spiderman" and "eight-thousanders".
In Short, the winning team was "Without a Paddle".
In the long run, the winners were the team "Garden of Nublo".
In short, the Mountain Crossing again exceeded the bar for the sport to reassert themselves as living in the wild and fun, thanks to the work of the organization and the attitude of the more than 500 participants again showed why hope for all one year that this event is held.
Source: Juegos deportivos del Guadalentín
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