Primal Quest Montana was more than an adventure race.  It was a year of countless experiences and episodes that included training, racing, and–best of all–growing closer to the best AR peeps in the world–my very own Dirty Avocados!  The Dirty Avocados fielded two teams for PQ.  And that made every experience leading up to and during PQ twice as good! We as teams and individuals committed so much to this race.  This was essentially the center of our worlds for almost a year.  And it paid off!  The Dirty Avocados crossed two teams past PQ’s finish line, with very respectable 18^th and 30^th places. 

The race was simply epic!  Overall if can be boiled down to 3 things: big mountains, big water, and a big climb.  The mountain ranges we trekked (including Lone Peak and the Crazy’s and Bridgers) were absolutely amazing!  The rivers we battled (the Gallatin) and forged were brutal.  The whitewater was big, bad, and super intense.  This made for some absolutely amazing kayaking and–best of all–riverboarding.  Finally, the climbing was unbelievable!  We climbed, ascended and traversed more than 1,200 feet straight up.  So many times I felt as if I was in a Mission Impossible movie.

We (Dirty Avocados II) crossed the finish line in about 9 days; finishing the complete (long) course and every part of this amazing race.  Ultimately that was our one and only goal.  We knew when we started this all that if we could finish the long course that the rest would take of itself.  And it did.  We couldn’t be happier!  Thanks to everyone involved for the support.  This includes our crew, Aja and Matt, our fellow DAs, our family and friends, our sponsors, and the Bay Area AR community. 

See ya out on the dirt and water soon!

PS, Check out pics from the PQ fun here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtyavocados/sets/72157606052205922/