America’s Qualifier for the Adventure Racing World Championship in 2010, the Untamed New England,  is now accepting team registrations.

The 2010 Untamed New England race will run August 12-15, and be hosted from the famous Balsams Grand Resort in the extreme north of New Hampshire.  The race course features 3 days of non-stop paddling, biking, trekking, ropes,  orienteering, and environmental conservation projects.

Only 4-person coed teams are eligible for the Adventure Racing World Championships, but teams of 2 and 3 people are permitted to join in the race.  Support crews are not permitted for this race, so the race organization handles all gear staging.

Inquiries have already come from teams in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, South America, and Australia . . . all indications are that this will be the most international race in the US for 2010, and not to be missed.

The course for 2010 will be even more rugged than previous editions, and while exact details remain a closely guarded secret, racers can expect real back-country navigation to figure prominently in the event.  In the words of one journalist at the 2009 Untamed New England,   “I had no idea that this was such deep country!”

Untamed New England Ropes Course over the Forest Canopy

Untamed New England is your chance to race where there is no mobile phone reception, no condominium complexes, no street lights.  More moose than people; more bogs than towns.  Untamed New England is an event that is more an adventure than a race.

Details on the race are available online at www.UntamedNE.com.