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If you follow the adventure racing scene at all you probably already know that the legendary Eco-Challenge race will return next year with realty television producer Mark Burnett back at the helm and Bear Grylls severing as the point man. The return of this high-profile event was officially announced a few months back, although since then there has been few updates. We do know that Burnett and Grylls have partnered with Amazon to deliver a 10 episode television show that follows the teams throughout the competition, but we don't know when and where the race will take place yet. Still, as the days roll by we are starting to get a bit more information and apparently teams will soon be able to submit their information in order to join the race. While at Outdoor Retailer last week I received an email that contained the trailer video for Eco-Challenge 2019 that you'll find below. That email also indicated that teams could now submit their information on the Eco-Challenge website,...

The 2018 Adventure Racing World Championships are set to get underway next week on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, with competition taking place from November 5-16. But as the world's top AR teams begin to gather on that remote location, the AR World Series has also announced the location for the World Championships next year as well. As you'll see in the clip, the location for next year's event will be Sri Lanka, a place that has yet to host the AR World Championships. Next year's season ending racing will take place from December 3-13 and is set to cover 600 km (372 miles) with an official prize purse of $50,000. As usual, more than 50 teams are expected to compete in the event, although the exact limit has yet to be confirmed. The AR World Series has carried the banner for the sport of adventure racing for nearly a decade now and has done an admirably job of bring it into the 21st century in terms of organization and coverage. Next year marks the return of Eco-...

If you're looking for your midweek dose of audio adventure, then The Adventure Podcast is here to accommodate. As usual, we talk about all kind of things in the outdoor and adventure world, including the latest news from the Himalaya, an update on an epic swim across the Pacific Ocean, dire new reports on the impact of climate change, and the latest on the return of a legend to the sport of adventure racing. We also share a couple of new pieces of gear that we've been using recently, giving listeners some thoughts on how these products can be of use in their own adventures. Our main topic of the week is an interview with Joel Einhorn of HANAH , a company that makes nutritional supplements based on centuries old formulas that use natural ingredients, most of which have been sourced from India and Bhutan. Joel tells us about how he was in a serious accident while training for an Ironman triathlon that left him unable to sleep and about at the end of his rope. Doctors were unable...