Team Kootenay Kaos, the only local team to have recently competed in Canada’s hardest adventure race, Raid the North Extreme, has just donated over $1,000 to the Kootenay Kids organization.
The four-member team, including Nelson locals Dustin Eagleston, Vince Hempsall and Nelson Rocha as well as Winfield resident Sacha Kalabis, collected pledges in the lead up to the race and surprised the organization with a cheque for $1,005 this past week.
The six day Raid the North Extreme competition saw 30 teams from around the world descend upon the Kootenay region at the end of July and race from Kaslo to Trail. The teams crossed three mountain ranges, paddled the Slocan and Arrow Lakes and bushwhacked, biked and navigated their way over 350 kilometres. Members of Kootenay Kaos slept an average of 2.5 hours a day and came in eighth place overall, winning a free entry into the MOMAR adventure race on Vancouver Island this Saturday.
For more information about Kootenay Kaos contact Vince Hempsall at 250-354-7535 or info@vincehempsall.com.