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This Adventure Race
Definitely Isn't for the Weak

LONGFORM

Mar 16, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

This Adventure Race Definitely Isn't for the Weak

Doug Bock Clark details what it was like taking part in 30-hour, 120-mile slog during Hurricane Helene

(Newser) - When Doug Bock Clark set out with two pals in September to take part in the Adventure Racing Association's National Championships, an overnight adventure race held in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest, the rules seemed fairly straightforward: Travel 120 miles and find as many of the 50 checkpoints...

Corporate Bonding 2.0

May 21, 2008 6:05 PM CDT

Corporate Bonding 2.0

Seagate's $2M, week-long New Zealand odyssey goes above and beyond

(Newser) - Company retreats are nothing new. And then, Fortune reports, there's Eco Seagate, a $2 million, week-long, life-changing challenge in New Zealand that some employees of the Northern California tech company trained months for. The trip, developed by CEO Bill Watkins, costs the company $2 million a year, and though the...

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