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Mar. 12, 2007 - Kennebec Journal Uncharted Territory - Travis Barret Midnight's pitch black envelops you. The snowmobile crashes to a halt, one ski bent 180 degrees in the wrong direction. Biting cold grips any and all exposed skin as you try and diagnose a cure by weak flashlight. Nearly out of gas a hundred miles or more from the checkpoint, you battle darkness, frostbite, fatigue and a rudimentary knowledge of a snowmobile's inner workings. More.....
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Mar. 8, 2007- Lewiston Sun Journal Riders Ready for the Big Chill - Kalle Oakes We watched you try to retrieve your newspaper this morning. The hairs in your nose froze about nine-tenths of a second after your gloved hand divorced the doorknob. You howled a naughty word when you nearly fell on that patch of ice. And that sudden wind gust almost sent you and the sale flyers to Timbuktu. Complicate that half-minute by five days, give or take, factor in hunger and sleep deprivation, throw yourself into the heart of a tundra that only God and four-legged beasts have ever seen, add the stress of a snowmobile race and you'll be More.....
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Feb. 4, 2007 - Maine Sunday Telegram Team Maine to gun it for Labrador and one VERY tough snowmobile race - Deirdre Fleming OUTDOORS Team Maine to gun it for Labrador and one VERY tough snowmobile race By Deirdre Fleming Maine Sunday Telegram Sunday, February 4, 2007
It probably was inevitable that Robert Gardner would end up hauling his snowsled to an outback marathon in northern Labrador, since he's already ridden trails and open country in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. "I ride 15,000 miles a year. Last weekend I left Quebec City and went to the Ontario border. I was in the wilderness and my sled broke down. I do that. I get stranded a lot. Eventually I get out," said Gardner, of Mercer. Cain's Quest in Labrador runs 1,200 miles from Labrador City through the barren, remote mountains above Goose Bay and back. No American has entered the race in the two years it's been held. This year, Team Maine is one of two. More.....
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