Mar 15 2010
Keir finished the Atacama Crossing “4 deserts” race — 250 km across the Chilean desert.
We tracked him using a GPS Insight TT-1900, and here is the track of his entire journey:
GPS Track of Keir Oxley finishing a 250 km race in Chile
Here is a picture of him crossing the finish line:
Picture of Keir Oxley finishing a 250 km race in Chile
He finished in 64:13:23
Congratulations Keir!
Rob.
Mar 12 2010
Keir is still hiking across the harsh Chilean desert as we speak, tracked with a 5.9 oz. satellite tracker in his pack.
Keir hiking across the Chilean desert
Not to be outdone, I covered 40 miles today in the harsh wilderness myself, with only the assistance of 20 ski lifts, gravity, 2 skis and a couple of beers:
Ski tracking in Deer Valley at Park City UT
Just kidding, obviously a lot harder to walk 20-some miles across the desert than ski around a bunch. Maybe I should invite Keir next time…
Rob.
Mar 12 2010
Keir is doing well, in 112th place (out of 127 left in the race), and there are a LOT of people who have dropped out.
112th out of 127 left in the race
The site says he has raced for just shy of 40 hours. We are tracking him every hour with a GPS Insight TT-1900.
I ran a track like this:
GPS Track of Keir across a Chilean desert
And see where he’s gone (roughly — we update once an hour):
GPS Track of Keir across a Chilean desert
This shows 94.2 miles, but it’s been more than that, since he’s not racing in a straight line.
Good luck Keir! He’s got 1 more 25 mile day, then a 50 some mile day tomorrow to complete this race, his second Racing the Planet race.
Rob.
Mar 09 2010
My Brother-in-law Keir Oxley is at it again, doing another “Racing the Planet” 126 mile extreme race through the desert in Chile (his blog is available here).
Last time we tracked him through the Sahara Desert.
They are raising money for earthquake victims. Again we are tracking him using a TT-1900, which weighs 5.9 ounces, and reports world-wide, every hour.
So far he has gone 22 miles (we show about 19 since the tracking device only transmits once an hour and he’s not traveling in a straight line):
Keir traveling across the Chilean desert (Atacama crossing)
I’ll try to keep the site updated with tracking screen shots.
Good luck Keir!
Rob.
