World T.E.A.M. Sports

By Richard Rhinehart Grand Junction, Colorado, January 28, 2013 – One of America’s most challenging outdoor adventure races, the Adventure TEAM Challenge from World T.E.A.M. Sports, returns to the rugged and scenic McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area in western Colorado this September 13-15. The Adventure TEAM Challenge will be held in the high red rock [...]

Fruita, Colorado, August 8, 2012 – The high Colorado Plateau west of Grand Junction will host the 2013 Adventure TEAM Challenge from World T.E.A.M. Sports. The inclusive multi-team, multi-sport event will be held on Bureau of Land Management land near Fruita and the Colorado-Utah state line September 13-15. Returning to the red sandstone lands along [...]

By Erik Weihenmayer Golden CO, June 7, 2012 – This amazing event keeps getting better and more inspiring! The sixth running of the Adventure TEAM Challengewas the biggest yet, with fourteen teams from around the country. The new location near Fruita, Colorado offered spectacular high desert terrain for an adventure race replete with steep rock [...]

By Richard Rhinehart Fruita, Colorado, May 21, 2012: World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Adventure TEAM Challenge moved west in 2012 to a new and challenging desert landscape along the Utah borderland, west of the Colorado National Monument gateway city of Fruita. Though the landscape for the inclusive event changed, the final result did not – Team Lumber [...]

By Richard Rhinehart Fruita, Colorado, May 19, 2012: Participants of the 2012 Adventure TEAM Challenge from World T.E.A.M. Sports learned quickly today that the three-time defending champion Lumber Liquidators team will not give up their title easily. Following a short Friday evening prologue and one day of competition at the scenic Rabbit Valley of western [...]

By Richard Rhinehart Denver, Colo., May 15, 2012 – For participants of World T.E.A.M. Sports’ annual Adventure TEAM Challenge, it’s not all about winning the race. Including both disabled and able-bodied competitors on teams of five persons changes the perspective of all the participants. Created by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer of Golden, CO, following his [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Holbrook, New York, January 26, 2012: World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive team competition, the Adventure TEAM Challenge, returns this May 18-20 to the western Colorado wilderness. Held annually in Colorado since 2007, the Challenge features teams of five participants, two of which must be disabled, one being a wheelchair user. Even more so [...]

BY NINO POZGAJ Irvine, California, September 8, 2011 – My daughter Clarissa is like any other 16-year-old. She has one important difference, though – a rare congenital disorder called arthrogryposis that affects her joints and requires her to use a wheelchair for mobility. In June 2010, I and other colleagues at Alteryx, Inc., an Irvine, [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Denver, July 7, 2011 – A devastating skiing accident two decades ago ripped Minnesotan Jennifer Peterson away from the outdoors. Quadriplegic following her accident, Jennifer resigned herself to indoor activities. In early 2011, a high school friend contacted the diminutive Mound, Minnesota resident, inquiring if she would like to participate in World [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Rancho del Rio, Colorado, June 26, 2011 – The Lumber Liquidators Team took command of World T.E.A.M. Sports’ 2011 Adventure TEAM Challenge on the only full day of competition, putting themselves in position to successfully defend their two consecutive championships. Led by Golden adventurer Erik Weihenmayer, the team overcame a slow start [...]