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Watcher
Member
09-19-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:14 am
Does anyone know when this year's Eco Challenge will be shown? I was thinking it was somewhere around April or May....hope I haven't missed it already.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 3:25 am
Yankee_in_ca should know....drop a line in her folder....
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 7:21 am
There was not an Eco-Challenge last year, so there is not one to be shown on TV. Mid-last year, the Eco organization had a public auction of all of their equipment, etc., so most people assumed the race was officially dead. However, Mark Burnett gave an interview to Adventure Sports magazine late last year saying that the Eco "might" be back this year -- but since there has been NO movement and no athletes know anything about it, it's assumed to be gone for good. On another note, the next biggest North American race, the Primal Quest, also is not running a race this year, after an unfortunate death during the race last year, and loss of their television and other sponsors.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:51 am
Bummer, I really liked Eco-Challenge.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:03 pm
no eco challenge? the world has truly come to an end 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:40 pm
It is a very expensive sport -- both for the athletes and the organizers -- and with a recent spate of high-profile accidents and deaths, now it's very expensive insurance-wise, too. Advertisers haven't put a big amount of $$ behind it since the dot-com/advertising bust, and without TV sponsors, it's become almost too costly for all. It's sad, cause it's a great sport.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:43 pm
it was on my to-do list for years - my favorite reality sport competition since it first came on TV
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:44 pm
I'm so bummed out.
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Watcher
Member
09-19-2000
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 10:31 pm
Yankee_in_ca.....thanks for the response and for filling us in as I hadn't heard anything about it and was wondering. I was sorry to hear that news. I loved watching the Eco Challenge the past few years and was looking forward to seeing it again.
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