{"id":4003,"date":"2015-07-15T16:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2016-03-26T21:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T21:45:46","slug":"cowboy-tough-adventure-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=4003","title":{"rendered":"COWBOY TOUGH ADVENTURE RACE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CHECK OUT ALL THE TEAMS AT THE CAMECO COWBOY TOUGH ADVENTURE WEEK WEBSITE: \u00a0http:\/\/www.cowboytoughwy.com\/#!teamroster\/c1aam<\/h2>\n

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FROM WIND RIVER COUNTRY TOURISM:<\/em><\/p>\n

Cowboy Tough Adventure Race, Here We Come!<\/span>\u00a0Lander Athletes Represent Wind River Country at the 2015 Cowboy Tough Adventure Race (July 16 \u2013July 19)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wyoming – \u201cSo what are you up to this weekend?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cOh we\u2019re just headed to Buffalo to do a little trekking through the<\/i>\u00a0Bighorns, some mountain and fire road biking, a little Class III whitewater boating, and a touch of orienteering with 100 athletes<\/i>\u00a0from over the globe for an 84-hour adventure race ending in Casper.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Here in Wind River Country, chances are you know one: your neighbor, best friend, co-worker, or even you and your partner are considered an \u201cadventure athlete.\u201d Whether you weekend-warrior up to Wind River\u2019s Stough Creek for a 21-mile fishing excursion, wake up at 5am to run the Tomato Loop, bushwhack with topo maps through the Red Desert to find petroglyphs, ride at-skis\/fat bikes\/stout horses through the backcountry\u2014there\u2019s a familiar, prevalent breed of (and unspoken camaraderie among) outdoor-forward humans throughout Fremont County.<\/p>\n

No surprise that Fremont County has its own adventure race team, for its second year, competing in Wyoming\u2019s 2015 Cowboy Tough Adventure Race. Sponsored by the Wind River Visitors Council, Team Wind River Country is a coed team of four, all residents of Lander.<\/p>\n

Captain Charles (Chuck) Schuster crunches 0\u2019s and 1\u2019s by day for Wyoming Life Resource Center. He and his Cowboy Tough teammate and wife Karla Wagner, a local OB\/GYN physician, originally got the adventure racing bug at the annual Leadville 100 MTB (mountain biking) race. (Where they spend over ten hours biking 100 miles over 14,000 feet of elevation gain. Each year. On a tandem bike.\u00a0For fun<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

Returning for a second round, Wind River Country teammate Shad Hamilton is principal at Fort Washakie, a husband, and father of two. Having met in 2006 at the cycling club, Shad has joined Schuster-Wagner on several Leadville races and adventures through the backcountry. Hamilton paddled a canoe singlehandedly across Boysen Reservoir for one leg of last year\u2019s Cowboy Tough to keep the team rolling through an injury and brief and unofficial checkpoint in the Emergency Room. Shad\u2019s wife jokingly refers to Chuck as \u201cthat friend\u201d (who drags him out for days and hours of insanity.) We\u2019re not sure if that\u2019s better than a weekly game of poker with the guys or not.<\/p>\n

Brad Young is a husband, father, Army veteran, and the newest member of Team Wind River Country. A behavioral therapist at the Wyoming Life Resource Center, Brad was inspired by Chuck\u2019s endeavors over office water cooler conversations, and effectively turned curiosity into action. After surviving his \u201cfirst date\u201d with the team at the Teton Ogre Adventure Race in June 2014, Brad has been training and on board for Cowboy Tough ever since.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Cowboy Tough race-course this year is set for a start in Buffalo, a gentle meander through the Big Horns (ha) and finish line in Casper. 360-430 miles of trekking, paddling, orienteering, fire road biking, single track biking, mountain and road biking, and plenty of checkpoint challenges over the course of four days. Teams are completely independent and self-sufficient for food and water, and are allowed one tote box on an eighteen-wheeler for transition stations. What does that mean? Racing \u201cre-starts\u201d each morning at 7am and even if you rolled into the transition station at 2am, you have to get your food, sleep, and gear ready to start all over again.<\/p>\n

Paula McCormick, marketing director of the Wind River Visitor\u2019s Council was adamant about supporting the team in its second year. \u201cWind River Country is known for its mountains, rivers, trails, and unparalleled terrain from high desert to alpine. Even more so are the people that live here. There\u2019s a pool of adventure athletes who are \u2018Cowboy Tough\u2019 and we are thrilled to support them\u2026 and have Wind River Country represented at an international (and Wyoming) competition that receives global exposure. These are the people we run by on the trail or see out on the mountain pass. They are our own.\u201d<\/p>\n

To get a sense of what this year\u2019s race looks like, look at the video and photos from last year\u2019s race that started in Fremont County.\u00a0http:\/\/www.cowboytoughwy.com\/ – !media\/c9v9<\/a><\/p>\n

You can track Fremont County\u2019s team during the race on posts on our Wind River Country Facebook page athttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WyomingsWindRiverCountry?fref=ts<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Links:\u00a0Lander Chamber of Commerce<\/a>,\u00a0Riverton Chamber of Commerce,<\/a>\u00a0Dubois Chamber of Commerce<\/a>,\u00a0Destination Dubois<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHECK OUT ALL THE TEAMS AT THE CAMECO COWBOY TOUGH ADVENTURE WEEK WEBSITE: \u00a0http:\/\/www.cowboytoughwy.com\/#!teamroster\/c1aam     FROM WIND RIVER COUNTRY TOURISM: Cowboy Tough Adventure Race, Here We Come!\u00a0Lander Athletes Represent Wind River Country at the 2015 Cowboy Tough Adventure Race (July 16 \u2013July 19)   Wyoming – \u201cSo what are you up to this weekend?\u201d \u201cOh we\u2019re just headed to Buffalo to do a little trekking through the\u00a0Bighorns, some mountain and fire road biking, a little Class III whitewater boating, and a touch of orienteering with 100 athletes\u00a0from over the globe for an 84-hour adventure race ending in Casper.\u201d Here in Wind River Country, chances are you know one: your neighbor, best friend, co-worker, or even you and your partner are considered an \u201cadventure athlete.\u201d Whether you weekend-warrior up to Wind River\u2019s Stough Creek for a 21-mile fishing excursion, wake up at 5am to run the Tomato Loop, bushwhack with topo maps through the Red Desert to find petroglyphs, ride at-skis\/fat bikes\/stout horses through the backcountry\u2014there\u2019s a familiar, prevalent breed of (and unspoken camaraderie among) outdoor-forward humans throughout Fremont County. No surprise that Fremont County has its own adventure race team, for its second year, competing in Wyoming\u2019s 2015 Cowboy Tough Adventure Race. Sponsored by the Wind River Visitors Council, Team Wind River Country is a coed team of four, all residents of Lander. Captain Charles (Chuck) Schuster crunches 0\u2019s and 1\u2019s by day for Wyoming Life Resource Center. He and his Cowboy Tough teammate and wife Karla Wagner, a local OB\/GYN physician, originally got the adventure racing bug at the annual Leadville 100 MTB (mountain biking) race. (Where they spend over ten hours biking 100 miles over 14,000 feet of elevation gain. Each year. On a tandem bike.\u00a0For fun.) Returning for a second round, Wind River Country teammate Shad Hamilton is principal at Fort Washakie, a husband, and father of two. Having met in 2006 at the cycling club, Shad has joined Schuster-Wagner on several Leadville races and adventures through the backcountry. Hamilton paddled a canoe singlehandedly across Boysen Reservoir for one leg of last year\u2019s Cowboy Tough to keep the team rolling through an injury and brief and unofficial checkpoint in the Emergency Room. Shad\u2019s wife jokingly refers to Chuck as \u201cthat friend\u201d (who drags him out for days and hours of insanity.) We\u2019re not sure if that\u2019s better than a weekly game of poker with the guys or not. Brad Young is a husband, father, Army veteran, and the newest member of Team Wind River Country. A behavioral therapist at the Wyoming Life Resource Center, Brad was inspired by Chuck\u2019s endeavors over office water cooler conversations, and effectively turned curiosity into action. After surviving his \u201cfirst date\u201d with the team at the Teton Ogre Adventure Race in June 2014, Brad has been training and on board for Cowboy Tough ever since. The 2015 Cowboy Tough race-course this year is set for a start in Buffalo, a gentle meander through the Big Horns (ha) and finish line in Casper. 360-430 miles of trekking, paddling, orienteering, fire road biking, single track biking, mountain and road biking, and plenty of checkpoint challenges over the course of four days. Teams are completely independent and self-sufficient for food and water, and are allowed one tote box on an eighteen-wheeler for transition stations. What does that mean? Racing \u201cre-starts\u201d each morning at 7am and even if you rolled into the transition station at 2am, you have to get your food, sleep, and gear ready to start all over again. Paula McCormick, marketing director of the Wind River Visitor\u2019s Council was adamant about supporting the team in its second year. \u201cWind River Country is known for its mountains, rivers, trails, and unparalleled terrain from high desert to alpine. Even more so are the people that live here. There\u2019s a pool of adventure athletes who are \u2018Cowboy Tough\u2019 and we are thrilled to support them\u2026 and have Wind River Country represented at an international (and Wyoming) competition that receives global exposure. These are the people we run by on the trail or see out on the mountain pass. They are our own.\u201d To get a sense of what this year\u2019s race looks like, look at the video and photos from last year\u2019s race that started in Fremont County.\u00a0http:\/\/www.cowboytoughwy.com\/ – !media\/c9v9 You can track Fremont County\u2019s team during the race on posts on our Wind River Country Facebook page athttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WyomingsWindRiverCountry?fref=ts Related Links:\u00a0Lander Chamber of Commerce,\u00a0Riverton Chamber of Commerce,\u00a0Dubois Chamber of Commerce,\u00a0Destination Dubois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,397,167,226,99,118],"tags":[1527,1524,264,1316,103,1525,1321,64,1526,718],"class_list":["post-4003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-most-recent","category-on-the-calendar","category-wy-people","category-wyoming-family","category-wyoming-outdoors","category-wyoming-travel-and-tourism","tag-buffalo-wyoming","tag-cowboy-tough-adventure-race-2015","tag-lander-wyoming","tag-wind-river-country","tag-www-wyolifestyle-com","tag-wyoming-bike-races","tag-wyoming-cycling","tag-wyoming-lifestyle-magazine","tag-wyoming-races","tag-wyoming-tourism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4339,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions\/4339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}