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| Wednesday/Thursday (fifth/sixth day) | |
 Navigation skills proved to be crucial |
The last kayak section |
 Great views on the late night paddle |
 Norafjärden, just 4 km from the finish |
 Arkitektkopia on the bridge... Photo: MS |
 ...off the bridge Photo: MS |
 Spectacular abseiling... |
 ...into the kayaks! Nice aiming! |
 Just one hill more.... with the kayaks of course... |
 Arkitektkopia at the finish line |
 Wasting champagne is quite OK a day like this Photo: MS |
 Lundhags Adventure on second place |
 Spero Spel Adventure team on third place. |
 Team I19 on fourth place Photo: Litepac |
 Team Friluftslageret on fifth place Photo: Litepac |
 Team Tengai on sixth place Photo: Litepac |
| Tuesday (fourth day) | |
 Arvid Björkroth navigates his team to the lead |
 Choises, choises |
 Jonas Rappe concentrated on a tricky navigation problem |
 The view from the Via Ferrata segment on Skuleberger Mountain is spectacular |
 The teams take their kayaks back to the heart of the High Coast |
 Swedish marshlands... |
 ...at their best. |
 Full speed up the hill |
 Flippers required |
Sonny's map reading skills starts to get affected. |
 The famous nordic bright nights... |
 ...making the photograper happy |
| Monday (third day) | |
Anna Bylund showing fighting face, carrying on despite an ugly cut in her calf. |
 The 80-kilometre river kayaking section included some techical passages. |
 Nätraån. |
 Arkitektkopia's navigator Arvid Björkroth leads the team over the Skuleskogen Mountains. |
 Passing through Slåttdalsskrevan in the deep forests of Skuleskogen national Park |
 Full speed through the deep Skule forest. |
Sunday (second day) |
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 Going down into the Skallbergsgrottorna cave system. |
 Abseiling down Rösåsberget was a breeze... |
 ...but they had to bring the bikes up the steep slope... |
 ...twice |
Lundhags takes a break during the long MTB section |
| Saturday (first day) | |
 The start at Ulvöhamn |
 The start viewed from the ground Photo: MS |
 Swimming to get to the kayaks. No longer in nice order! Naughty race course managers... |
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Some teams get in their kayaks the easy way |
 Scrambing to get on board Photo: MS |
 The Ulvöregattan boat race started simultaneously on the other side of the island |
 A 15 metre cliff jump is mandatory... |
 ...right after the 50 metre flying fox |
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 The teams scrambling to ascend the steep sides of Skrubban island Photo: Litepac |
 Paddling towards Gullvik... |
 ...where some serious navigation skills were needed to find the three submerged checkpoints |
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Järvön Island |
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 Getting the bikes down the Slalom course. |
 The Bike&Run section was held in the crowded Örnsköldsvik Harbour area. |
Hi-resolution photos for the press can be found here.
All photos by Peder Sundström, www.sundstroem.com, unless otherwise noted. Terms of usage.
Photos marked Litepac, see www.litepac.com
Photos marked MS by: Magnus Stenman