EXTREMSPORT: x-alpes

20. Juli 2009, 00:29

From Mozart to Monaco -To the Limits of Human Endurance

RACE IS ON!

818 kilometres, 30 participants from 23 nations, 5 countries, 1 goal: Monaco! The picturesque Austrian city of Salzburg was the location for the start of Red Bull X-Alps 2009 on Sunday as members of the international extreme sport elite set off on a transalpine odyssey armed with no more than a paraglider and a hiking boots. Cheered on by a crowd of 3500, the 30 athletes sprinted past the house where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born and through the city’s famous Getreidegasse through before the real race began with the first ascent of the course up to the Gaisberg mountain overlooking Salzburg. South Africa’s Pierre Carter was fastest to the first checkpoint at 1300 metres above sea level in a time of 1:05:00 hours, followed by Michael Gebert (GER) and Christian Amon (AUT).  »