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TEAM PITMAN WINS THE CARRERA HABAGAT 2012!
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Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Team Pitman from Luzon – composed of Andrew Chinalpan Jr, John Thomas Gonzales, Anelia Primne, Christopher Eyao; and Support Crew, Pastor Emata and Randy Salazar – bested eleven other teams in the grueling four-day multi-discipline adventure race known as the Carrera Habagat 2012: The Return.
“The Carrera Habagat got even tougher but I’m happy that it’s back for the better,” quipped Andrew, the Team Leader.
“When you say Cebu, everyone thinks that it’s all flatlands. Many were surprised with the terrain,” added Emata who, in 2006 reached the summit of Mt. Everest and was a member of one of the only two teams that finished the Carrera Habagat in 2007.
Team Mindanao won second place, while Team Conquer came from behind the lines in a great upset and won third place.
“Here’s to all the teams that participated! You’re all winners!” shouted Kay of Cuarenta who, along with Bethany, performed during the awarding ceremonies held at Estaca Bay Resort in Compostela, Cebu.
After a four-year hiatus, the Carrera Habagat returned to feature cities and municipalities in the Cebu Province. This year, thirteen teams from all over the Philippines battled it out from 22 to 25 November 2012 in what is known as the toughest adventure race in the country. For four straight days, the teams had to undergo tasks and challenges that tested their endurance and pit them against nature – running, hiking, swimming, paddling, biking, rappeling, and navigating through Control Points that were scattered all over Cebu, Toledo, Liloan, and Balamban.
“It was really tough but it was also a lot of fun,” said Bugoy Biker Jens Funk of Team Bugoy/Bugay from Cebu City.
“The Carrera Habagat is not just some sissy one-day race,” stated Event Director Randy Su.
The Carrera Habagat 2012: The Return was co-presented by YKK Philippines and was made possible with the help of sponsors: PETZL, Graphic Star, Cousin Tactical, Vertigo Climbing Center, Climbing Technology, KH Trading Center Inc, CHK Marketing, Modern Best Modiste Inc, Papa Kits-Liloan, R.O.X., 8A Performance, CORE Outdoor Industries, Boatman Outdoors, Metro Gaisano, Ayala Center Cebu, Tai-1, Tropiks Bracelet, V12 Radgear, Rudy Project, Lagalag, IPI, Summit Mineral Water, 100PLUS, Parasat HD, Zip Zone, Southern Lads, Above The Line Productions, Amazing Cebu Channel 54, RCTV Channel 36, TV5, Sun Star Cebu, Cebu Daily News, The Freeman, and Living Asia Channel; in cooperation with the Province of Cebu, the City of Cebu, and the Municipality of Balamban.
“The Carrera Habagat got even tougher but I’m happy that it’s back for the better,” quipped Andrew, the Team Leader.
“When you say Cebu, everyone thinks that it’s all flatlands. Many were surprised with the terrain,” added Emata who, in 2006 reached the summit of Mt. Everest and was a member of one of the only two teams that finished the Carrera Habagat in 2007.
Team Mindanao won second place, while Team Conquer came from behind the lines in a great upset and won third place.
“Here’s to all the teams that participated! You’re all winners!” shouted Kay of Cuarenta who, along with Bethany, performed during the awarding ceremonies held at Estaca Bay Resort in Compostela, Cebu.
After a four-year hiatus, the Carrera Habagat returned to feature cities and municipalities in the Cebu Province. This year, thirteen teams from all over the Philippines battled it out from 22 to 25 November 2012 in what is known as the toughest adventure race in the country. For four straight days, the teams had to undergo tasks and challenges that tested their endurance and pit them against nature – running, hiking, swimming, paddling, biking, rappeling, and navigating through Control Points that were scattered all over Cebu, Toledo, Liloan, and Balamban.
“It was really tough but it was also a lot of fun,” said Bugoy Biker Jens Funk of Team Bugoy/Bugay from Cebu City.
“The Carrera Habagat is not just some sissy one-day race,” stated Event Director Randy Su.
The Carrera Habagat 2012: The Return was co-presented by YKK Philippines and was made possible with the help of sponsors: PETZL, Graphic Star, Cousin Tactical, Vertigo Climbing Center, Climbing Technology, KH Trading Center Inc, CHK Marketing, Modern Best Modiste Inc, Papa Kits-Liloan, R.O.X., 8A Performance, CORE Outdoor Industries, Boatman Outdoors, Metro Gaisano, Ayala Center Cebu, Tai-1, Tropiks Bracelet, V12 Radgear, Rudy Project, Lagalag, IPI, Summit Mineral Water, 100PLUS, Parasat HD, Zip Zone, Southern Lads, Above The Line Productions, Amazing Cebu Channel 54, RCTV Channel 36, TV5, Sun Star Cebu, Cebu Daily News, The Freeman, and Living Asia Channel; in cooperation with the Province of Cebu, the City of Cebu, and the Municipality of Balamban.