http://xandes.com/

XANDES is a paragliding, hiking, mountaineering and endurance race
across the Peruvian Andes .

The XANDES race or event itself will take place mid June 2012 in the spectacular
Cordillera Negra and Blanca of the Ancash district of Peru . The course is to
start in the beautiful base camp of Alpamayo Mountain, declared officially as
the “ Most beautiful Mountain in The World ” . From here the route will cross
the valley and proceed south along the Cordillera Negra , crossing over to The
Cordillera Blanca then back to the Negra and down to the Pacific ocean.

The event has a 2011 preproduction reconnaissance mission to accomplish in June
2011. Two alternative routes with GPS turn points have been plotted along the
high Andean ‘altiplano’ route in order to keep the athletes on a safe course
near road access. One final route for 2012 will be chosen. The athletes will
arrive at the coast by air or on foot to a final goal. Apart from the pure sport
aspect of the event, the Organisers’ goal is also to create an awareness of the
receding equatorial glaciers in Peru and its beautiful Cordilleras.

XANDES consists primarily of a paragliding event along with some film nights,
workshops and evening presentations as well as a cultural exchange with
Pemberton and Whistler in Canada.

http://www.pembertongames.com/

Pemberton Games, an international mountain sports festival will
take place in Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada on May 21-29 2011. This is a
grass roots event organized for the community of mountain sports enthusiasts to
get together and share our love of outdoors sports. The organizers are expecting
2,500 people to attend. By uniting several sports under one umbrella we will
appear stronger in the face of media and potential sponsors and not seen as only
a “fringe“ group or sport.