Tom Lyons and Lisa Lieb: The team won the kayaking event and went on to take first place in the overall competition. Photo by Ryan Jerz.Following a grueling week of competition, the 2008 Nevada Passage adventure competition came to a close Friday afternoon at the Nellis Dunes just outside of Las Vegas.

The competition partnered with Land Rover this year to serve as a qualifying event for the Land Rover G4 Challenge, an adventure competition that incorporates physical skill with technical skill in handling all-terrain driving. Production was handled by TEAM Unlimited.

Day one

The first day of competition started at the Sunset Station in Henderson. Competitors were given a set of coordinates and told to go there. The race was on and the first destination was a...

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Taking a turn: Competitors practice driving their Land Rovers over an obstacle course at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Lake Las Vegas. Photo by Ryan Jerz.I’m in Las Vegas to follow and cover this year’s Nevada Passage adventure competition. The 2008 Nevada Passage is partnering with Land Rover’s G4 Challenge and serving as a qualifier event for Land Rover’s worldwide adventure challenge.

Today was the introduction of the athletes to the media and a practice session with the vehicles on a course Land Rover set up at Lake Las Vegas’s Ritz Carlton Hotel. As the media watched, competitors took the Land Rovers around a course testing it on rocks, driving over rugged terrain, and tilting the vehicles up to 30 degrees as they rounded a turn. The goal was to...

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