Laura returning to the bikes: Nevada Passage competitor Laura Home during one of the events. Photo by Ryan Jerz.The Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage for 2008 is off an running on television stations across the country. Four more cities are set to run the show this weekend:

• Cincinnati, Ohio – August 30, 9:00-10:00pm, WBQC
• Roanoke, Virginia – August 30, 2:00-3:00pm, WDRL
• Syracuse, New York – August 30, 2:00-3:00pm, WSYR
• Reno, Nevada – August 30, 9:00-10:00pm, KOLO

Next weekend it airs in two more cities:

• Idaho Falls, Idaho – September 6, 12:00-1:00pm, KIFI
• Tri Cities, Tennessee – 3:00-4:00pm, CW4

If you’re in one of those cities, or a city that aired the show earlier this month, I’d love to hear what you thought of it....

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The 2008 “Land Rover G4 Challenge: Nevada Passage” airs nationwide beginning in August, with the Nevada debut Aug. 30 in Reno. So far more than 20 cities from Spokane, Wash., to Tampa, Fla., have picked up the syndicated adventure program.

This is the fourth annual Nevada Passage program, and this year Land Rover came aboard with its biennial G4 Challenge. The Land Rover corporation worldwide holds national G4 Challenges, and the winners of those challenges go on to the international G4 Challenge in England. Because the Nevada Passage was Land Rover’s North American qualifier, held in May, the winners of the Nevada Passage will be on their way to Europe next year to compete against the winners from 17 other countries.

The first airing of the “Land Rover G4 Challenge: Nevada Passage” will be Aug. 16 in...

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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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