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MAN OF PORAGE

ADVENTURE

In 1999, Ultra endurance legend and tweaked genius Gary Tompsett visited the Czech Republic and entered a mountain bike event called The Rocky Man. It was a hard-core mountain bike challenge event, but with its tongue pressed so firmly in its cheek that this in itself was a test of endurance. Gary was so delighted by it, he decided that Scotland needed its own version. After all, this is the man responsible for the famous Rat Race around Edinburgh; a popular multidisciplinary challenge event that saw participants paddle, abseil and ride their way around Scotland’s capital city.

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