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TRI-4-LIFE YUKON ARCTIC ULTRA CHALLENGE 2023
tri-4-Life team members , Liam Hanlon , Martin Pritchard-Howarth , and Ian Wilson , have successfully completed the 6633 Arctic Ultra 120- mile race in Yukon , Canada .
Regarded by many as the toughest , coldest , windiest race on Earth by foot , the 6633 Arctic Ultra takes competitors through the frozen landscape of the Canadian Arctic . The endurance race is a gruelling 120 or 250-mile nonstop , self-sufficient foot race . It starts at the beginning of the Dempster highway and ends at the Arctic Circle . The race takes place in the Tombstone National Park and the Ogilvie Mountains , over 12,000 feet of elevation in arctic conditions .
Due to a particularly cold Arctic blast , and on the advice of the experts , the team opted for the 120-mile race instead of the 250-mile race . One of the race rules is that all athletes by default are entered into the 250- mile race but all participants have the option to finish at the 120-mile checkpoint . Amazingly , Ian finished in first place and Liam and Martin came third at the 120-mile checkpoint and finished the race within 72 hours . They enjoyed a hearty feast and cold beers in Eagle Plains after the race . A fantastic achievement and raising much needed funds for SCOPE and several other charities .
Liam Hanlon said about the experience : “ The conditions were brutal , but what an experience to follow in the footsteps of the Klondike Goldrush pioneers from Whitehorse to Dawson City and to be out in the wilds under the Northern lights . We are all pleased we completed the 120 miles in under 72 hours .”
tri-4-Life is a Wirral based charitable enterprise . For the last 20 years , Liam and a group of his friends from Wirral , have been part of tri-4-Life . They raise money for charities – local , regional , national , and international – by taking on challenges ‘ In remembrance & Friendship ’ all around the world . Over the subsequent years the team has cycled the length of the UK and Europe , biked across America , completed multiple Iron and Double Ironman-length races , competed in the Marathon des Sables , swam the Channel and Coast to Coast in Scotland , completed the Arch to Arc triathlon , and in 2022 they reached the summit of Mount Everest . The team is donating any money raised from the Arctic Ultra to SCOPE and several other charities . The team also met up with the Yukon Ice Divers and the Rotary Club of Whitehorse as part of the their charity and community commitments .
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