FUN FACTS
• The 2006 Race Across America route is about 3,043 miles long. Collectively, the 2006 Solo finishers will travel a combined distance equivalent to circling the Earth at the equator four times.
• This year's 25th
Anniversary edition of the race spans a wider range of elevations than it
has for nearly 20 years. Riders descend to 170 feet below sea level (in
Mecca, California) and climb to 10,550 feet above sea level (Wolf Creek Pass
in central Colorado). This elevation range exceeds
two vertical miles.
• Each solo RAAM finisher climbs nearly 108,600 feet, which is roughly the distance from the ground to the edge of space, three times the altitude flown by commercial jetliners and almost four times the altitude of Mt Everest.
Elevation
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