A Word from the Rear
Monday, May 31, 1999 — 11:28pm EST
"I'm frantic to scratch my oozing poison ivy sores, psychotic from lack of sleep and eating humble pie for not being in the top-10..."

The Pack Plods On
Friday, May 28, 1999 — 12:30am EST
"She got out, stripped to her skivvies and attempted to warm herself on the road, apparently employing the technique used by rattlesnakes..."

Thrilled to Have It Over
Thursday, May 27, 1999 — 8:05pm EST
"This was my first long adventure race, and I'm just thrilled to have it — actually I'm thrilled to have it over at this point..."

Winners Nagle and Wilson Speak
Thursday, May 27, 1999 — 10:02am EST
"It's a beautiful day in Virgina. We just had an extraordinary competition through some really beautiful country side. Great competition, very fast, very intense, very beautiful..."

Pharmanex/Salomon Sets Record Finish
Wednesday, May 26, 1999 — 8:58am EST
"They've been hallucinating; they've been talking to people in minivans out on the river, which of course aren't there, but we don't tell them that..."

Buck Dam River Crossing
Tuesday, May 25, 1999 — Summary Report
"Asked how he was doing, he husked, almost inaudibly, "suffering a little." With eyes swollen nearly shut, it was a brave use of understatement whispered..."

McCoy Falls, New River
Monday, May 24, 1999 — Summary Report
"The ascent loomed across the river, a massive slab of 200+ feet of limestone. Pharmanex/Salomon got there first, but Nagle hung up a bit on the ascent, and Complete IT Solutions was able to overtake them..."

You're So Doggone Pretty
Monday, May 24, 1999 — 2:248pm (EST)
"Hi, this is Raymond Rich from Team Balance Bar in route of the 3,000ft mountain in the middle of the Beast of the East on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday..."

38 Hours Into It
Monday, May 24, 1999 — 1:48pm (EST)
"Currently we're 38 hours into the race where the competitors have canoed over whitewater over 60 miles, ascended 220 feet, they have rappelled 250 feet..."

Over the River and Through the Woods
Sunday, May 23, 1999 — 2:01pm (EST)
"I believe the two leading teams — which are Pharmanex/Salomon and Andy Scott, who was our solo competitor from last year — are on on their way into Wood's Hole..."

And They're Off!
Sunday, May 23, 1999 — 1:05am (EST)
"I think its about a 300ft ascend through a nasty, nasty patch that was put up there of poison ivy..."

Hoping to Keep Up
Friday, May 21, 1999 — 10:30pm (EST)
"Despite the fact that I have run 150 miles across the Sahara Desert, canoed 550 miles on the Yukon River, and trekked above 17,000 feet near Mt. Everest, I am wondering if I’m not in over my head this time..."

Interview with Beast founder Don Mann
Friday, May 21, 1999 — 9:00am (PST)
"All the things that we saw that we didn't like in races, we tried to eliminate. We looked at those as obstacles, and we tried removing these obstacles by putting on the Beast, and it's really a love for the sport..."