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The first rule of adventure racing is that everything can happen, sometimes the most unexpected things. This is the story of the dog Arthur, the new team mate of Team Peak Performance.

The long trekking was epic – with mud up to their knees and with only a GPS and no maps to guide them, it was way harder than many teams expected. This is where the team first met the dog Arthur.

They tried to send him off a few times but he always showed up beside the team again as they made their way through the trekking. In the beginning it went well, but when it became muddy he was having problem and the team had to help Arthur through some of the deepest mud.

Arthur followed the team all the way to TA9 and waited with the team. But then he suddenly got very worried and stressed as he realized the team would get out on the water. The organization gave the advice not to bring dog Arthur out on the last leg – a dog in the kayak didn’t seem like a great idea - and the team was going to follow this advice.

Mike, Simon, Staffan and Karen put their kayaks down in the water and set off, but Arthur refused to be left and started swimming. This was too heartbreaking for the team, and Mikael helped Arthur up in the kayak. This led to standing ovations from everyone on the shore, seeing the five (!) team mates set off.

Adventure racing can be a lot of things. Sometimes it can be a place where you meet a new friend Stay tuned for photos of the new team mate.

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Last update from Ecuador. Arthur starts to look more and more like a dog. The tale starts to come up when he walks by our side:) We are on our way to a vet here in Quito to get him overlooked a get him in top shape.

We did get a small bump from Swedish Jordbruksverket this morning, but it´s not final and everything will depends on the vet check.

Flights are booked. Manlötens "hundkarantän" is meeting us at Arlanda to start Arthurs recovery.

We are so excited and overmelmd over everyone that supports us and helps us get Arthur to Sweden.

And super excited about a phone call just minutes ago, Peak Performance steps in and does what ever it takes to get Arthur home.

We will never give up!