From velonews.com, pretty cool that messengers are getting time on VeloNews…
The show goes on: Guatemalan landslides challenge Cycle Messenger World Championships organizers
By Connor Boals • Updated: Sep 9th 2010 8:20 AM EDT
It’s a bike messenger’s job to get the delivery done in any condition: rain, sleet or snow.
But what about landslides?
The 18th annual Cycle Messenger World Championships will answer just that question as hundreds of messengers from across the globe descend on the tiny Guatemalan town of Panajachel, where some preliminary events started Sept. 3
Heavy rains from tropical storm Hermine have already brought the mountainsides down, closed roads, stranded racers across Central America, displacing villagers and even taking several lives.
“One way or another, we’re going to race,” said Shawn Blumenthal, one of the event’s organizers. “This (world championships) have never failed to go off.”
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