DART Racer Collapses from Heat at Primal Quest

Last week we were watching the progress of local adventure racing team, DART-NUUN, at the 2006 Primal Quest in southern Utah. We checked back in on Saturday and oh dear, team member Ryan VanGorder apparently collapsed from heat stroke and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Salt Lake City. Not good, as heat stroke in those conditions has a high fatality rate.

Happily, Ryan pulled through--his wife was racing with a different team, and once DART withdrew they hunted her down and shuttled her up to Salt Lake to join Ryan. Seattlest breathed a sigh of relief at that news--we tagged along with the DART crew for an article we were writing a couple months ago, and got to know them all a bit. Here is a video of Ryan's teammate Jen describing what happened when he collapsed.