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If a test accurately reflects the virtues of sports games in terms of tradition, popular support and fun that is the Traverse Mountain.
The test most emblematic of the Games turns 33 years, so many editions of the Olympics as Lorca, and concluded with a tour of the Councils of The Tova, and Jarales Ortilla in which 450 people decided to enjoy the sport and the great coexistence is always activity.
88 teams participated Specifically, 26 in the Family Journey, 35 in the Short and the Long 27.
On the afternoon of Saturday, the Sports Complex parking Europe became the starting point of the test, where cars and buses will take participants to the place of concentration: the pool of La Parroquia, departure and arrival of all routes.
The teams set up their tents while they waited their turn to exit.
After 21 hours, one by one, the teams receive maps and advice and lay down at night in La Tova for a tour in which the fastest does not win, but knows the team that directed and complete all kilometers to a regular rhythm and uniform.
The landscapes that were traveled, how could it be otherwise, gathered the best features of the landscape Lorca, and each of the 3 tours offered a variety of attractions that aroused the astonishment of the participating teams.
The Family Journey, 6 miles away, many teams could go the dry next to the parish.
In the short sea, 15 kilometers, the main attractions were the passage by the river Vélez, being characterized by its wide roads traveled, its pine forests, and return to the camp through the Rambla del Chortal.
The Long Journey, which had a length of 22 kilometers, could also enjoy the Rambla, several feet into the river Velez in the abundant pine for Jarales, and end the journey he had the exceptional framework promoted by gully areas.
For the first time in the history of the event's arrival was located in the Parish, a place to which he returned after many years and offered a nice response to the arrival of the camp of the Games, which reigned as always a happy coexistence, participants sharing the nerves before the start and also the experiences upon arrival, with a hot chocolate and a plate of crumbs as witnesses.
With the first light of dawn the teams went to bed as early in the morning was the time to participate in a family lunch and the awarding of medals to the winners.
But the real winners were the 450 participants who enjoyed a weekend different in nature, practicing the sport healthier and showing that the Traverse Mountain has the tradition and all teams involved for years in it.
But it also goes to the youngest and has a good pool of participants to follow for many years worthwhile to devote a weekend to enjoy the games with the test, again, best defines the Olympics Lorca.
Source: Juegos deportivos del Guadalentín
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