Team Commie Bar is an adventure racing team that draws its namesake from a small non-descript drinking establishment/bar along the edges of Lake Fimon in Vicenza, Italy that was owned by a devout Italian communist and frequented by a group of U.S. Army Airborne Rangers of which I was one during the years 1986-1991.
"The Commie Bar" was the loving name we adopted for the establishment and the ironies are many and profound.
At that time our non military lives revolved around running, trekking, biking, climbing and romping thru the hills and mountains of northern Italy during the day and drinking "fragolino" (strawberry wine), telling war stories about our adventures and debating capitalism in the "Commie Bar" by night. I don't think the sport of Adventure Racing really even existed at that time but we were creating our own challenges and killing ourselves in their pursuit. Both on the trails and in the bars!
When the idea of creating an Adventure Racing team started many years ago it was these memories that popped first and foremost. The philosophy of play hard and work hard still drive my thoughts on racing and life in general to this day.
Take a look at our race schedule on the race page.... We plan to have fun with this so drop us a line at TCOPESWorld@gmail.com if you think you might be interested in participating.........
Todd Copley/TCOPE
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http://twitter.com/TeamCommieBar
Team Commie Bar supports our troops all over the world............
We are a brotherhood.
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