{"id":162826,"date":"2025-08-06T09:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/?p=162826"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:28:08","slug":"do-you-have-enough-grit-to-take-part-in-the-defender-trophy-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/daily-edit\/do-you-have-enough-grit-to-take-part-in-the-defender-trophy-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have Enough Grit to Take Part in the Defender Trophy Challenge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gen-Xers will likely remember the mud, grit, and glory of the Camel Trophy, an expedition in sand-yellow Land Rovers with the now iconic Camel livery. For two decades, the Camel Trophy brought together teams from around the globe to battle through the world\u2019s toughest terrains\u2014from the Amazon to Siberia\u2014for the prize of survival, camaraderie, and stories they\u2019d never forget. While the Camel Trophy ended in 2000, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qub8IGouwYc\">race has lived on through YouTube<\/a>. Twenty-five years on, the legendary race returns as Defender Trophy, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landrover.ca\/en\/index.html?utm_source=gs&amp;utm_medium=sem&amp;utm_campaign=CA_N_LR_LR_1_NU_PSER_G_VBB_P_DO_P_A_B_EN_3K_PK_LUXURYAUTO_GMC1090_CP30LC8_BRN-MASTERBRAND-LAND-ROVER-TXT-EN&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22260175618&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD-qnyuMX4qi_LXBrrRpomtfQPDyY&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw-svEBhB6EiwAEzSdrg9ajpiTBntwx9tQBnO0QZY6AneLkseUK_sNOOGVstB30O540AilQBoCaJkQAvD_BwE\">Land Rover<\/a>-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landrover.ca\/en\/defender-world\/purpose\/defender-trophy\/index.html\">global expedition challenge that you can take part in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget_text interscroller-wrapper\" ><div class=\"widget_text interscroller-bg-wrapper\" style=\"clip: rect(0 100vw 100vh 0);\"><div class=\"widget_text interscroller-bg\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><!-- \/22029956375\/NUVO_Interscroller_ArticlePage -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1698863055717-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 600px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1698863055717-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-image\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive aligncenter wp-image-162828 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a.jpg\" alt=\"Do You Have Enough Grit to Take Part in the Defender Trophy Challenge?\" width=\"1460\" height=\"821\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-816x459.jpg\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a.jpg 1460w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-816x459.jpg 816w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-432x243.jpg 432w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-684x385.jpg 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-318x179.jpg 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DEF_TROPHY_190625_02a-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1460px) 100vw, 1460px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are bringing epic adventure very much to the forefront again,\u201d said Andy Hunt Cook, head of global communications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landrover.ca\/en\/defender\/index.html\">Defender<\/a> at a recent Defender Arena set up in the woodlands of West Sussex for Goodwood Festival of Speed. The revival race will pit teams driving Defender 110 Trophy Editions in either Deep Sandglow Yellow or Keswick Green. Under the hood is a 3.0-litre inline-six engine mated to an automatic gearbox making 395 brake horsepower. 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If you&#8217;re in a participating country\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/tag\/canada?srsltid=AfmBOooNnar_mgRnzeem9ex9NBlfevIs-F5bkOgKmUGCAwAqM-XAiGgt\">Canada<\/a> is one\u2014at least 23 years old, can swim 50 metres, drive internationally, and speak fluent English, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landrover.ca\/en\/defender-world\/purpose\/defender-trophy\/index.html\">this challenge is for you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><!-- \/22029956375\/NUVO_Article_InPage_Banner_3 --><div id='div-gpt-ad-1687542702230-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1687542702230-0'); });<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p itemprop=\"text\">An open call for the off-road 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