Taming the Ring of Fire
It was over a coffee in a Taupo café between two long-standing friends which formed the catalyst for the creation of The Ring of Fire Volcanic Ultra.
Victory Events owner Jason Cameron and his fellow event organiser Nick Reader of Element Events had met at the appropriately named Eruption Café for a chat about future projects back in late-2015.
When both put forward the same proposal for an iconic race that would circumnavigate Mt Ruapehu - it was green for go on the ambitious project.
“Many of the Ultra offerings are about going further and longer but we saw the 72km distance around the mountain as a challenging yet achievable goal,” explains co-creator Cameron, who since 2004 has organised the annual The Goat and Tussock Traverse races in Tongariro National Park.
“We wanted to create that flagship event for the region which would attract people
