Harmonious Japanese target survival in Patagonia

TOKYO: Four Japanese adventurers have tweaked the nose of fierce seas, unforgiving mountain terrain and hyperthermia to enter one of the world's most dangerous races.

The first team from their country brave enough, or mad enough, to enter the hair-raising Patagonian Expedition Race, the Japanese are more concerned about being nice to each other.

"Some of my scariest moments have come when we have had arguments during the race," professional racer Masato Tanaka said before the brutal nine-day, 600-kilometer test.