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Saturday Oct 22, 2005 #
Adventure Racing race (BHAC) 1:00:00 [5] **
ahr:182 max:195 shoes: Brooks Cascadia Pivot
Beat Hunger Adventure Challenge- Running sections.
I did this race as Team Treehuggers from FAR, with 3PinJim and FrontierAdventureman. We started on foot South of the Kortright centre, and 3Pin took off like a rabbit, leaving the rest of the pack (and almost his teammates) in the dust.
We had to nav a bit into Kortright, then had to do a water carry similar to what 3rd world people have to do- each of us had to fill a 5 gallon drum. We used drybags to carry water from a creek 200M away, and they worked well enough we did it in one trip.
We had scouted this area a bit, so we had an idea where we were going and built up a good lead, but it was hard work for FAMan and I to keep up with 3Pin. Once we TA'd to bikes near Kleinburg my heart rate slowed down a bit.
I did this race as Team Treehuggers from FAR, with 3PinJim and FrontierAdventureman. We started on foot South of the Kortright centre, and 3Pin took off like a rabbit, leaving the rest of the pack (and almost his teammates) in the dust.
We had to nav a bit into Kortright, then had to do a water carry similar to what 3rd world people have to do- each of us had to fill a 5 gallon drum. We used drybags to carry water from a creek 200M away, and they worked well enough we did it in one trip.
We had scouted this area a bit, so we had an idea where we were going and built up a good lead, but it was hard work for FAMan and I to keep up with 3Pin. Once we TA'd to bikes near Kleinburg my heart rate slowed down a bit.
Adventure Racing race (BHAC part 2) 1:52:00 [4]
Second part of the Beat Hunger Adventure Race.
We biked on some pretty gnarly trails and roads to the bike drop- which I might add had a particularly gorgeous volunteer Bash. Before then we had to pick up 50lbs of firewood and ride with it on and off road, much like they do in Africa. 3Pin and I both had racks, and he had a milk crate on his which worked very well. We then did the advanced section which consisted of 20CPs of beginner orienteering on a permanent course. The format was points-o, with all CPs the same points. We hit them all OK, and headed back with a sizable lead.
One team did 19 of them, but forgot one and decided it was too far, which moved them way down the rankings even though they finished second.
3Pin did most of the nav here, and did a great job. We all contributed a bit where we could. Back on the bikes, we had a nice section of ATV-type trails, very much like that we find in RTNs. Frontier Adventureman almost took a header when we went through a thick layer of apples on a downhill. We hit one descent that the race organizer described as 70 degrees, which I rode on my 'bent OK but the others had to ride around.
The rest of the race went well, and we crossed the finish about 45 minutes before the second place team. These guys were great teammates! 3Pin is really fast on foot, and no slouch on the bike or with a compass. FAMan kept protesting about how he hasn't trained, but kept up well, and was super-cheerful about the whole thing, even a waist-deep river crossing. (I did a shin-deep one just downstream).
It was a well organized race, CPs all in the right place, started ahead of time, good prizing, great volunteers.
The best part of the whole race- The event raised over $5500 for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan, which the goverment will match!
We biked on some pretty gnarly trails and roads to the bike drop- which I might add had a particularly gorgeous volunteer Bash. Before then we had to pick up 50lbs of firewood and ride with it on and off road, much like they do in Africa. 3Pin and I both had racks, and he had a milk crate on his which worked very well. We then did the advanced section which consisted of 20CPs of beginner orienteering on a permanent course. The format was points-o, with all CPs the same points. We hit them all OK, and headed back with a sizable lead.
One team did 19 of them, but forgot one and decided it was too far, which moved them way down the rankings even though they finished second.
3Pin did most of the nav here, and did a great job. We all contributed a bit where we could. Back on the bikes, we had a nice section of ATV-type trails, very much like that we find in RTNs. Frontier Adventureman almost took a header when we went through a thick layer of apples on a downhill. We hit one descent that the race organizer described as 70 degrees, which I rode on my 'bent OK but the others had to ride around.
The rest of the race went well, and we crossed the finish about 45 minutes before the second place team. These guys were great teammates! 3Pin is really fast on foot, and no slouch on the bike or with a compass. FAMan kept protesting about how he hasn't trained, but kept up well, and was super-cheerful about the whole thing, even a waist-deep river crossing. (I did a shin-deep one just downstream).
It was a well organized race, CPs all in the right place, started ahead of time, good prizing, great volunteers.
The best part of the whole race- The event raised over $5500 for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan, which the goverment will match!