Race Disciplines

Disciplines

The base disciplines of each year's race are Trekking, Mountain Biking, Sea Kayaking and River Kayaking. This is applicable to both the Full Course and the Half Course. In addition to these specific disciplines, teams will need to be well practiced in their navigation. Good route planning skills will be an advantage, and could definitely save your team many hours of hard work! For an indication of the distances involved in each discipline, check out the course pages from previous years.

Each year additional disciplines may be included. These will be announced early in the year if applicable.

2011 Disciplines

Full and Half Courses - Trekking, Mountain Biking, Sea Kayaking, Lake/River kayaking, Mystery Disciplines.

Full and Half Courses Mystery Disciplines - to be confirmed soon!

Distances

To gauge the approximate distances of each of the disciplines, please check out the past races.

Competency Checks

Some basic competency checks (compulsory for ALL competitors) will be conducted prior to the race. This is necessary to confirm your basic competency in the disciplines and enhance the safety of others on the course. These tests will be straight forward, and will check that you have the necessary skills in each of the disciplines (including navigation). See competencies page for more details. If you believe you are already competent and/or have qualifications in some or all of the disciplines, then great! You shouldn't have any trouble passing the checks.

If you do not complete your competency checks, your team will not be permitted to start.

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