Race organiser report: True to the name and the nature of adventure racing, the race was tougher than expected but thoroughly enjoyed by those who share a passion for this sport that challenges all aspects of us, physically, emotionally and intellectually!
Adventure racer Tatum Prins ascended Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain an impressive nine times between sunrise and sunset this past weekend. One of 75-odd participants in the Webber Wentzel Platteklip Charity Challenge, Tatum beat the field overall to complete the greatest number of ascents.
www.AR.co.za is delighted to receive another Award from Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge for this year’s 4th edition of this exhilarating 6-day race. Now our third consecutive Award, a new Team www.AR.co.za will fly to the Abu Dhabi Emirate in December (10-15).
Team Senseless: This weekend Steve and I went up to the Mankele Mountain Bike Park near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga for the Garmin – Lost in da Bush adventure race presented by Passionate Adventures.
“I’m a vegetarian, and I ain’t f’king scared of him.” Hiking 210km over the Drakensberg’s highest peaks is one thing, but having that song stuck in your head for 200 of those kilometres is murder. Maybe one day some psychiatrist can explain to me what goes wrong in your brain
This document puts the standard rules and regulations of adventure racing in writing. These have been added to and adapted from Zirk Botha’s original adventure racing rules, which were originally created in 1999.
I put this document together in April 2003, following a number of badly organised races where CPs were in the wrong place, race briefings were delayed and very, very long and unnecessary.
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