Well where to start? Let’s start with a suggestion from Lisa that the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge is a must do event for SA teams and that if we were to do it we should stand a good chance of winning some prize money. Not only prize money, but that the race itself is well organised and that Cyanosis should fare well against the other teams that race ADAC.
We found formidable conditions, tough competition, high speed racing, and challenging stages. We came out with an experience of a fantastic AR stage race. We saw the best parts of a beautiful and desolate part of the world.
It started with an email, last night, from a friend asking about a race in China… and ended up as a calendar of international adventure races; events that are long enough to be worth travelling to.
Adventure racer Shane Raw, younger brother of Swazi Xtreme organiser Darron Raw, is currently in hospital in Jo’burg. Current diagnosis is meningitis and septicemia but doctors do not yet know the how or what of it.
Although his arrival was anticipated in early December, little Werner Muller began his journey, like Santa, on xmas eve. Weighing in at 2.9kg, Werner arrived at 03h10 on xmas morning.
The NAVChallenge is a three-hour orienteering race open to both mountain bikers and trail runners. It is an outdoor adventure for all levels of mountain bikers and trail runners regardless of whether or not you have prior experience in orienteering or navigation.
The fourth annual Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge (ADAC) proved to be the toughest edition yet with longer legs, tight stage cut-offs and unseasonably hot conditions in the Liwa Desert.
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