Stage 1: Ropes Challenge Course Event Rules
Stage 2: Continuous Race Rules
Event Description
This event is an adventure race in an urban setting. It occurs in two stages. Initially all competitors participate in eight ropes course events rotating through each in turn. Each team is given 3 minutes to make attempts to complete each ropes course event challenge. Each is scored by quality factors and then converted to a time, as described below. The individual times from all eight ropes course challenge events are then added together to establish the start time for the second stage.
The second stage consists of a continuous mountain bike segment, run orienteering segment, second mountain bike segment, open water kayak segment, and a short closing run done in continuous fashion. Teams start this stage based on their ropes course event cumulative time. For example, if a team accumulates 7:30 on all the ropes course events then their start time occurs at 7:30, from when the race clock is started. In this way, all teams are racing on an equal basis during the continuous second stage of the event. The order of finish is established based on the order in which individuals and teams cross the finish line.