Wining team will do 2.5 – 3 hours. Cut off 6 hours.
EVENT INFO
- Start / Finish
- Khotso Lodge & Horse Trails, Underberg, KZN area. Contact Sam at info@khotso.co.za or phone / WhatsApp 082 412 5540
- Times (Provisional – could change)
- Start – Saturday, 23 January – 10h00
- Registration from – Saturday, 23 January – 09h00
- Briefing – Saturday, 23 January – 09h45
- Maps handed out at – Saturday, 23 January – 10h00
- Entry details
- R300 per person – covers park & forestry fees, medic, maps etc
- Entries open to teams of four or pairs mixed gender or single gender teams.
- There will be catering at the start and finish.
- Entries close at midnight, 18 Jan 2021
- Disciplines
- Navigation – 1:50 000 maps – basic
- Running/Trekking – forest paths, forest jeep tracks, cattle tracks, off trail
- Mountain Biking – district roads, forest jeep tracks, forest singletrack
- Tubing
- Estimated distance is 28km – expect approximately 1.5km tubing, 7km trekking/running, 20km Mountain biking
- Distance / Race time
- The winning team can expect to take around 3 hours
- Finish cut off is 6 hours
- There will be a cut off late in the race where teams will be re-directed onto a short course to have them finish before the 6 -hour cut off.
- Short course teams will still be ranked
- All teams will be ranked, provided they follow Race Director instructions
- The course will be designed “children / kids” friendly should you wish to do it with your young ones.
- Transitions / support
- No support crew needed
- There will be remote transitions. We will not be transporting any team equipment to the remote TA’s. (No bike box required)
- Trekking shoes/clothes will need to be carried on the mountain biking legs
- You will need to carry food for the whole event with you from the start
- We will have volunteers at the remote TA’s to look after your mountain bikes while you are out trekking
- Water will be available from streams along the route and at the remote TA’s
- Equipment
- Mandatory Equipment – The following list is compulsory and you will need to carry these at all times in addition to your normal discipline gear that you deem necessary
- Waterproof jacket
- Cellphone – 1 per team (will be sealed)
- Camera – to take photo’s of the CP’s (this is your CP card – so make sure it does not fail)
- Space Blanket
- Don’t forget things like – Compass, and mapwork stationery
- Mandatory Equipment – The following list is compulsory and you will need to carry these at all times in addition to your normal discipline gear that you deem necessary
- Race Rules
- Spectators / Volunteers
- Due to landowner restrictions, no spectators will be allowed out on the route
- There are a few spots where teams can be seen and these will be highlighted during briefing
- Non racing partners who wish to be involved can help us by volunteering to camp out at the remote TA’s. Contact us if interested
- Plenty of Accommodation options available in Underberg if you chose not to use our start / finish venue – Khotso Lodge & Horse Trails – See Underberg Tourism for options.