Expedition style Adventure Racing of the old school variety. A bit rougher. A bit tougher. That school where mischief was mandatory but rules were rules, with routine caning on a bare bum.
Mix the disciplines of MTB, Off Trail Trekking and River Paddling with Map ‘n Compass navigation by teams through untamed terrain, forestry and farms of the Southern Drakensberg for the first of four South African races in 2021 in the international Adventure1 series.
Graham ‘Tweet’ Bird designs a flowing course in incredibly beautiful surroundings that will nevertheless hand out its own lesson plan as strategy can often surpass sheer speed.
A 36-hour course means a winning time of around 24hrs for a good team so everybody gets to grit it through the dark hours. Cut offs will be imposed late on the route with short cuts to allow all teams to get to the finish in a maximum of 36 hours. All teams will be allocated points for the Adventure1 series. Team with the most points from 3 of the 4 South African races wins an entry to New Zealand’s famous GODZone 2022 worth over R100 000.
- Teams of 2 or 4
- Live Tracking
- No bike boxes
- No support crew needed
- No transition box admin
- Simple logistics
- Standard AR compulsory gear, plus sense of humour required
- Good through-the-night training for local multiday Expedition Africa
The 12-hour event, aimed at beginner or intermediate adventurers who don’t yet want to be out for the night, or just want a ‘quick’ training session, has an expected fastest time of 6 or 7 hours.
And for newbies and young uns keen for the experience, the 6-hour event should be won in 3 hours, with basic and rewarding navigation practise. Great for families.
Vasbyt races of any length are opportunities in which to push back at mediocrity, tear up a flatline and endow one with a unique sense of kinship and an authentic, invincible self.
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