As information becomes available on the course it will be posted here or refer to the P6 Adventure Race Event Forum for the latest updates.
Enter your team by the 18th October and you'll go in the draw to win the chance to participate in the 2009 event as TEAM SERFAS (with free gear). Check out the details...here
DISCIPLINES:The event will involve mountain biking (you need to provide), run/walk, paddle(not a kayak this year), simple navigation, team work/strategy and mystery activities. You will need to provide your own mountain bike and we can tell you now that you'll need a car sized inner tube for the paddle activity- one for each team member.
LOCATION: The event will be at a secret location within 60 minutes of Auckland. The final location will be announced in the week of the event and we'll leak some clues out in the weeks leading up to the event.
REQUIRED SKILLS: Competently swim a minimum of 50 metres and at least one member of the team should be able to carry out simple navigation
TEAM SIZE: The event is for teams of 2 or 4 people. Corporate Teams must include at least one female and and all team members must be in permanent employment at the same organisation.
NO SUPPORT CREW!!: Because we are using a rogaine type format NO support crew is required. All transitions will be in a central area so you can do these by yourself.
COMPULSORY CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT: The safety of our participants is important to us. For this reason we insist every participant carries certain minimum clothing and safety equipment. Each participants compulsory gear will be checked by race officials at registration.
Each Team will need: a good first aid kit (must contain as a minimum: 2 metres ofadhesive strapping tape, 4 bandaids, 2 gauze pads, 4 cm width crepe bandage, 2 pain relief tablets (Panadol or similar), 2 anti-inflammation tablets), compass, torch, bike pump, bike toolkit.and mobile phone.
Each person will need: a weatherproof parka, thermal gloves and hat, polypropylene or thermal long sleeve shirt and long johns, a survival blanket, a whistle, a car sized (4wd size is best!) inner tube for the paddle activity and a buoyancy aid/life jacket.