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16 hardest obsticles and 21 important things about adventure racing
Are you a complete beginner to adventure racing? Do you need a hint on what you need to become a racer or are you starting your own racing team. Here you can find some tips on what you need to pay attention.
16 hardest obstacles to become an adventure races or raider
1. find sponsors – after all, adventure racing is an expencive sport
2. find enough free time and will to run 10-15 kilometers after work
3. find an answer to the question: »Why am I doing this?«
4. be faithfull to yourself and to others in all aspects – don't be afraid to confess yourself
5. become a team player – »You're strong as your weakest link, you're fast as your slowest link.«
6. learn to control your emotions and character – team is more important than your personal priorities
7. find team members that suit your charachter and goals
8. learn to use a compass and a map
9. learn to tolerate insomnia
10. find an appropriate food – very personal thing
11. first aid knowledge
12. knowing your equipment for every race section and weather conditions
13. walking and running technics
14. mountainbike and bike repair technics
15. ascending/descending technics, rope works
16. river, sea, lake paddling and water gear handling
21 important things...you always need to have in your backpack or in your mind:
1. Healts
2. Motivation and will – if you don't understand why this is important, sty home and watch TV
3. Compas or a map – after all you want to get out of this alive
4. “Space blanket” – your best friend for cold nights, your ally against hipothermia
5. “Duct tape” – in case of getting blisters, this is your best friend
6. Vaseline – reduce friction on your feet, reducing the possibility of getting blisters
7. Change socks every 8-10 hours – never use cotton socks! Use wool or coolmax materials!
8. A piece of white pork fat + garlic – only for emergencies – technology has not discovered more effective »energy bar« than this combination.
9. Head lamp with spare bateries – the night is your enemy
10. Baby powder – for your feet – after all, the race is won by feet
11. Knife – really helpfull
12. Cell phone / Satellite phone – One is accesible where the other isn't, and the other way around
13. Weather information – one question can save your life
14. First aid kit – even the best ones were sorry for not bringing it
15. Isotonic drink – keep the balance of minerals in your body if you don't want to dehidrate
16. Water – drink even when you're not thirsty – combine with isotonic drinks
17. Water cleaning tablets – better safe than sorry
18. Antidiarrhoea pills – diarrhoea can be your worst nightmare
19. Hat + suncream – awoid sun fever – sun can be dangerous whole year around
20. Things for personal hygiene – it's a dirty job, try to stay as clean as possible
21. Trach bag – ecology is first!
What is adventure race?
Adventure race is a combination of different outdoor sports like trekking, alpine climbing, cayaking, mountain biking, rafting and many others. The racing arena for such sport discipline are wild and inaccessible terrains. Combination and sequence of different disciplines depends on terrain and sorrounding landscape. Races can last from couple of hours to couple of weeks, from 40 (short urban city races) to 1000 kilometers (Raid Gauloises in Vietnam).
Rules usually say that teams must have 2 or 4 team members and in most cases they must include at least one female racer.
In a given time, they must pass all the disciplines together and pass through all check points in time. Meanwhile they must carry a map and all team and personal equipment needed for each race stage. They must finish as a team. If one team member is unable to finish, the entire team is disqualified.
Race course description, discipline schedule and check point times are disclosed to the teams one day before the race. That's why the teams must be prepared to quickly respond to new challenges. During the race teams have access to their equipment where they can change the gear and fill up the food/drink supplies.
Team spirit, physicall preparedness, readiness to finds your way in the wilderness, equipment planning, food and rest planning, weather influences are only a few parameters for a success. In this sport there is only one rule: You're strong as your weakest link, you're fast as your slowest link.
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