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Race course details for The North Face Adventure Trophy are known. Read more about how the race course is structured and what's the sequence of disciplines.
MASTERS: ROUTE
The course: The race route is marked by checkpoints (CP) on the tourist map. The competitors has to show up at the CPs according to their sequence, between the CPs the teams to free to choose the route (accept for aeras of National Parks, where standing on tracks is a must.)
Map: Special tourist map (1:50000), containing excerpts from maps of Wydawnictwo Kartograficzne COMPASS:
   - Tatry i Podhale
   - Magura Spiska
   - Pieniny Spiskie
   - Pasmo Radziejowej
   - Małe Pieniny
oraz dodatkowych map do biegów na orientację (IOF).
Honorary start Zakopane center, at 10 am. The MASTERS route is about 375 km, devides in to few stages:
Masters
   -Stage 1 - Orienteering - 5 km
   -Stage 2 - Highmountain Trekking - 55 km
   -Stage 3 - Orienteering - 75 km
Transition Area A
   -Stage 4 - MTB- 75 km
   -Stage 5 - kayak - 10 km
   -Stage 6 - MTB - 70 km
Transition Area B
   -Stage 7 - Inline skating/ trekking - 50 km
Transition Area B
   -Stage 8 - MTB - 25 km
   -Stage 9 - Rafting - 15 km
   -Stage 10 - MTB - 55 km
Time limit is 80 hours.
Additionally, all participants of the race are obliged to execute special events, such as:
   -climbing (difficulty level : III - IV in the UIAA standards)
   -crossing over the rope bridge
   -rope descendence and ascendence
   -rope events with bikes
   -passage a river
   -potholing
Estimated best result: 52 h
10.00-10.30 - Orienteering -0,50 h
10.30-20.30 - Highmountain Trekking - 10 h
20.30-00.00 - Orienteering - 3,5 h
00.00-07.00 - MTB - 7 h
07.00-10.00 - Kayak - 3 h
10.00-18.00 - MTB - 8 h
18.00-04.00 - Inline skating/ trekking - 10 h
04.00-06.00 - MTB - 2 h
06.00-09.00 - Rafting - 3 h
09.00-14.00 - MTB - 5 h
The sum of time according as disciplines:
1. Trekking, orienteering 110 km;
2. MTB 225 km;
3. Skating 15 km;
4. Kayak 10 km;
5. Rafting 15 km;
Sum: 375 km
Masters special tasks - details
Task 1: Caving
Team has to find two CPs in cave. Task is performed by two of the team.
Equipment:
- helmet
Task 2: rope descendence with bike (about 150 m)
Team has to cross the the rope bridge above the river
Equipment:
- harness, helmet, 2 slings, 3 locked carabiniers
Task 3: rope bridge (2 x 50 meters)
Team has to cross the the rope bridge above the river
Equipment:
- harness, helmet, 2 slings, 2 locked carabiniers, additionally recommended: ascender
Task 4: rope descendence (30 m)
Rope descendence with balleying.
Equipment:
- harness, helmet, at least 3 locked carabiniers, descending device, autoballeying device (shunt, poignee, crol, basic), sling
Task 5: rope ascendence (35 m), tyrolean (120 m)
Rope ascendence with balleying, rope bridge above the river.
Equipment:
- harness, helmet, at least 2 locked carabiniers, sling, ascending device (poignee, crol, basic)
Task 6: climbing ladder ascendence (15 m), rope bridge (30 m)
Equipment:
- harness, helmet, sling, at least 2 locked carabiniers, ascscending device (poignee, crol, basic)
Special tasks are situated:
1 on stage 2
2 on stage 4
3 on stage 6
4 on stage 6
5 on stage 7
6 on stage 10
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