Adventure Racing Demystified
Special challenges could include anything – including assembling a bird house mid-race! Author pictured on left. Photo courtesy of Timothy Buchholz.
RIB MOUNTAIN (Silent Sports Magazine) – Adventure racing is exactly that – there is no cookie cutter race. Every single race course is designed specifically for that one event. And every team can create a different route through the race course. How? The race course is unmarked and teams must find checkpoints using a map and compass. No GPS is allowed. A checkpoint is typically an orienteering marker usually hung in a tree with a unique hole punch. Teams punch a passport, which is provided by the race director to prove they were at the checkpoint. But sometimes it can be an electronic punch, or sometimes racers write down an answer – such as the number of holes in a birdhouse. It is all part of the adventure.
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Originally published by Silent Sport Magazine August 2020
For more race information on the adventure races in the Midwest, check out https://www.wisconsinadventureracingseries.com/