Adventure Racing

Description

Adventure racing (also called expedition racing) is a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, including orienteering (if an orienteering map is used) and/or navigation (when non-orienteering maps are used), cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills. An expedition event can span ten days or more while sprints can be completed in a matter of hours. There is typically no dark period during races, irrespective of length; competitors must choose if or when to rest.
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Weekly Stories

Expedition Africa 2013 - The Ultimate AR Event

In the days after Expedition Africa, Cape Town adventure racer Steve Burnett, who was following...

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Taking on the Namib Desert Challenge

When it comes to multi-day extreme endurance foot races, the Namib Desert Challenge is right up...

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IMPI Challenge 2013

Last weekend I took part in my first New Balance IMPI Challenge, which was held at Van Gaalens...

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Warrior Race #2 - It's all in the teamwork

Grey, ominous clouds quickly gathered above us, the wind picked up and it started to drizzle. I...

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Latest News

IMPI Warriors in action at the New Balance IMPI Challenge at Virginia Trails

New Balance IMPI Challenge takes KZN by Storm

The debut of the New Balance IMPI Challenge at Virginia Trails, Eston (KZN) on Saturday, 18 May 2013 was received with open arms. Just over 712 adventure athletes and lovers of the outdoors toed the line to test their skill and agility on the 13km course that featured 18 of the IMPI Challenge’s...

6000 Warriors tough it out in testing conditions

Warrior athletes don’t know the meaning of the word “sissie.” That became abundantly clear over the past weekend (11-12 May) when 6 000 athletes competed in the third event of the popular Warrior Race Obstacle Series.

Seven Expedition Africa Videos

Seven exciting videos to keep you up to date with what is happening at Expedition Africa.
Expedition Africa is classified as a multi-day, non-stop, expedition-style adventure race. In this race format four-person teams use a variety of sporting disciplines – trekking, mountain biking and...