Hiking the AT

I’ll be out of town Friday to Monday hiking the AT between the James River and I-64(Northbound). My email/message board responses will be very slow during this time. If you have an urgent question, your best bet is to start at I-64 heading south until you run into me

Chris

TT price increase

The price goes up $20 per person tonight (1 September) at midnight. Get you registrations in now to avoid the higher fees. We have 28 teams registered and growing! Get your registration in soon before we sell out!

Chris

Soggy Bottom Boys Racing Website

Mark Montague has just officially launched the Soggy Bottom Boys Racing website. His second race of the year is posted and is open for registration. http://sbbracing.com Check it out!

Chris

Tidewater Traverse Update #1

Hey everyone! It is less than one month until the race, so I thought I’d tease you all with some race information. Here goes nothing:

1: Boat drop. You will be dropping your boats off somewhere before the race starts. I expect it will take less than 30 minutes to complete. You will be allowed to stage water and food with your boat. Just remember, whatever you leave with your boat must go in the water with you. You will see your boat once before you actually leave to paddle, so I’d recommend leaving enough water/food to refuel twice.

2. Portage. There will be a portage over one mile in the race. The portage is an optional point with a time bonus. Other than that portage, the rest of the portages are short (less than 200m total).

3. Showers. Showers will be available at the finish line so you will not have to drive home dirty. The land owner is also allowing camping at the finish line the night after the race. If you’d like to camp after the race you can pay them ($30) after the race and camp directly under the finish line. It is a nice spot!

4. Spectators. If you are bringing a spectator, they can register with us for $25 and will receive a race shirt and be allowed to share in the post race food. Shirt orders go out on September 8th so register before then to guarantee a race shirt. We will also provide them with directions to various places on the course so they can see you in action. Click here to register

5. Support. This race is unsupported. If you have friends and family out to spectate, they may hot help you in any way!

6. No central TA. You will be leaving your cars at the start line. You will not return to your cars until you finish the race so you will need to pack everything you need from the start of the race. Remember that you can stage water and food with your boats.

7. Water on course. I will be staging water on the course in at least one place. That, plus the water at your boat will mean you will have potable water access every 3-5 hours.

8. Biking. The biking is this race will be a combination of paved roads, gravel roads, double track and single track. Remember, no cyclocross bikes are allowed. Mountain bikes only!

9. Maps. Your main race map will be 1:24k scale. I’ll have some extra UTM plotters if you do not have one. All maps and race instructions will be waterproof.

Questions?

I’m ready for this race to start. Are you?
Chris

TT Rental boats

I have boat rentals lined up for the Tidewater Traverse. The boats will be delivered to the paddle start for you and recovered from the end of the paddle. You will not need to do anything but paddle them!

Canoe: $55 Mad River Canoe Horizon 17. This is a 17 foot 2 seat canoe. “Our fastest Royalex® performance hull. The asymmetrical Shallow Arch design, voluminous capacity and initial stability make this canoe a pleasure to paddle distances.”

Kayak: $35 Perception Arcadia. This is a 12′ 4″ solo kayak.

Click here to reserve your boat now.

Chris

TT Boat restrictions

Okay everyone, I’m caving in a little. I’m tired of dealing with the boat restrictions for the Tidewater Traverse. I know changing the rules instead removing the restrictions completely will probably still cause me more grief, but that’s what I’m gonna do anyway. Before I list the new restrictions, let me start by saying that I will not change them again for the TT. If your boat does not fit, I’m sorry. I’m contacting the rental outfitter tomorrow to solidify rental boat options. They have MRC Horizon 17s for rent plus some 13 foot kayaks too. Both boats are fine for this event.

Boat restrictions for the Tidewater Traverse are:

Solo boats: 18′ 11″ max. No narrower than 21″
Tandem+ boats: 23′ 11″ max. No narrower than 26″
No surfskis!
If your boat does not meet the above restrictions, you may still use it with a 60 minute time penalty.

That being said. I’m gonna go back out and rescout the paddle to look for places that having longer boats will be a pain for you.

Untamed NE

I’m all packed up and ready to leave the house to travel to New Hampshire for Untamed NE. I’ll be up there to play on the course for a few days and then staff a few checkpoints. I’m sure I’ll see a few of you out there! If you need something from me I’ll be online every other day or so.

Chris

Orienteering results are posted

Congratulations to everybody that competed! Here are the division winners:

3/4 Coed = New World Runners #1
Open = New World Runners #2
Solo = Dukes of Harme
With Kids = Who Knows

All team members of winning teams will receive a $25 credit to use towards entry into the Tidewater Traverse Adventure Race.

Full results are available for download under the Orienteering Challenge page. Thanks again for coming out to race!
Chris

OC cleanup

It took Mark Ross (Factory Refurbished) and I about 3 hours 20 minutes to clear the flags off the course today (including the 15 minutes we spent at CP 39 looking for shells). We cheated and used mountain bikes, and I didn’t cross between way-points 5 & 6 into the mud. It still rained on us the whole time though if that helps. I’ll work on the scoring tonight and tomorrow. I think results will be up by tomorrow night sometime.

So, I’m thinking about doing it again at another park in mid November (maybe the 20th). Who is interested?

Chris

Orienteering Challenge Info

I just sent this email out to the racers:

Hello Orienteering Challenge Racers!

This is just a quick email to confirm a few race notes with you.

1. There is no potable water at the park. You will need to bring the water/drinks you need for the race with you. You can leave a cooler, etc at the race start/finish line if you’d like. You will return to the area at least 2 times during the race so you will be able to refill water, etc.

2. Bug spray: The ticks are out. I’ve had a tick or two almost every time I went out at the park. Bring some deet and plan to carry it with you to re-apply. I will have some available at the start/finish line as well. The good news is I have not had a chigger bite out there yet.

3. Food: I’ll have Nathans hotdogs cooking throughout the day (and a few veggie dogs) as well as watermelon and a variety of drinks. I won’t have enough drinks to supply everyone for the race portion (see item #1), but when you are in the TA (transition area) I’ll have some cold ones for you.

4. Maps: I will have 4 different map types for you to use in this race. Maps that are not provided by HRAdventure are not allowed.

5. We are meeting at shelter #2. http://www.yorkcounty.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WOZ3Kee7n0g%3d&tabid=4626

6. You may start anytime between 9am and 1pm. You will have a 6 hour time limit from the time you start. I’ll start up to 3 teams at a time (each on different course sections) with a minimum of 5 minutes between each group. I don’t want you guys to have to play follow the leader out there.

7. Directions to the park can be found here: http://www.yorkcounty.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=C8c57%2fJs%2fa0%3d&tabid=4626

8. If you need to get in touch with me before the race email works best (chris@hradventure.com).

I’ll see you all on Saturday!
Chris
Hampton Roads Adventure

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