On Sunday, the local adventure racing club was having a low-key 8 hour adventure race. Since the weather wasn’t great and some of my desired summer trips are on hold because of lots of snow in the mountains, it seemed like a great way to spend the day and beat myself up a little bit.
Ian and I paired up to compete against 5 other teams. Darren’s course consisted of various controls around town, with each control worth a certain number of points depending on the difficultly/time involved in reaching it. The object was to get as many points as possible. The course involved mountain biking, hiking in the Chugach front range, ‘ reverse orienteering’, and paddling Campbell Creek.
It was a lot of fun. I managed to flip my packraft in Campbell Creek (with my bike attached to it), which was quite stupid and embarrassing. Mental note: Do not try to step, feet first, into a packraft in moving water. The hiking part (in the Williwaw-Wolverine-Long Lake area) was a bit trippy because the mountains were completely enshrouded in low clouds. We ended up coming in late (and losing some points) because we chose to get the high-value control at Long Lake. But no matter, we still did well in the points and we were glad we pushed out to the Lake. You can view the results here. The point values aren’t quite right, but they are close enough. Our team name was ‘Ask Cory’ because when Darren asked Ian what the team name was he said – yep – “Ask Cory.”
For many of the controls, we had to take a picture to prove that we made it there. Thus, I have a few photos from the event. And because I’m a geek, I also drew up a map of the controls and plotted our route. Check it out:
Thanks to Darren for a fun, challenging course, and thanks to Ian for hauling my ass around town.
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