Participant
Requirements
Every
participant must have
previous experience in orienteering, hiking and
biking. This race is a good place for beginning racers, but
NOT
for people that do not already have the aforementioned skills.
Failure to
provide current
health insurance information on the Medical Form may result in
disqualification.
General Rules
1.
All racers are expected
to exhibit good sportsmanship. Always treat your fellow racers with
courtesy and respect.
2. Teams should always compete as a team, working together,
remaining within 100 meters of each other. Stay within visual contact
of your teammates, unless otherwise directed by race officials. Penalty
for violating 100-meter rule: 30 minutes per occurance.
3. All team members must check-in together at each
checkpoint. If
one member must leave the course, they will do so at a CP or TA and
notify race management. The remaining members may continue
unofficially.
4. Maps and Checkpoint Card must be carried the entire race.
Penalty for lost map: 30 minutes. Penalty for lost CP card: DNF in
rankings.
5. All CP’s must be obtained in order, unless
otherwise noted. . If a team misses a CP,
they will be allowed to go back and get it, but must visit each
subsequent CP, even if they have already checked in previously.
6. Mandatory gear must be carried at all times and will be
checked on the course. Penalty: 10 min. for each piece of missing gear.
7. No GPS receivers. Penalty:
DQ Each team will
be allowed to carry a cell phone for emergency use only. It must
be kept in the Power Off mode throughout the race. Any team
seen
using or found in possesion of a cell phone with the power turrned ON
will be DQ'ed.
8. Each team must consist of 2 or 3 members, and must fit
within
one
of the divisions.
9.
Teams may provide
their own support crew, but support is not required, as the start,
finish and TA are all in one location.
10. Bicycle helmets are required at all times during the
biking
leg and when specifically directed by race
officials. Penalty for not wearing helmet: 1 hour per teammate per
infraction.
11. Racers must follow “Rules of Travel”.
Where no
specific path
is designated, teams select their path between check points. When
“Rules of Travel” designate a specific route, teams
must follow that
path. Penalty for Travel on forbidden roads or violating
“Rules of
Travel”: 1 hour per teammate per infraction.
12. Water, Food and Gear should be placed at the available
TA.
Race Officials will not provide water, or food on the course unless
specified by Race Officials. Athletes may not receive outside
assistance except from Race Officials. Penalty: DQ.
13. NO LITTERING! Penalties for littering will be
discussed
at the pre-race meeting.
14. All time penalties will be assessed to the total time
after
teams cross the
finish line.
15. Freestyle navigation for points will commence upon
crossing finish line. Each minute past the announced race
cutoff time will cost the team 1 pt.
16. Race officials reserve the right to remove a team from
the
course for health, safety or other reasons, at the discretion of race
officials and medical personnel.
17. Race officials reserve the right to alter time cut-offs
of
the course itself to accommodate changing conditions and to insure that
teams finish prior to the cut-off.
18.
All Adventure Racers
must complete all special tests as directed and cross the finish line
as a team to qualify for prizes.
Award Rules
1.
Awards ceremonies will
begin after results are compiled.
2. Awards will not be issued prior to the award ceremony.
3. Teams not able to stay for their awards must contact race
officials after September 28th to make arrangements for pick up.
4. Awards will be held until October 10th, after which time
they
will become the property of Venturing Crew 1.
5. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 qualified finishing
teams
in the 3 Person Coed division and both Venturing Aged divisions,
provided that there are at least 3 teams in that
division. We will award more prizes if we have them available.
6. Only Teams that have completed every race leg and task and
presented completed Check Point Card will be eligible for prizes.
Medical Rules:
Participants
have the right to
receive basic medical first-aid without the risk of being disqualified
from the event. Teams requiring medical treatment from race officials
or EMS personnel outside of a CP or TA will be pulled from the event
and listed as “Did Not Finish” in the official
results. Medical
Personnel and the Race Directors, have final say in regards to an
athlete continuing on in the event.