The Untamed Virginia Adventure Race is becoming a classic mid-Atlantic
endurance experience; more an adventure than a race!
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Race Discipline: Orienteering
Wilderness navigation and orienteering will be required of teams
for the duration of the race. Teams will have a list of checkpoint locations,
race provided topographic maps, and their compasses and altimeters to help them
find their way; GPS devices are not permitted.
Teams will need
to find their own way to each checkpoint; some locations will be easier to
find than others, and there will most certainly be some "technical" orienteering
locations where teams will need strong navigating skills (reading terrain,
contours, etc.).
Some checkpoints will be staffed by race volunteers, while
other checkpoints will be marked with orienteering flags.
The race-provided maps will be full colour
topographic maps, water-proof, with UTM grid lines printed on them; supplementary
maps may be of any variety.
The race booklet, which contains the checkpoint locations as UTM coordinates,
and official race maps will be distributed to teams before the race.
There will be locations on the course where teams
will need to "plot on the clock" meaning additional UTM coordinates will be provided
and teams will need to plot checkpoint locations while the race is in progress.
Outside maps are permitted, but we feel the race-provided maps will be more
than sufficient to complete the course.
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