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We're excited to offer another adventure race in the Phoenix area. On Saturday, November 15, we'll take you to the banks of Saguaro Lake for a full day of events at the Phoenix Metro Navigation Games. During the day, we're offering five events:
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6-Hour and 10.5-Hour Adventure Race
(Note: Due to the shorter daylight times and parking area limitations, the long adventure race is only 10.5 hours instead of 12 hours. Sunrise is at 7:00 AM. Sunset is at 5:25 PM. The course is open from 7:00 AM until 5:30 PM. See the schedule above for more details.)
During the adventure race, teams of 1-4 members navigate to as many destinations as they can on foot and optionally by mountain bike or packraft. At the start of the event, we'll provide participants with one or more maps showing locations for all of the destinations. Participants choose themselves how they wish to travel to the different points. While most of the destinations are accessible on foot, a few are only accessible by watercraft and some are located at distances that are best accessed by bike.
Note: Only inflatable watercraft are allowed. In addition, it's likely you'll carry the watercraft between several points, so if you want to visit the checkpoints better accessible by water, you'll want to bring a portable, inflatable watercraft. Inflatable packrafts are the best option. You may inflate your watercraft before the start. The best option would be to paddle to remote checkpoints, pack your watercraft on your back, and hike to some of the land checkpoints. Hiking with your watercraft is not mandatory, but could be the most efficient way to reach all checkpoints.
For all adventure race checkpoints, all members of a team are required to travel to the destinations together. Participants must never be separated by more than 50 meters.
While there are no mandatory destinations to visit, several of the water controls are much easier to access by watercraft. While it's possible to visit the watercraft points on foot, high cliffs leading down to the water make access on foot difficult and dangerous. Teams visiting controls by watercraft must maintain the 50 meter rule. The watercraft controls are (mostly) worth more points than other destinations on the map(s).
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10.5-Hour Rogaine
The 10.5-hour Rogaine is a special category of the adventure race. Participants in the 10.5-hour Rogaine use the same maps as the adventure racers. The main difference is that participants in the 10.5-hour Rogaine only travel on foot. Several of the watercraft destinations are difficult if not impossible to visit on foot. In addition, several of the bike controls are placed at distances more easily reached by bike. Participants in the Rogaine visit as many of the destinations as they can in the 10.5-hour limit. The 10.5-hour Rogaine uses the same maps as the adventure races.
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3-Hour, 6-Hour Rogaine
In the 3-hour and 6-hour Rogaine, participants have up to 3/6 hours to visit as many of the controls as they can. The 3/6 Hour Rogaines use the same maps as the 10.5-hour events.
Additional Points:
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10.5-Hour Events: Pre-Race Briefing
The briefing for the 10.5-hour events is at 6:30 AM. Please be on time for the briefing. We'll hand out maps and provide last-minute details at the briefing. Please note that civil twilight is at 6:33 AM on November 15. You'll be setting up in twilight. You'll be able to see colors on the maps at the pre-race briefing, but just barely. Although the event takes place during daylight hours, each participant is required to have a light source for this event.
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For all events, team members must remain within 50 meters of each other at all times. Team members must arrive at each checkpoint together. There is no sending one person off to punch the control card while the rest of the team takes a break.
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All checkpoints are optional. You're welcome to visit as many or as few of the controls as you like.
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For all events, a little over half the checkpoints are worth 1 point, while the remainder are worth 2 points. Most bike and watercraft points are worth 2 points.
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Penalties apply for late arrivals.
3-hour event:If you show up late, we'll either subtract one point for every 5 minutes, or we'll categorize you in the 6-hour event. You get to choose.
6-hour events:We will subtract 1 point for every 5 minutes you are late. For example, arriving one second over the 6-hour limit, we'll subtract 1 point. Arriving at 6:04:59, we'll still only subtract one point. Arriving at 6:05:00, we'll subtract two points.
10.5-hour event:Penalties are more severe for the long events. We will subtract 1 point for every minute you are late after the event finishes at 5:30 PM. Those arriving after 6:00 PM will be marked as DNF. By 6:00 PM, it's starting to get dark, so we really need everyone off the course on time.
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Permit Fee: The events take place in Tonto National Forest. There is a permit fee to park at the Butcher Jones Recreation Area. While you can pay on-site, the fees on-site are 50% higher than if you pay beforehand. Refer to the Tonto website for more information concerning the park pass. Note that America the Beautiful passes are valid for the recreation area. The park pass is not part of the registration fee.
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