Nov 04 2005
Picnic Paddle Polaris
Length: 0 miles
This one day event has multiple attractions. It\'s an opportunity for people new to the Polaris concept to get a feel for what goes on in a full Paddle Polaris. It\'s ideal as training for the Paddle Polaris in February and it\'s an event in its own right. Whilst there is certainly competition to be had the Picnic Paddle Polaris is very much about social interaction with other paddlers.
The day tries to squeeze much of what happens in a Paddle Polaris into 5 hours - checkpoints, time limits, teams of 2, paddle as hard as you like. But instead of having a relaxed Saturday overnight camp we have a relaxed picnic somewhere on Lake Burley Griffin halfway through the event.
Teams plan a route to visit checkpoints scattered on, around and not so close to the water. Each checkpoint has a score and the aim is to accumulate as many points as possible within the time limits. Unlike the majority of kayak/canoe events, the Paddle Polaris has no fixed route - you make it as hard or easy as you like. Distant and hard to access checkpoints carry higher scores and there are tough penalties for exceeding the time limits.
The day tries to squeeze much of what happens in a Paddle Polaris into 5 hours - checkpoints, time limits, teams of 2, paddle as hard as you like. But instead of having a relaxed Saturday overnight camp we have a relaxed picnic somewhere on Lake Burley Griffin halfway through the event.
Teams plan a route to visit checkpoints scattered on, around and not so close to the water. Each checkpoint has a score and the aim is to accumulate as many points as possible within the time limits. Unlike the majority of kayak/canoe events, the Paddle Polaris has no fixed route - you make it as hard or easy as you like. Distant and hard to access checkpoints carry higher scores and there are tough penalties for exceeding the time limits.
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