Kathmandu Sprint - Canberra
Kathmandu Fathers Day Challenge
Maximum Adventure / 09.09.2005
A grey morning greeted competitors as they arrived at Googong Foreshores for the fifth of six races in the Kathmandu Adventure Series.
This series of Adventure Races are run along the East Coast of Australia. Male, female or mixed teams of two battle it out by foot, bike and boat for over $2,500 of prizes supplied by Kathmandu. Events are located at National Parks within an hour of the capital city. Each event involves multiple legs which require competitors to navigate their way through a series of checkpoints. Courses are designed to take between three and a half and seven hours to complete.
Entry was not limited to Fathers in fact there were five female teams trying to show the father’s how it was done.
The event kicked off at 9am with competitors padding one kilometer to a buoy in the centre of the reservoir. A few competitors got off to a poor start by running past the kayak launch ramp to try and launch from another point. They all eventually launched from the correct ramp but only after having lost some precious time.
Once the lead boat locked onto the buoy everyone closed in on its position. Competitors could be seen playing dodgems in the inflatable kayaks trying to get to the checkpoint clipper.
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