Orion Health Godzone Adventure Race
Team Seagate at Godzone
Written by Nathan Fa’avae for Multisport NZ. Photos Green Pixel. / 26.04.2012
Pronunciation: / gɒd/’zonɛ ədˈvɛntʃə/
noun
- an unusual and exciting or daring experience:
- [mass noun] excitement associated with danger or the taking of risks:
- a reckless or potentially hazardous action or enterprise:
verb
- engage in daring or risky activity that involves mountain biking, kayaking, canoeing, hiking linked together with map and compass navigation, in the place where it all began.
'God's Own Country' was a phrase was often used and popularised by New Zealand's longest serving prime minister, Richard John Seddon.
He last quoted it on June 10, 1906 the day before leaving Sydney to return home to New Zealand. "Just leaving for God's own country," he wrote.
THE COURSE
|
STAGE |
DISCIPLINE |
DISTANCE |
|
|
1 |
Kayak |
15km |
Milford Sound |
|
2 |
Road Bike |
49km |
Homer Tunnel |
|
3 |
Canoe |
36km |
Eglinton River |
|
4 |
Hike |
54km |
Dunton Range |
|
5 |
Mountain Bike |
81km |
Oreti Cromel |
|
6 |
Hike |
48km |
Eyre Mountains |
|
7 |
Canoe |
20km CANCELLED |
Mavora Lakes |
|
8 |
Mountain Bike |
100km |
Thomson Mountains |
|
9 |
Hike |
24km |
Earnslaw Burn |
|
10 |
Mountain Bike |
20km |
Rees Valley |
|
11 |
Kayak |
46km |
Lake Wakatipu |
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