Quick Race Summary
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Race date: August 12-15 2010
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Race location and host hotel: the Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. More
about the race location can be found here.
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Race duration: 3 days
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Team composition: 2, 3, or 4 racers of any gender. The "premiere division"
for prizes is 4 person coed. Note: only 4-person coed teams are eligible for the AR
World Series prizes.
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Race disciplines: paddling, mountain biking, trekking, fixed ropes, conservation projects,
and navigation throughout the race including technical orienteering. For more details, see below.
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Support crew: no support crews will be allowed, but we will have a "friends & family"
program available for those wishing to closely follow the action but not render
assistance to teams. No outside assistance is permitted. Teams will turn-in gear bins
at the race check-in; these bins will be staged for teams at specific locations
along the race course. Don't count on seeing those gear bins very often, however -- maybe
even just once during the race!
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Required gear: refer to the gear list for the specifics. You should
also review the gear bin requirements.
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For registration details visit the registration specific page.
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Official race rules are available here.
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Race format: traditional "first across the finish line" wins. There are 2 mid-race cut-offs, approximately
36 hours into the race and 45 hours into the race, that
will route slower teams on to shorter & easier routes; this keeps the race from being 5-days long for
an inexperienced or slower team. There are no optional checkpoints except for a section near the end
of the race where teams can earn time bonuses for visiting optional checkpoints. Besides
this final area of the course, there are
no optional checkpoints and everyone can focus on just racing the same course and beating the
other teams and course cut-offs.
Untamed New England is proud to be an AR World Series event and a
qualifier for the Adventure Race World Championship. The AR World Series is a circuit of
premiere adventure races creating a 12 month calendar of professional events around the world. A world
champion will be crowned at the 2010 Adventure Racing World Championship in Spain in October, and
podium finishers at Untamed New England will qualify for this Championship race!
For three days, August 12-15 2010, teams will race non-stop through the mountains, rivers,
and forests of Untamed New England. They must travel under their own power. Teams will
navigate with map and compass through pine forests, wetlands, and mountains; paddle rivers fed
by melting snow; bike staggering mountain passes and twisty trails; dangle from ropes on exposed cliff faces.
The racing is non-stop until they cross the finish line. There are no aid stations, no
support crews, no specified "rest" periods; it's just the team, totally self-sufficient,
against the Untamed New England course.
Race Discipline Details
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Mountain Biking
Teams will mountain bike on
a variety of surfaces; asphalt vehicular roads, gravel jeep roads, and
technical singletrack may all factor into the course. Racers are
required to use a mountain bike -- no road bikes -- , ride with a helmet
at all times, and have a front and rear mounted safety light (full details
in the gear section).
Teams should expect the unexpected, including some portions that may
not be rideable (hike-a-bike) and even
bike-&-tie.
Bike & Tie is where a team has fewer bikes than they have
racers -- the key to
making bike-&-tie work is in the "leapfrogging",
where one teammate rides ahead and drops the bicycle. For example, if
you figure that it is 1 mile from where you are standing to where your
next checkpoint is, one teammate would start on the bicycle, ride 1/2
mile, drop the bicycle and continue on foot. The other teammate would
start off running, find the bicycle 1/2 mile down, and ride to
the checkpoint. If both teammates are of even running and biking abilities
they should arrive at the checkpoint at nearly the same time. If one teammate
is a substantially stronger runner it may make more sense for that person
to have a shorter time on the bicycle.
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Paddling
The race will include significant paddling sections, on both flat and moving water.
Teams should be prepared for up to Class 2+ water in some cases and possibly night paddling.
There also could be portaging opportunities for teams.
The specific boats are being finalized (such as canoes and/or kayaks) and
we will update this area soon as our plans are complete.
The race will provide watercraft for teams; this includes basic PFDs and
basic paddles.
Teams are welcome to bring additional paddles, pfds, and canoe seats but it will be your responsibility
to fit them into your allotted gear bins or plan to carry them as needed.
We will not be transporting additional paddle gear beyond what fits into the gear bin requirements.
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Trekking
Trekking will figure prominently in
the race course. The term "Trekking"
can mean running, hiking, walking -- in essense travel on foot.
Some of the
trekking will be on trails . . . some of the trekking will
be off trail.
The race is projected at 170+ miles (one could plan on 50 trekking miles or more), so teams
should be prepared for long stretches of foot travel through rugged terrain
and without assistance.
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Fixed Ropes
Teams will have fixed rope sections in the race; these will include rappelling and ascending (or
"jumar") with mechanical ascenders. There may also be traverses and other less-technical rope
challenges. The ascent/descent may have free-hanging sections (where there is a rock overhang and
contact with the wall is not feasible) and several hundred feet of distance. There will be no knots
to cross while rappelling or ascending.
The race sites will all be staffed with professionals, and the race organization will
provide basic mechanical ascenders and leg loops to teams. If teams want to bring their own ascending
equipment, they are welcome to so long as they are prepared to carry it on the course and have it
approved in advance by our rope team.
Teams must bring their own climbing harnesses and other personal climbing equipment; see the
gear list for details.
Teams may choose to bypass a rope section but will incur a significant time penalty
(4 hours or more per racer).
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Conservation Projects
Teams will complete environmental projects through the course of the race. We never reveal
the details before the event, but participants should be prepared for some fun activities that
serve to conserve and protect the natural areas we enjoy through racing. We have partnered with
numerous environmental organizations to include some very creative projects, and 2010 Untamed
New England will be no exception.
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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 NOT permitted.
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Overall Rank |
Division |
Team Name |
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1 |
Premiere |
ATP/Salomon |
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2 |
Premiere |
Team Kinetic |
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3 |
Open |
Team Endurancelife |
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4 |
Premiere |
Berlin Bike / Eastern Mountain Sports |
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5 |
Premiere |
NYARA |
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6 |
Premiere |
Team Merrell/Zanfel Adventure |
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7 |
Premiere |
Milton Basement Racers |
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8 |
Premiere |
Team Halfwaythere.com |
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9 |
Open |
UltraBambi |
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10 |
Premiere |
Salomon / Chlorophylle |
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11 |
Premiere |
Team Untamed Adventure |
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12 |
Open |
Ducky Fuzz and the Masters of Rubber |
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13 |
Open |
SEA SPORTS ADVENTURE Racing Team |
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14 |
Open |
Team Cogeyed AR |
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15 |
Open |
Dirty Avocados |
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16 |
Open |
www.adventuresportsmag.co.uk |
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17 |
Open |
Towanda |
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18 |
Premiere |
Green Mountain Adventure Racing Association |
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19 |
Premiere |
Breathe Multisport Mag |
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20 |
Open |
Raggamuffin Racing |
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21 |
Open |
Team Average Joe's |
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22 |
Open |
Wing It! |
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23 |
Open |
Running with Scissors |
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24 |
Premiere |
TrackMe360.com |
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25 |
Premiere |
Team WMUR – NH Chronicle |
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26 |
Premiere |
Team Pain Syndicate |
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27 |
Premiere |
Had No Plans |
DNF |
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28 |
Open |
Dirty Avocados #2 |
DNF |
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29 |
Premiere |
E2 Vert le raid |
DNF |
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30 |
Premiere |
GOALS ARA |
DNF |
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31 |
Premiere |
NaturalSelectionAR.com |
DNF |
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32 |
Open |
Tecnu Extreme/Staphaseptic |
DNF |
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33 |
Open |
brendacohenjewelry.com |
DNF |
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34 |
Open |
RaceIt/Odyssey AR/ASR |
DNF |
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35 |
Premiere |
East Coast Bicycles/Richmond ASR |
DNF |
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36 |
Premiere |
Mundial Saint-Raymond |
DNF |
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37 |
Premiere |
NineOFour-253-Eight4Five-617 |
DNF |
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38 |
Premiere |
Vertleraid.ca |
DNF |
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39 |
Premiere |
Team ASICS-XT |
DNF |
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40 |
Open |
Team Bailout |
DNF |
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41 |
Open |
Calleva |
DNF |
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42 |
Open |
Axis Gear |
DNF |
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43 |
Premiere |
Team Littleton Bike & Fitness / Untamed NE |
DNF |
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44 |
Open |
Estoril Portugal XPD Team |
DNF |


Review the 2008 race course >>

| Overall Rank | Division | Team Name | Finishing Course |
| 1 | Pro | Summit Achievement | Full |
| 2 | Pro | Running Free | Full |
| 3 | Pro | Littleton Bike And Fitness | Full |
| 4 | Pro | NYARA | Full |
| 5 | Pro | Team Gung Ho / Hype | Full |
| 6 | Pro | Aquan / RWG | Full |
| 7 | Pro | Berlin Bike | Full |
| 8 | Open | Wicked Pissah / Fitness Together | Full |
| 9 | Open | Team Pain Syndicate | Full |
| 10 | Open | Calleva | Full -1 |
| 11 | Open | Wishful Thinking Fools | Alt 1 |
| 12 | Open | NaturalSelectionAR.com | Alt 1 |
| 13 | Open | NYARA Men | Alt 2 |
| 14 | Open | Nine O`Four 253 | Alt 2 |
| 15 | Open | Ride Too Fast | Alt 2 |
| 16 | Open | brendacohenjewelry.com | Alt 2 |
| 17 | Open | Running With Scissors | Alt 3 |
| 18 | Pro | Team ABC / Capital Bikes | Alt 3 |
| 19 | Pro | BreatheMag.ca Multisport Magazine | Alt 3 |
| 20 | Open | Fugawee | Alt 3 |
| - | - | UltraBambi | Unofficial |
| - | - | Lakedaemonians | Unofficial |
| - | - | GMARA | Withdrawn (Medical) |
| - | - | Team A-List | Withdrawn |
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