Sabah Adventure Challenge

Site Category : Adventure/Sports The 7th edition of the popular Sabah Adveture Challenge race will be held near Kiulu area on April 14-16 2006. The official name for the 2006 adventure is Polar-Sabah Adventure Challenge. It is sponsored by Polar, the total prize money is RM10,000. 30 teams have already registered. Each team consists of 2 persons. acoording to the organisers,Avtar Sandhu and Claus Pedersen, the participants are mostly ex-pats from Hongkong,Thailand,Singapore,New Zealand,Australia,UK and Canada. There are also some local teams participating in the adventure race. The race will involve going over rugged trails,mountain roads,rivers and sea. The racers will have to hike,cycle along hilly single-track country roads. They will also be required to paddle via kayak from Likas to Tanjung Aru beach. In addtion, they will navigate their way between mandatory checkpoints along the course and to complete the orienteering tests. The 200KM course will cover a variety of scenery and will prove very exciting. They include interesting geological features,challenging navigation and some of the most rugged terrain in Borneo. The Sabah Adventure Challenge race has over the years earned its name as the longest running adventure race in South-East Asia. It is also renowned for its toughest running and mountain hiking races any experienced adventure racer could do. The offiacial registration of teams will be done at the Kinabalu National Park near Kundasang on April 13. The equipement checks will also be done at the same place and same day. The race will be officailly flagged off at the National Park by the assistant Minister of Youth and Sports, Datuk Jahid Jahim on April 14 2006. The race will take 3 days to complete. There will be 2 categories namely : Extreme and Adventure categories. Registration for local teams will cose on April 5. For more information, please visitor their website : http://www.sabahadventure.com