New Brunswick Expedition Challenge - Aug 19-23, 2017
East Coast Overland
The NB Expedition Challenge is the first official overland challenge held in New Brunswick. The event is set over the span of four days and will cross the majority of the province of New Brunswick from the south to the north along the eastern coast, with the last stop being the Mount Carleton region.
Each team will embark on a mission to find a route to a common, predetermined campsite for each night. The aim is to navigate through NB’s trails and logging routes, while completing challenges along the way. The event will start near Albright’s Corner at the following coordinates: 46.02983, -66.19047. (Location subject to change, pending site recce).
New Brunswick Expedition Challenge - Aug 19-23, 2017
The Event:
Teams: Each team will consist of 3 vehicles. For safety reasons, a navigator/copilot is required in each vehicle. Any other crew members is up to you. Participation is limited to 10 teams for this event.
Tasks: There will be a number of grid coordinates between the start point and the camp site for the night. Each coordinate has a certain value, for example hard to reach locations will have a higher value than the closer ones. Each score coordinate must be logged via GPX file and all the vehicles in the team must reach it. Splitting up your team is not permitted. A geotagged photograph of all 3 vehicles at the score grid must be taken for the score to be assigned at the end of the day.
All trails must be logged via Gaia GPS on each vehicle in the team. The Gaia App, which usually costs $25 to download, will be made available for FREE to all participants, courtesy of Gaia GPS. Also each team will be given one Backroad Mapbook, courtesy of Backroad Mapbooks, as backup navigation.
The 10 teams will depart at staggered timings with 10 minute intervals per team. Their NLT arrival time at camp will be respective to their departure time. The routes chosen and the score coordinates choses will be up to the teams. There is no score bonus for an early arrival. This is not a race. Strong map reading skills and route plotting as well as time estimation will be the key to success.
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