4TH MT. APO BOULDER FACE CHALLENGE (1st international Version)
Date : April 29-30, 2011
Location : Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur
The high adrenaline, heart-thumping endurance challenge is open to teams with three members (1 male, 1 female, 1 logistic crew). However, the competition will only limit thirty teams to participate in order to comply with the carrying capacity of the trails along the course to Mt. Apo National Park.
The winning team will receive US$3,500 or roughly PhP154,000.
Brief Description
Mt. Apo Boulder Face Challenge is one of the toughest adventure races in the Philippines. It is a 24-hour extreme challenge starting from Sta. Cruz beach lines to the skyline of Mt. Apo's boulder face through disciplines of mountain biking, trekking, water tubing and road running. It is one of the highlight events of the annual Pista sa Kinaiyahan celebration conducted by the Municipality of Sta. Cruz.
For three (3) consecutive years, the conduct of Boulder Face Challenge has made Davao Region a leading destination for eco-adventure tourism considering that it hosts a major portion of the country's highest peak. It also lured several participating teams from the Southeast Asia region and even from as far as Canada. This early, the Local Government of Sta. Cruz, along with the Department of Tourism XI is preparing the event to make it international.
The race will consist of mountain biking – 22.5 kilometers of road/uphill biking – water tubing for 15 kilometers and road run of 12 kilometers, The distance is 85 kilometers from the municipality of Sta. Cruz to the boulder face.
For more info click here, and to register online click here!
...there are changes now regarding the race, instead of having 1 male and 1 female it will now be an all-men team.....although a girl can still join
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to have a race to Mt. Apo, not necessarily like this, but still
ReplyDeletea team or individual, and, TREKKING ONLY, open to all local "urban" residents,
(not mountain people)exclusively for senior citizens 60 years old and above?
It's a very nice way to clean up all those cholesterols! No need to worry, as
long as there's a sufficient INSURANCE if killed on the way!
Hoped those foreign "thrill-seekers" will be satisfied by this event, and
ReplyDeletehoped, there will be locals who.. will participate!
Competent Dabawenyo's, are you "in"?
any info about the reg fee?
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