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Team AdventureCarolinas is based out of Spartanburg, SC
vstickles@scprt.com Van Stickles
hcraig@scprt.com Horace Craig
mfoley@scprt.com Mike Foley
aqueen@scprt.com Amanda Brooks Queen
croft@scprt.com Croft State Natural Area
Destructive nature of
horseback riding:
Purpose: The proliferation of family outdoor opportunities in
8 basic effects of horse-riding on
the natural and cultural values have been identified:
* destruction
of vegetation -widespread impact caused by trampling and wandering off trails -
adversely affects conservation of plants and animals, park use by others and
water catchment protection.
* accelerated
erosion of trails especially those on steeper slopes - fire trails have become
so badly eroded that they can not be used by firefighting
vehicles and rehabilitation of unauthorised trails in highly unsuitable areas
is both difficult.
* sedimentation
and siltation of water courses.
* altered
watercourse patterns interrupting the natural drainage system resulting in
subtle changes that are difficult to detect.
* water pollution from horse feces
increasing level of nutrition, bacterial and viral input to streams.
* disturbance
of native animals by horses and pets.
* disturbance to other park users - noise, sight, smell and
being forced off trails.
* sedentary
activity promotes unhealthy lifestyle.
Adventure: pronounced "Ad·ven·ture"; is defined as an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks. Adventure racing is a fast growing "new" sport made up of "old" disciplines. The great attraction to it is the fact that you typically go into a race knowing very little about its format and course. Its not only a test of physical toughness, but mental toughness too! Whether it is a sprint, one-day, or a multi-day expedition race, the drive is the same, to complete the race without a DNF.
"Too many people short change their lives by avoiding new experiences, afraid of the possible embarrassment of failure. But we can't continue to learn, mature without trying new things. To participate is to live; spectators only exist!"
Interested in Adventure Racing contact: AdventureCarolinas- Drew Wilson
Upcoming Races: 2005 dates coming...
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Chronicles:
STW 8-Hour Adventure Race
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002
Sumter National Forest
STW race summary - Race started at 7am with 19 teams on the banks of the Broad River at the Woods Ferry Recreation Area east of Chester, SC. We received our maps and after a short pre-race briefing, the race started. It began with ~3 mile run on trails and gravel to pick up our 4th teammate, a brick to carry the length of the race. Then back to the transition area for a ~6 mile canoe leg upstream and then back after retreiving a checkpoint - a puzzle piece. We had to carry the boats a 1/4 mile around the TA once we were done before heading into the TA to get ready for some mtn. biking. The mtn. biking course was flagged as we would have plenty of fun orienteering later. The mtn. biking was appox. 14.5 miles of singletrack, forest and gravel roads. Some of the most fun riding we've done in an AR. Once around the course and collecting the 5 checkpoints, it was back to the TA but before we got their we had to do a special test involving removing a tube from one wheel and then putting it back. When we were done riding we got to do some fun and challenging orienteering. Our team had to copy five cp's from a master map and then find them however we could on foot. Once done with that it was to the finish where we assembled the puzzle from the pieces we'd retrieved from the cp's and then get our team over the wall. Thanks for a great race to Bill, Forestry Service and the volunteers and you can expect a full capacity next year!
Bill Werling
STW Results
June 2002 Mountain Sports Festival Adventure Race directed by RacingAhead.com was Team New England Backpackers first race together as a team. Team members are Drew Wilson, Deborah Doyle and Tim LaRose.
Promptly at 6am the race started and Thomas ran up with the maps and instructions. He read out the order of events and began plotting our course. The course would be we were told, in the race info, about 45 total mile give or take 5 for going the wrong way. It would begin with a hike to a point on the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) to the unmanned bike drop off, then bike down to Asheville to the last TA for a short paddle on the French Broad and ending with some urban orienteering to the town square and finish. Find out what happened....[More]
May 2002 Carolina Challenge Adventure Race directed by Radical Adventures was Team Oobe/ AdventureCarolinas.com first race together as a team. Team members are Drew Wilson, Kim Morrow and Ken Harris.
The race start was supposed to be at 11am but because of the weather things took a bit longer and luckily the downpours ceased around 11:20am for what would turn out to be a muddy/ exciting race. For any of you who run, you will have never experienced true cross-country until you've done 4 miles on horse trails after 8 hours of steady rainfall. A top-3 finish in the co-ed division would qualify the team for the Sprint National Championships later in 2002. Find out what happened....[More]
October 2001 12 Hour Appalachian "Not-So" Extreme Adventure Race directed by RacingAhead.com was team sponge Bob Square Pants first race together as a team. Team members are Drew wilson, Deborah Doyle and Richard Ridlehuber.
We’ve been preparing for weeks, training, getting gear together, and talking about different scenarios. Deb, co-captain, has been regaining fitness lost during time off for some surgery. She’s been training with her hard-core Atlanta pals and recently placed 5th in an in-line skate race. She’s peaking. Drew, team captain, has been dealing with one of those moving leg injuries since August that never seemed to get healed completely before he opted to “hammer” and re-injure himself. He trains daily and is strong in each of the disciplines, running/hiking, paddling, and Mtn biking and maintains a high level of fitness. I started running 5 weeks ago and lifting weights to develop my weaknesses that are inherent to any cyclist. Cyclists have strong hearts, legs that are good for pushing a crank in circles thousands of times an hour, a good sense of pace and endurance and bike handling skills. But cyclists do not have legs/ankles for hiking/running or arms/shoulders for paddling. [More]
Adventure Sports:
Adventure sports have been around for a long time. They include,
but are not limited to these disciplines: running, hiking, orienteering,
biking, paddling, climbing and swimming. But we all know from our
experiences that the greatest adventure component is the Mind. Mental
tenacity is crucial in our sport as the races and days get longer, and the
weather always seems to deteriorate during our progress.
Results:
On September 7, 2002, Drew Wilson, Ken Harris, & Kim Morrow finish 2nd Co-ed in ~7:11 at the 2002 STW 8-Hour Adventure Race, Woods Ferry Recreation Area, Sumter National Forest, SC. The race started with a 3 mile run , then 6m out-and-back canoe, 15 Mile mtb, 6 - 10 mile run/ hike orieenteering and finally a couple special tests and to the finish line.
Team Oobe/ AdventureCarolinas.com
Drew Wilson, Ken Harris, & Kim Morrow finish 6th Co-ed in ~3:23 at the 2002 Hi-Tec Adventure Race, Fort Yargo State Park, GA. The race started with a run orienteer, then 6m mtn. bike, Under-Over-Under test, 1.5m kayak, Mud Crawl test, 6.5m run 4x4 teammate carry test, Hi-tec cube test, 6 mile mtn. bike static line/ ladder test and last the 12ft. Wall to the finish line.
Team New England Backpacker
Drew Wilson, Deborah Doyle, & Tim LaRose finish 11th Co-ed in ~10:18 at the 2002 Mountain Sports Festival 12hr AR after overcoming a Nav. error and going from 8th before the error to 24th and finishing 11th on June 2, 2002
Team Oobe/Adventure Carolinas.com
Drew Wilson, Kim Morrow, & Ken Harris finish 1st Co-ed in 2:37 at the 2002 Carolina Challenge AR in doing so, they have qualified for the USARA Sprint National Championships in Texas in Oct. 2002
Team Adventure Carolinas.com
Richard, Drew, &
Erica finish 6th in 9:29 at NOC Dawn-to-Dusk AR
Team Adventure Carolinas.com
Drew Wilson finishes 1st in 1:39 at the 2002 Tame the Tyger 7.5 mile kayak race
Team Sponge Bob Square
Pants
Richard, Drew, &
Deborah finish 8th in 10:09 at Appalachian Not-So-Extreme AR
TEAM Sites
Atlanta Trailblazers Adventure Racing
Carolina Adventure Team - Charlotte, NC