All AroundTen Tors (2011)
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Oakhampton, Dartmoor
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From : Saturday, 14 May 2011 07:00
Until : Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:00
Until : Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:00
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Teams of six are required to visit ten tors; on the top of each tor is a checkpoint. There are twenty-six different routes over three different distances lettered from A to Z, using a total of nineteen different manned tors: twelve Bronze routes of 35 miles (56 km) for those aged 14 to 15 years, ten Silver routes of 45 miles (72 km) for those aged 16 to 17 years and four Gold routes of 55 miles (89 km) for those aged 18 to 19 years, or 17-year-olds who completed a Silver route the previous year. Teams normally train for a few months before the event.The organisers stress that the event is not a race – although teams often compete to see who can finish first – but a test of endurance, navigation and survival skills, not just because of the distances and the challenging terrain, but potentially the weather: conditions on Dartmoor can vary considerably and change suddenly. In 1996, for example, the event was struck by a heavy snow storm, leading to some teams still being out on the moor a day after the event was supposed to have finished; in 1998 temperatures reached 26°C (78°F).
Participants arrive at Okehampton Camp on the Thursday or Friday before the hike, watch a safety briefing video and have their equipment checked, a thorough process known as scrutineering. Teams must carry all their food, clothing, tents, stoves, fuel, navigation equipment, maps, emergency rations and a first aid kit; they also collect drinking water from the moor and use water purification tablets. Each team has a nominated team leader, who is responsible for ensuring that the team's routecard is stamped at each tor.
All the teams start at 0700h on the Saturday from an area of flat land next to Anthony Stile, close to Okehampton Camp on the northern edge of Dartmoor they stand in a semicircle and set off when a cannon fires. They have 34 hours to visit each of the ten tors on their route in the correct order. Teams cannot pass through a checkpoint between 2000h on Saturday and 0600h on Sunday morning; nor may they pass the ninth tor (eighth for the 35 mile route) until the Sunday. Those trying for a Bronze medal must camp at one of the manned tors on their route, while Silver and Gold teams can camp anywhere on the moor. Teams must finish back at Anthony Stile by 1700h on the Sunday, having visited all ten tors on their route, in order to qualify for a medal. [source wikipedia 2/08/10]
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Just to say good luck to all the teams competing in two days time!! we will try and be there.
A special good luck to Westlands School & Technology collage. One of our designers used to be a member of there team.
- AllAroundDartmoor.co.uk
A special good luck to Westlands School & Technology collage. One of our designers used to be a member of there team.
- AllAroundDartmoor.co.uk
Thursday, 12 May 2011 20:41
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