Team Basic

6+ hours, uphill all ways! The race start and end was at the top of a ski hill.


This year I entered the Hakuba adventure race as part of Team Basic. Don't ask about the name- it's a loosely interpreted acronym of something like, "Bearing Straight on the Arctic Circle". My team this year was Andrea (Russian), Andreas (Norwegian), Rosanna (fellow American). A great combo!




The race was toughter than ever but the weather was also better than ever. Considering last year was a downpour, I guess that's not saying much.

We single track raced, kayaked, river walked and swam! and orienteered.



Rosanna had to call it quits part way through do to heat stroke exhaustion but she continued to cheer us on at various points and crossed the finish with us.

The highlight (in my book) was when we discovered we had taken a VERY wrong turn during the orienteering and were at the bottom of the ski hill instead of the top! Being resourceful and tired, I begged a maintenance man from the ski resort to drive us to the top in 4 x 4. Good thing we did, too! Otherwise we'd still be walking. Shh... don't tell the race organizer that, though.





All in all it was an amazing weekend and race! Hakuba rocks!!