Cancelled Event
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Overview
The UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge is a multi-faceted multi-media adventure blogging contest open to Trailrunners, Fastpackers, Backpackers, and bipeds of all stripes. There are no aid stations, no course markings, no start/finish, no lemming lines, no cut offs, no set date; in fact, it's all up to you.
How to participate in the UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge:
1. Sign up on Ultrasignup.com for any or all of the UPWC routes before you make your attempt and before November 30th.
2. Between the day you sign up and midnight on December 31st, complete any or all of the routes as well as your trip report, whatever form it may take. Completing a route must include producing content in the form of a trip report, photo album, video, audio recording, artistic rendering, or any other form which reflects your experience of the route and can be posted online via your personal blog and/or the UPWC Facebook Group.
3. Enter your proof and documentation, including trip report link and any GPS data by using the "Report Result" link on the event page on UltraSignup no later than midnight December 31.
4. Early next year a party will be held at Seven Hills Running Shop to wrap up the event and kick off the next year's event. If you are unable to attend the UPWC Wrap Party/Kickoff Party, arrangements can be made to send you your finisher's patch via U.S. mail.
We strongly encourage all entrants to join the UPWC Facebook Group to ask questions about the routes, gather and share trail beta, connect with other UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge participants, scope out the competition, and keep up to date on the most recent news, information, and general goings on. This contest is brought to you by the Cascadian Wilderness Endurance Company LLC.
The Challenge
Unlike other UPWC routes, this is a "Touch All The Trails" Challenge. To complete the challenge you must complete all the trails in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. You can do this in any order, starting and finishing in any location, however you must walk/run/hike on every part of all the trails. This means every trail start-to-finish. Not just touching a part of the trail and checking it off.
You must complete this in a "single push" meaning that you can not leave the Badlands Wilderness and return later to complete the route. Total mileage should be somewhere around 60-70 miles.
You must also write a Haiku.
PLEASE NOTE: You must start and finish this route at the same spot, and your time for this challenge must be trailhead to trailhead.
Special Rules - Water Caches
Most UPWC routes must be completed in an Unsupported fashion, meaning that food and water caches are not allowed. However, due to the extremely arid nature of the Badlands Wilderness, water caches are allowed and encouraged on this challenge.
More Info/Video
For more information about the ONDA Badlands Challenge, please see the video description here.
For explanation of the special rules please watch this part of the video as well.
More info on the trails can be found in this brochure for the Badlands Wilderness.
And links to the GPS tracks can be found here.
Event's current local time: 2:09 AM PT
