The overall winner of the Coquitlam SAR Adventure Challenge:

DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED

Coquitlam SAR Adventure Skills Challenge

As part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, Coquitlam Search and Rescue is putting on a special fun community event for local teams to compete in. Over the course of 7 consecutive weeks in May and June, we will be setting a different weekly challenge to test your outdoor skills. These team challenges are to be completed within a week. Coquitlam Search and Rescue members will judge the challenges, and the winner of each challenge will be awarded with a team prize package. The overall winner (the team which scores the best over all 7 challenges) will win the grand prize.

Weekly Challenges

Round winners will be announced on the Saturday following the completion of the round. The grand prize-winning team will be announced on Saturday July 2nd.

Challenge	Date	Description	Results
Pack it Right	Challenge 1: May 10th – 16th	Challenge your ability to pack your backpack appropriately for a fictitious hike. Your choices not only involve what to take, but also what to wear and who to take with you.	Winners: MUDDY BOOTS See more on the first week’s challenge on our post.
GPS Doodle Art	Challenge 2: May 17th – 23rd	Test your ability to record tracks on a GPS device. The challenge can be done on a dedicated handheld GPS unit, tracking capable sports watch, or a mobile phone	Winners: DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED See more on the post for week two of the challenge.
Viewpoints and Bearings	Challenge 3: May 24th – 30th	Test your ability to follow bearings using a compass accurately. Three separate exercises which make up this challenge. For each exercise you will start at a predefined location, and then follow a series of legs of a predefined distance.	Winners: TEAM CORKY See more on the post for week three of the challenge
Near Miss Story	Challenge 4: May 31st – June 16th	Produce a video telling the story of a near miss you had in the backcountry and what you learned from it.	Winners: THE TRAIL HEADS See more on the post for week four
Following Bearings	Challenge 5: June 7th – 13th	Following bearings with a map and compass.	Winners: THE DASHERS See more on the post for week five
Shelter Building	Challenge 6: June 14th – 20th	Building an emergency shelter	Winners: TEAM CORKY See more on the post for week six
Trip Planning	Challenge 7: June 21st – 27th	Planning a trip using guidelines from AdventureSmart	Winners: THE DASHERS See more on the blog post for the final week.