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 |
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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. |
Sponsors
We’d like to thank our sponsors for graciously providing prizes for the competition. There is a grand prize for the best team overall, a prize for every week’s winner, and a gift bag for every team.
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PRIZE DONATION
If you are interested in donating a prize or to be a sponsor please contact: info@coquitlam-sar.bc.ca