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BAMBOO MAN CHALLENGE TRAINING WEEKENDS

Training Weekends

In preparation for our two Bamboo Man Challenges to be held in 2001 to raise money for charity, we will be running Training Weekends from mid April 2001 to the end of December 2001.


There will be three different programmes, designated 1, 2 and 3, and they will run sequentially over the course of the year. They are designed to introduce potential contestants to the skills required for adventure racing.

There will be two Bamboo Man Challenges run during the year 2001. Challenge 1 is designed for both the basic and intermediate level contestants, whilst challenge 2 is designed for both the intermediate and the advanced level contestants.

The schedule affords contestants the opportunity to compete at what they feel is their appropriate 'entry level' in challenge 1, and then perhaps 'step up' to a higher category for challenge 2.

See the Bamboo Man Training Weekend & Challenge Schedule

Competitors, (teams or individuals) who place 1st or 2nd in the advanced category of any of the challenges run during 2001, are granted a 50% discount on entry fees to The 3 Day - International Bamboo Man Challenge - April 2002

The 3 Day Challenge will again be a decathlon, with the various 'activities' spread over a course that extends along part of the Old Trade Route that runs from the northern capital of Chiang Mai, to the northermost city of Chiang Rai.

BAMBOO MAN CHALLENGE - TRAINING WEEKEND 1.

Day 1. Friday
Meal Code (None)
Transfer in by your own means (or have us arrange a minibus transfer from Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai).
Overnight at the Maekok River Village Resort (a choice of accommodation is offered - see pricing)

 

Day 2. Saturday
Meal Code: (Picnic lunch)
0800hrs
Assault Course & Obstacle course training.
Break lunch.
Basic rock climbing & abseil course ( 14m wall).
Map reading & GPS instruction.
Late afternoon – assault, obstacle course training.
Volleyball & beach football team sports.
Evening BBQ (optional).

 

Day 3. Sunday
Meal Code: (Picnic lunch)
0800hrs
Transfer by vehicle to our outdoor rock climbing & abseil training area.
Full morning training session.
Picnic lunch at a lake.
Transfer to the start point of the challenge mountain bike route.
Mountain bike back to the Adventure Centre along the basic challenge route.
Programme ends at app. 1600hrs.

Transfer out under your own arrangements (or have us arrange a minibus transfer for you).

BAMBOO MAN CHALLENGE - TRAINING WEEKEND 2.

Day 1. Friday
Meal Code (None)
Transfer in by your own means (or have us arrange a minibus transfer from Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai).

Overnight at the Maekok River Village Resort (a choice of accommodation is offered - see pricing)

Day 2. Saturday
Meal Code (None)
0800hrs
Morning transfer to Fang National Park.
Take a trail run from the park to 'Huay Bon Cave'.
Break for a picnic lunch at a waterfall.
Follow a programme of rock climbing, abseiling and caving.
Return to the Adventure Centre.

BBQ Dinner (optional).

Day 3. Sunday
Meal Code: (Picnic lunch)
0800hrs
Transfer to 'Huay Bon Dam'.
Commence training on the challenge swimming / canoeing circuit.
Picnic lunch at the dam.
Mountain bike back to the Adventure Centre along the basic challenge route.
Transfer out under your own arrangements (or have us arrange a minibus transfer for you).
Note* Those wishing to follow the intermediate or advanced challenge mountain bike routes may leave the dam at 1030 hrs.

Programme ends at app. 1600hrs.

BAMBOO MAN CHALLENGE - TRAINING WEEKEND 3.
Day 1. Friday
Meal Code (None)
Transfer in by your own means (or have us arrange a minibus trnasfer from Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai).
Overnight at the Maekok River Village Resort (a choice of accommodation is offered - see pricing)

 

Day 2. Saturday
Meal Code (Picnic lunch, Dinner)
0800hrs.
Issue of route maps.
Transfer to the forest ranger base station at the start of the route up to Doi Pahom Phog - Thailand's 2nd highest mountain at 2580 m.a.s.l.
Commence your trail run / walk through along the well marked trail through 3 check points to a basecamp just below the crest of the mountain.
Overnight in the forest ranger camp.

Day 3. Sunday
Meal Code (Breakfast,Picnic lunch, Dinner)
0700hrs.
Breakfast.
Continue your trail run / walk down to the forestry base station at 1900 m.a.s.l. to complete the trail run / walk phase.
Commence the mountain bike phase from the base station down along forestry roads and trails to Huay Bon Dam, then (if time permits you) on to Maekok River Village Resort.

Transfer out under your own arrangements (or have us arrange a mini bus transfer for you).

Note* See Bamboo Man Training Weekends & Challenges schedule for 2001.

Note* Details of, accommodation options, transport in / out etc, appear later in this section. Pricing is in the appendix of this product manual.

 

 
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