2-Day Hardcore Challenge Schedule :

Thursday:
All competitors will be welcomed to registration from 4pm, followed by an optional event briefing at 7pm on the Friday evening immediately prior to the event. During the briefing the Task Committee and organisers will discuss local weather and possible route options. The technical support team will demonstrate the tracking systems and the safety support systems will be discussed. Pilots must share this information with their supporter.

Friday:
Competitors are required to report for the compulsory race safety briefing at the event venue, at 7.00am on the Friday of the event. The Task Committee may elect to start the briefing at 6am in which case all participants will be informed by SMS/group chat facility.
The race will begin between 7.30 and 8.00am. Any change to this plan will be shared by SMS/group chat facility.
During race hours, the pilot can only elect to walk or fly. No other form of transport is allowed.
A compulsory over-night rest period begins at 9.00pm on Friday. All competitors need to stop flying by 8pm (obligatory land-by time) and report in their last position to the event organisers by 9pm.
Pilots should attempt to send a text message “OK” after their 9pm end-of-day, to help assure the race organisers and their supporter of their safety.
During the night, the pilot can choose to either camp out, vol-biv style, or to spend the night in a hotel, house, van etc. During the obligatory rest period, from 9pm Friday until 7am Saturday, the pilot can move using any form of transport.

Competitors who carry all their own kit and whom spend the night out in the hills with no support will be deemed to be competing in the vol-biv competition. Pilots must self-declare if they are camping out, vol-biv style.

Saturday:
At 7am on the following day, the pilot must then report back to within 400 meters of the place they left on the previous day, where they can continue the race. While they must start from within 400m of the spot they were at the previous evening, they must not start until 7am, but can choose to leave later.

The 2-day event finishes at 4.00pm on Saturday. Late finishers will be treated as follows:
– 10 points will be deducted from the pilot score for each ten minutes of lateness. The 1st second past 4pm results in 10 points being deducted, 20 at 10 minutes and 1 second, up to 60 points at 4:50 and 1 second.
– Over an hour late scores zero.
For the remaining points to be valid for scoring, all competitors must report back to the event HQ before 5pm on the Saturday at the latest.
In any case where a competitor cannot make it back by 5pm on Saturday they must call in and report back by this time. However, all their race points will be forfeited.
Any competitor may quit the race any time. However, they must inform the event organisers of it and must return their race tracker to the event HQ. Failure to report quitting or return their tracker could disbar the participant from future events!!