Equipment

Last updated: 2008-08-22

All equipment must pass the inspection and be accepted at the registration.

All equipment you bring in to a section must be brought out.
It is not allowed to leave any equipment, trash or waste on the track, this leads to time penalty or disqualification.

The obligatory equipment must be shown at any time for the organisation. For every missed equipment detail you will get 30 min penalty. The penalty time will be regulated at a CP near the end of the race.

Race suit

It is mandatory to always wear the bib vest on top.

Mandatory full time team equipment

• 1 Altimeter
• 2 Compasses
• 1 Cell phone, water proofed
• 1 Whistle
• 1 Waterproof map holder, for maps and road book.
• 20 Matches, water proofed
• 1 Red waterproof pen.
• 1 Multisport Live tracker. Supplied by the organisation.

Note: GPS is forbidden.

First aid kit mandatory full time, per team

• 2 First aid pressure bandage
• 8 Second Skin. Compeed
• 2 m x 5 cm Adhesive tape
• 1 Strobe light - White (no headlamp or bike lights) Mandatory 3km visibility. Recommended: "Princetontec Aqua strobe".

Mandatory full time personal equipment (if the Roadbook does not say otherwise)

• 1 Backpack min 25 liter, Recommended 40 liter
• 1 Beanie/Buff
• 1 Gloves, long fingers
• 1 Long sleeves fleece top, minimum 200g
• 1 Waterproof jacket (Gore-Tex type)
• 1 Waterproof pants (Gore-Tex type)
• 1 Head torch
• 1 Survival blanket
• 1 Drybag, to keep the gear dry.

Note: During one short bike section the team must carry the inlines, poles and inlines bag. 

Mandatory equipment (on special sections)

Island Traversing team  equipment

• 4 Wetsuit, minimum long-john
• 4 Lifejacket
• Watercraft, light air mattresses are recommended.

Rope & technical section personal equipment

• 1 Climbing Harness with Via-Ferrata set. Supplied by the organisation.
• 2 Self-locking carabiner
• 1 Descender/ belay device, like figure 8
• 1 approved UIAA climbing helmet (biking helmet not accepted)
• Recommended: Petzl Meteor, Kong Scarab
• 1 Prussik-loop, 7 mm.

Mountainbike personal epuipment

• 1 Mountain bike
• 1 Bike helmet
• 1 Red light (mounted facing backwards)
• 1 Spare tube
• 1 pair Bike shoes
• 1-2 Bike tights

Mountainbike team epuipment

• 4 Bike toolkits. (To put together and take apart your bike)
• 2 Pumps per team

Kayaking team equipment

• 2 Throwbags. Minimum 20 meters
• 2 Bilge pump
• 1 Tent, for 4 persons lying down with floor. Not just inner tent. Sup air is ok
• 2 Double kayaks (or one double and two single kayaks).
• 4 Spray shirts
• 2 Kayak trolley. To be used during the portages during the River kayak section.

Kayaking personal equipment

• 1 Life jacket. Type 3. Inflatable life jackets are not acceptable
• 1 Whistle attached to the life jacket
• 1 Wetsuit. Long john, minimum 3mm
• 1 Kayak paddle.
• 1 Sleeping bag.

Boxes/Bags

• 4 Bike boxes. Soft bikebags are allowed but strongly not recommended.
• 4 Gear boxes or bags
• 1 Inlines bag. Must be easy and light to be brought with the team during the section.

Coasteering personal equipment

• 1 Life jacket. Type 3. Inflatable life jackets are not acceptable
• 1 Whistle attached to the life jacket
• 1 Wetsuit. Long john, minimum 3mm

Inlines personal equipment

• 1 pair of inlines  
• 1 bikehelmet
• 1 Red light, mounted facing backwards.

Poles are recommended.

Mandatory team equipment supplied by the organisation

• 1 set Road book and map kit.
  The maps are on the scale of: 1:100,000 + 1: 50,000 + 1: 10,000
• 4 Bib-vest to be worn at all times, even on top of the life-jackets.
• 4 Number plates on the bike bar
• 1 MultisportLive GPS tracking unit