Competitors that intend to cross the Finish line at Checkpoint Tracker’s inaugural Adventure Racing National Championship will first have to overcome the stomach churning fear that goes along with pulling oneself across a 350′ rope…200′ above the desert floor.

Time to suck it up buttercup.

If an epic Tyrolean Traverse weren’t enough, racers will also be treated to an 80′ rappel off a dry (or wet if it’s raining) waterfall into a spectacular slot canyon…from which they will have to rely on their navigational skills to escape.

When we hired Gravity Play Sports to produce our first ever National Championship we told them we wanted more than run, bike, paddle. We told them we wanted a race that lived up to it’s name. We wanted equal parts adventure and racing.

Man did they deliver.

We’ve got running, biking and paddling…and riverboarding, kayaking, rappeling, an epic tyrolean, canyoneering and…oh wait…can’t tell you about that just yet.

We’ve got one more course shocker we’re saving for race day.

It’s big. People will talk. You should be there.

Via press release