Alpine Challenge—100 Miler
Brendan Davies
The Running Wild Australia Alpine Challenge 100 miler has been an event on my radar for many years. With an April race I finally had the chance to toe the line. It totally lived up to expectations, it was a beast of a course but as spectacular as it gets. Beats anything I've done overseas easily. So grateful to have taken part and still buzzing from the opportunity to do so.
The course is as rugged as it gets in true Wilderness country. Up and down rough spurs, from the forest to the Alpine highplains, through wild rivers, and repeat...and repeat...while trying not to freeze your nuts off. Used every piece of mandatory kit for a change and the conditions were 'good'!
There's no cowbells, no course markings, you get water from streams and there's no one to get you out of the inevitable lows except yourself and your own whits, courage and a few choice mates (thank you Mr Paul, Rod & Greg!).
It's a challenge in every sense but what a cracker of a day (and a bit more for me) out!
Take a look and then book in the November edition. Don't think too hard, it just takes a few keyboard clicks then a shitload of hard training.
A more epic adventure you won't find :-)
