Archive for the ‘ Adventure racing ’ Category

High Trek Adventure DC

With Congress out of session, we thought it would be the perfect time to grab a host site and a leading media sponsor for High Trek Adventure DC. Viola! We have both.
We’ve finally nailed down a host site for our nation’s capitol: Ulah Bistro (1214 U Street). It’s a very chic place that just [...]

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Bigger and Better Prizes

When I created High Trek Adventure more than 3 years ago, one of the guiding principals was to offer great swag and awesome prizes (things that excite me). Over the years we’ve given away air plane tickets courtesy of Orbitz.com and Southwest, Timbuk2 and Chrome messenger bags, Sirius Satellite Radio, New Balance running shoes (vouchers), [...]

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A Thin Line Between Hard and Easy

The biggest challenge we face at High Trek Adventure is the degree of difficultly of clues. We don’t want them to be impossible because that would appeal to a small group, but we don’t want to give the clues away. That’s where our creative writing juices kick in. We try to leave embedded hints in [...]

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High Trek Adventure Los Angeles

Yup! We’re bringing our unique urban adventure race to Los Angeles! Why? We love it! We love L.A. So get a partner (no do-see-doing necessary), a map and start strategizing ’cause on Saturday, November 15, 2008 we are so there! Stay tuned for more updates.
Be the first to register. Click here –> High Trek Adventure [...]

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Secrets to Urban Adventure Race Revealed

A lot of people ask me, “how did come up with that clue?” Racers are especially interested in how we find and write clues in cities in which we don’t live. So here are just a few tid-bits as to how we create and write clues…
First we look at the lay of the land and [...]

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Urban Adventure Race: The Olympic Sport

With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, I’ve begun thing about all the crazy sports that are recognized sports but have not been officially added to the Olympic program e.g., bridge, chess, korfball, powerboating and, of course, tug of war. Don’t you think the urban adventure racing would make a cool Olympic sport. (Orienteering [...]

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Walk, don’t run…wait, it doesn’t matter!

With High Trek Adventure Portland just about a weeks away you’ll want to begin any last minute training for our exciting urban adventure race. So we’ve taken the liberty to help you train. There are a few areas of you’ll to work on to make sure you’ll be able to win this year’s best Portland [...]

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We need your input

It’s quasi-official, High Trek Adventure is expanding to 10 additional cities - all tolled 20 cities and we’ll throw in a national championship race complete with a grand prize in excess of $10,000!!! You can register for any of our 20 races next year for just $25 per person beginning today until September 30.
Now here’s [...]

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Crazy discount for 2009 urban adventure race

Beginning today until September 30th High Trek Adventure will have a discount of just $25 per person for any of our races in 2009. The catch is that we do not have our 2009 urban adventure race schedule yet, however, you can use the entry fee for any 2009. There are no refunds, only transfers. [...]

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Amazing Race…Canceled???

There has been quite a lot of talk about canceling CBS’ award winning show The Amazing Race? Can anyone confirm this? We are going to investigate and will get to the bottom of this, until then, TAR is back for the 2008-2009 lineup beginning this fall on Sunday nights.

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