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Press Release

The Outgames

“Whistler Eco-Challenge”

July 25th 2011

Coast Mountain Guides Box #114, Whistler, BC, Canada, V8B 0A1, Phone: 604-932-1458, Fax: 604-905-6936

info@coastmountainguides.com – www.coastmountainguides.com

“Whistler Outgames Eco-Challenge 2011” First designed as a TV show in the 1990’s, Eco-Challenge has now been widely use to describe an event

where participants are racing through check points that test them physically and mentally. The “WEC

2011” is a multi-sport event design for The North America Outgames 2011. The Event will take place

around Lost Lake Park in Whistler, BC. The lake and park trails comprising the Whistler Outgames Eco-

Challenge 2011 courses. In teams of two the participants will race around lost lake and complete a series

of task-control points and will be judged on the accuracy of information gathered, number of check points

completed and speed. The activities include: hiking, swimming, rappelling, tyrolean rope traverse, biking

and map & compass.

ABOUT THE OUTGAMES

The 2nd GLISA North America Outgames Vancouver 2011 involves multi-sport elements supported by

GLISA (International Sports Association of North America) Human Rights Conference and Cultural

celebrations. Thousands of athletes and participants from across North America and the world will be in

Vancouver for the 2nd Annual GLISA North America 2011 Vancouver Outgames taking place July 25 –

31, 2011. The first World Outgames were held in Montreal in 2006 and had more than 12,000 participants

in the three-day human right conference, 35+ sporting events and 12 days of cultural activities. Since

then, Outgames events have taken place in Copenhagen, Denmark and Wellington, New Zealand. The

first North America Outgames was held in Calgary in 2007.

Your host Guillaume is the owner of Coast

Mountain Guides. He is members of the

A.C.M.G. (Association of Canadian Mountain

Guides) and has more than 12 years of

experience in guiding and instructing in the

outdoors. Surrounding himself with a team of

professional and accomplished guides he is

committed to insure you the best adventure and

make your race a fulfilling experience.

Important Information, Please Read

The Whistler Eco-Challenge is design for all ability levels. However a good all-around fitness level is required in

order for you to enjoy yourself. We recommend that you come to the event well rested and hydrated. We

recommend that you dress for the outdoors: light rain jacket, t-shirt (synthetic), long sleeve (synthetic), shorts, trail

running shoes, a cell phone and daypack (camelback is ok). The average temperature in Whistler in July is 22°C /

72°F. The event will take place rain or shine. Take a moment and study the Lost Lake map provided below, they

are many trails and orienteering yourself within the park will considerably improve your outcome. All Participants

will be asked to sign a waiver of liability before the race starts, a copy of our waiver can be requested through our

offices.

Location: Lost Lake Beach

Time: 8:00am Sharp

Duration: 4 hours

Included: ● Water bottle

● Granola Bar ● All eco-challenge equipment

● Helly Hansen race T-shirt

● Suunto compass

● Trail map

Race Management - The event will take place in the morning during public hours of the park and is intended

to not interfere with the regular day to day operation and public use of the park. Signage

with date, time and location maps of the event will be posted at all entrances of the park

and other highly visible locations warning the visitor of the possible encounter with race

participants. We anticipate minimizing our impact on the public by running the event

during the morning hours.

- Each team will need to have a cell phone to communicate with marshals and race

volunteers in the event of an emergency or lost party.

- All marshals and race volunteers will communicate by radios or cell phones.

- Each control points will be roped off to keep public and participants separate. The

swimming control point will have a fenced entrance and exit on a corner of the beach.

The bike control point will have signage and race marshals at each intersections.

- The Lost Lake Park is a sensitive eco system. Therefore we ask all participants to be

vigilant and careful when it comes to trail use and racing strategies.

- If your team, for whatever reason, has not finished by the end of the allowed time, we ask

you to stop racing and make your way back to the staging tents located on the group

event grassed area of the Lost Lake Beach.

- Obey all signs and respect the public.

Coast Mountain Guides Box #114, Whistler, BC, Canada, V8B 0A1, Phone: 604-932-1458, Fax: 604-905-6936

info@coastmountainguides.com – www.coastmountainguides.com

Description of Control Points (CP) Each team will need to find the control points, perform a task and collect each Pride color to

complete the Official Flag. There is no order in which teams should find the CP, but careful

planning might improve the time at the finish line. It is not the fastest team that will win.

Decision-making and teamwork, not physical speed, are required to excel.

- C1 Red: Teams will swim to the floating dock to retrieve this red flag. A small area of

the beach will be fenced to control participants in and out of the water. Lifeguards will be

onsite to monitor water safety.

- C2 Orange: Teams will build a

floating raft with the provided

materials (4X blue plastic containers

2X 4x4 wood and ropes), put on a

Personal Floating Device (PFD) and

paddle to the north edge of lost lake

to find this flag.

- C3 Yellow: Teams will find this

Tyrolean Traverse over the

Fitzsimons creek. For this event

participants will be required to cross

the fitzsimmons creek using a fixed

tylrolean. A tyrolean traverse is a

rope tied between two anchors and

participants pulling hand over hand

to make it across.

- C4 Green: Teams have to scramble

to the top and rappel down the steep

cliff. This cliff is located on the

Gypsy Drum trail. There will be

signage warning public of the

approaching event and a small area

will be rope off to keep participant

and public separated.

- C5 Blue: Teams will find this check point and have to perform a compass bearing task

and using a transceiver to locate the blue flag.

- C6 Purple: Teams will have to race a bike on this designated trail. Marshals and

volunteer will be positioned at start/finish of each trail crossing.

For more information and registration please visit http://www.vancouver2011outgames.com

Coast Mountain Guides Box #114, Whistler, BC, Canada, V8B 0A1, Phone: 604-932-1458, Fax: 604-905-6936

info@coastmountainguides.com – www.coastmountainguides.com