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Obstacle 1: Jumping Start Leap across five rows of road barricades.
Your task is as follows:
Get up and over each of the five 1-metre high barricades.
Both feet MUST touch the ground between each barricade.
Obstacle 2: Corporate Ladder Ascend and descend a long flight of steps.
Your task is as follows:
Run up & down a flight of 99 steps.
You will follow a marked route to the top of the flight of stairs.
If you encounter participants in the right lane (aka the “fast lane”) who are moving at a slower pace, please call out, “On your right.” As a courtesy, all participants are required to move to the left when they hear this.
Obstacle 3: Wall Street Scale a 1.5m high wall and get to the other side.
Your task is as follows:
Get up and over the wall.
You are NOT permitted to use any outside support structures.
If you are unsuccessful in your first attempt, you are required to make another attempt and queue behind other participants for your turn. There will be a maximum of 2 attempts. If you fail your 2nd attempt, 5 minutes will be added to your final timing as a penalty.
Obstacle 4: Monkey Business Swing across the 5m long monkey bars, to get from one side to the other.
Your task is as follows:
You must traverse the monkey bars and get to the other side without touching the ground.
You must use each of the 12 rungs as you make your way to the other side. No skipping rungs.
Once you have successfully completed the monkey bars, you may continue on with the course.
If you are unsuccessful in your first attempt, you are required to make another attempt and queue behind other participants for your turn. There will be a maximum of 2 attempts. If you fail your 2nd attempt, 5 minutes will be added to your final timing as a penalty.
Obstacle 5: Tunnel Vision Maneuver through a 5m tunnel, measuring only 1.2m wide, to get to the other end.
Your task is as follows:
Enter and exit the tunnel in a crouching position or on all fours.
Obstacle 6: Tyred Out Run through a row of tyres without stepping on the tyres or skipping any tyres.
Your task is as follows:
Run a row of tyres “stutter-step” style, touching the ground inside of each consecutive tyre.
You are free to select any row of tyres you desire in each stutter-step section. A “row” is defined as two tyres wide by eight tyres long.
You are NOT permitted to skip a tyre or run on top of the tyres.
Failure to adhere to these rules will require that you redo the obstacle from the beginning.
Obstacle 7: Leap of Faith Leap off a platform into a pool of water 0.8m deep and wade 8m through it to reach the other end.
Your task is as follows:
Leap off a wooden platform into a pool of water 0.8m deep. No diving is allowed.
Wade 8 metres through the pool. No swimming is allowed.
Please note: You are recommended to keep your shoes on for this task, as your timing chip is affixed onto your shoe. If you choose to remove your shoes, shoes must be placed in the marked shoe transition zone located beside the obstacle. The organizers will not be responsible for loss of shoes.
Obstacle 8: Down & Dirty Crawl through a large mud pit and run to the finish line in a blaze of glory!
Your task is as follows:
Leopard crawl under a net 0.5 metres high through a 10-metre mudpit.
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