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Broad River Greenway to hold exciting outdoor event Sept. 19 By Alan Hodge The Broad River Greenway near Boiling Springs, NC will hold an exciting and challenging event on Saturday, September 19. Dubbed the “Greenway Gauntlet Adventure”, the day will be a chance for folks to test their outdoor navigational skills by land and on the Broad River. “The land navigation por- A variety of interesting outdoor challenges await participants in the uption of the Greenway Gaunt- coming Broad River Greenway Gauntlet Adventure Race. let is basically orienteering,” Gauntlet, which combines the veloping the idea and eventusays Broad River Greenway land navigation with a paddle ally added the paddle portion executive director Kim Duren. on the Broad River. There’s to create the Full Greenway “Participants use traditional also a Land Navigation Only Gauntlet.” map and compass skills to option for people who want to The event is the newest find checkpoints throughout stay on dry ground.” addition to the wide range of the Greenway. We’ve added Duren credits Greenway activities held each year at the a little twist to it with the Full board chair- Greenway. man Roland “This is our first year, so Hamrick with we’re treating it a little bit as hatching the an experiment,” said Duren. “I event. would absolutely love to see it “He sug- become an annual Greenway gested an event like the cardboard boat orienteering- race. A lot of that will depend style event on participation this year and that would what we learn from actually make use of putting the first one on. If peothe Green- ple have as much fun doing way’s trails, it as we’ve had planning it, I woods and think it has a good chance of terrain,” she sticking around.” said. “From Greenway staff will be on there, we hand, but Duren says volunstarted de- teers are always welcome.
“We’re also looking for volunteers to help us pull it all together,” she said “We’ll need people at checkpoints, helping with check-in and along the course on event day. You don’t have to know anything about orienteering to volunteer — we can put you to work.”
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Competitors can participate solo or as a team. Solo racers must be 18 or older, while teams may include participants as young as 12 when paired with an adult. Awards will be presented for first, second and third place in both the See GREENWAY, Page 9