Sea to Sea AR (2017) – Section 09

Summary

Teams will be biking into the Holder Mine Campground in the Citrus tract of the Withlacoochee State Forest. At Holder Mine they will compete in an orienteering challenge. Four orienteering (true Orienteering) courses will be available – the same courses run earlier that day by the Suncoast Orienteering. Each course is worth one checkpoints – and teams must compete as a team completing the course in order and checking in between each course.

Once complete the teams will be held for a mass restart at 5 AM where they will make the final push on bike and paddle to the finish line.

Map of Bike Leg to West Coast
Map of Final Paddle

TA8 – Holder Mine Campground – Citrus Tract

(Dark Zone)

Holder Mine campground will serve as the dark zone. Bins will be availab. Teams will be held here until 5 AM on Sunday morning. All teams arriving at Holder Mine camp before 5 AM will restart at 5 AM.

Segment 13 – Citrus Orienteering Challenge

At TA8 teams will have the option of completing the Orienteering Challenge prior to entering the Dark Zone.There will be four (4) orienteering courses starting from Holder Mine TA that range in difficulty from Orange to Blue. Full completion of each course will be worth one checkpoint. You will be using a SportIdent e-punch and Orienteering Maps for each course. Once a team has completed the Orienteering and and have entered the dark zone the race time will stop.

CP47 (2.3 km) – Orange Course	CP48 (3.2 km) – Green Course
CP49 (4.3 km)- Red Course	CP50 (5.3 km) – Blue Course

Segment 14 – Bike to West Coast

(28 miles, 3-4.5 hours)

This final bike leg after leaving Citrus will take you all the way west to the Fort Island TA. On the way ,you will drop bikes at the manned Waypoint along Fort Island Trail and trek to CP53 and back. Portions of this leg require travel on paved roads, always travel single file and use caution when riding with traffic.

Map Set – Bike V