All team members must be present at packet pick up. Team will be required to do a full equipment check in at packet pick up.

This is an unsupported race; there will be no support crews. You will not be allowed to receive water and or food from any volunteers. If a team is caught receiving aid they will be disqualified.

There will be no jumping of fences, please use the cattle gates and close them behind you.

Kualoa Ranch is a working ranch with over 400 head of cattle. Please don't mess with the animals and proceed cautiously.

All tours to include bus, horse back, and ATV tours have the right of way. Please do not impose on these tours.

The actual course will remain a secret to all competitors until approximately 2 hours prior to the start of the race. The race course will be closed until the start of the race at 9am. Team members caught on the race course prior to 9am will be disqualified. You will know the disciplines you must possess in order to compete and must pass a series of skills test before you are allowed to begin the race. Teams will receive a booklet with UTM coordinates for check points and a map on race day at 0700 sharp..

The winning team will complete the course in approximately 4-6 hours; a course time limit of time will be in force. The concept is simple: competitors leave the starting point and navigate through numerous mandatory control points to the finish line as quickly as they can. To officially finish the race all team members must cross the finish line together. Often different routes may be taken; teams choose their own course as long as each control point is passed in order.

At least one member of each team is required to complete the ropes course. If a team has members who do not wish to complete the ropes course and or who have not been ropes certified they will be given a mystery project for each competitor not completing the ropes section.

At Check in team members will receive either a red or a blue wrist band. Only people with red wrist bands will be allowed to do the ropes course. A blue wrist band signifies only water certification. All tem members must have at least a blue wrist band.

•  Timing : Race headquarters will keep the official time for the event. It begins at the start and ends when the last team or individual finishes the race. Cutoff times for the race will be 7hours or 4pm, August 20th. If a team or individual failed to finish at this time the will be pulled from the course.

•  Passport Control Points : a Passport will be issued to each team. Passport control points must be completed in the designated sequence with all team members entering and exiting control points together. Follow the instructions on the passport at all times. All team members will be required to be at all CP's together. If not they the team will be disqualified.

•  Competitors : each competitor is solely responsible for his/her involvement in the event both legally and health. He/She is the sole judge of whether he/she should begin and continue in the race.

•  Team Uniform : Competitors must wear, at all times, the event ID jersey and race numbers which they will receive at packet pick up, as well as the race number for each competitor. Race numbers should be placed on the right thigh of each competitor. This does not preclude the competitors from displaying their sponsor patches and logos.

•  100 yard rule : Team members must never be out of sight of each other or a distance of 100 yards once the race begins.

•  Disqualification will be imposed on any team or individual that breaches the event regulations and environmental guidelines.

The Adventure Race Hawaii Event format is committed to the ARH philosophy that, interactions with the environment requires both an appreciation and respect for the terrain through which the race travels. Each of the Adventure Race Hawaii Events is designed to have a minimum impact of the land and requires a “leave no trace” philosophy.

The following rules and environmental guidelines must be followed and will be enforced:

•  Hiking: Use a trail if one exists. If no trail exists find the safest and best route and not to leave a visible trail. Leave no trace!

•  Biking : Tread lightly and be careful, leave no trace! Bike on existing trails where possible. On sections of the course that require travel on active roads be careful to follow good safe biking rules using hand signals and traveling in single lines on the side of the road or shoulders.

•  Waste : You pack it in, you pack it out!