BWC 2007

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BWC 2005

MASTERS Race - 400 km

SPEED Race - 100 km

patronage of honour

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BERGSON WINTER CHALLENGE 2005

…400 kilometres… five days… non-stop… day and night…

"…winter of South West Poland… frost and wind gives a wind chill temperature of minus 28… literally everything freezes… all food and drink… in stiff frozen jackets with patches of ice on the inside…

…the majority of the race course is covered by over a metre of snow…  walking even wearing snowshoes is exhausting… heavy trekking section… mountainbiking in the freezing cold ahead… pushing the bikes is the worst…

…teams face a dozen special tasks, like rope ascends, descents and rope bridges, but also have to negotiate several underground tunnels and fortress labyrinths… to cross two rope bridges across a frozen waterfall, in the dark, taking their bikes too…

…team spirits are high… the voluntary help on the BWC is overwhelming… they all spend hours and even days, in mountain huts, tents or outdoors huddling around a fire, to wait for teams…

…the race last year was a success, and this year’s race will even be better… the race is longer, the snow is deeper tand the nights will be colder!…"

About BERGSON WINTER CHALLENGE 2005
Stan van Jaarsveld, sleepmonsters.com