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• Event description
  • SPORTident
• Staff
• Terrain
• Hazards
• Safety
• The map
• Course specifics
  • Water stations
  • Reflectors
• Rain policy
• The camp
  • Equipment transport

• Classes and categories
• Scoring and awards
• Weather and clothing
• Directions
• Rules
  • Allowed equipment
  • Required equipment
  • Speed limit
• Suggested equipment
• Future park closure

1. Event description

Henry Coe Adventure Trex is a two-stage voyage. Each of the two stages is a rogaine with geographically separate start and finish. About 50 checkpoints scattered over the southern part of Henry Coe State Park will be circled on a map and marked on the ground by orange and white orienteering markers with SPORTident stations which create a record of your visit on a small electronic card each participant will carry.

There will be about 30 checkpoints for Stage One, and about 20 for Stage Two. Bike checkpoints will be on trails, while the foot course will use a majority of the bike checkpoints and a number of off-trail locations.

Each checkpoint has a point value, which is equal to the checkpoint number rounded down to the tens. For example, Checkpoint 68 would be worth 60 points. The objective is to score as many points as you can within the time limit by visiting checkpoints along your planned route. There are point penalties for returning late. Maps are issued well before the start, so that teams have time to plan their route.

The time limit for Stage One is 20 hours, and for Stage Two, 12 hours. Teams and participants take a mandatory 8 hour break between the stages at the camp. Teams that finish Stage One before the time limit start Stage Two earlier, eight hours after their Stage One finish, and can take extra time on Stage Two—up until its regular time limit.

Teams of 2 to 5 members are allowed in the foot division of the Trex. Individuals and teams of up to 5 members are allowed in the bike division.

A 4 hour rogaine will also be offered, starting and finishing at the same location. The short event will be open to teams and individual participants on foot and on bikes.

2. Event staff

Administrative Director: Vladimir Gusiatnikov

Bike Course Designer:    Dirk De Bruyker

Foot Course Designer:    Bill Cusworth

Map Consultant:          Eddie Bergeron

Course Setters:          TBA

Cartographers:           Vladimir Kozlov, Vladimir Gusiatnikov

Safety Coordinator:      Rex Winterbottom

Communications Chief:    TBA

Emergency Medical:       West Coast EMS

Food Chief, Crew One:    Lani Schreibstein

Food Chief, Crew Two:    TBA

Food Chief, Crew Three:  TBA

We will provide an expanded staff listing closer to the event.

3. The terrain

The terrain of Henry Coe State Park is hundreds of square kilometers (tens of thousands of acres) of gorgeous central coast wilderness. An equal mix of grassland and oak forest, most—but not all—of the acreage allows for rapid movement. That is, the main obstacle is the grade of the hillsides, not disagreeable vegetation.

What makes route planning interesting is steep—sometimes super steep—hills and deep erosion features. There is some poison oak and chapparal, and expanses of each are mapped. The elevation is 260 to 810 meters—in the higher reaches you may encounter pine forest. There are some well-maintained roads and trails. Views are out to the Pacific Ocean on a clear day.

A foot team's successful strategy will minimize traversing the steepest sections. It is always faster in this park to go up-and-over or take a trail with some detour; contouring (maintaining elevation) on hillsides is slow. The terrain in the western and the southern reaches of the mapped area is the steepest; foot teams will reach these area at the end of the Trex on their way down.

The slowest parts of the map are the canyons that empty into Coyote Creek and into Hunting Hollow (itself) in the western part of the area. Their north-facing sides are full of poison oak, south-facing sides are high in chaparral, walls are riddled with cliffs, and to go along streams that run down the canyons frequently means climbing over car-size boulders. You really don't want to be in these canyons. Other places your team won't want to be in are where contour lines run close to each other. Conversely, the central part of the area is mostly quite pleasant for off-trail travel.

For cyclists, trails of Henry Coe offer a variety of riding options ranging from moderately difficult to extremely difficult. There are practically no easy trails for bikes. The western reaches of the park feature most of the elevation change, and no matter how fit one is, going up these hills will require walking the bike for some distance. Some trails—old farm roads—are "straight up" and "straight down"; others have been realigned to maximize their sweetness. The majority are singletrack, some are wide enough to drive a vehicle on, and there are a small number of improved-surface roads.

As to wildlife, deer and newts are abundant. Bobcats and wild turkeys are frequently spotted. This park doesn't have cows, so ground is soft and unbroken. Grasses are typically low in November, but will have some stickers.

4. Potential hazards

Hazards present in the terrain include:

• steep, loose slopes;
• mountain lions;
• poison oak;
• and ticks.

In addition, there is a small chance of hypothermia at this time of the year. The chance of heat-related problems is exceedingly small.

Henry Coe is mountain lion habitat. Chances of encountering the reclusive cat are very low. If you do, follow this protocol. If you turn around and run, the cat's mind will more likely identify you as prey.

Poison oak produces an oil which may cause a delayed skin irritation reaction. Know what it looks like, avoid contact, and treat exposed skin areas with a product such as Zanfel Poison Ivy Wash. We have attempted to map continuous, extended areas of poison oak that significantly impede movement. There is more of it than is mapped. This plant strongly prefers north-facing slopes. There is plenty of poison oak along trail edges, mostly below knee height, so even trail hikers and cyclists should beware.

Ticks, if attached, are best removed by yanking out firmly with tweezers. If you later develop a rash, get tested for Lyme disease. Keep the offending tick in a plastic bag for the doctor if it managed to stay with you after the event. Usually ticks take more than several hours to transmit any diseases such as Lyme through their mouthparts into your bloodstream.

The percent of ticks that can carry Lyme among all ticks in coastal California is low; the incidence of Lyme among these ticks is also low. Lyme is effectively treated with antibiotics. If left untreated, Lyme can evolve into a serious systemic disease that often leads to disability; fortunately, many of its effects are reversible with treatment.

5. Participant safety

Participants will be responsible for their own safety while taking part. Of course, event staff will try to help you if we learn that you are seriously injured or otherwise need assistance, but there is a good chance you would be waiting a long time for help, and we don't have the level of staffing or expertise necessary to quickly and expertly handle many emergency situations that might arise, so your best bet is to be very careful not to get injured. If you are not comfortable assuming the risks involved in prolonged exertion while traveling through rugged terrain under various and possibly unexpected conditions, then you should not take part in the event.

The terrain has steep, and some possibly unstable, slopes. These potentially dangerous areas are not explicitly delineated on the maps, so you will need to determine the safety of traversing a prospective route for yourself. Close contours indicate treacherous terrain.

Each person will be required to sign a liability waiver when registering online or upon checking in for the event. A parent or guardian must sign for a minor.

The organizers are not in a position to review each participant's preparedness to participate and will not do so. However, if it comes to the organizers' attention that a person or a team is poorly prepared for the event, the organizers may deny entry to that person or team in the interest of the safety of all the participants and staff of the event.

The team aspect of the event is perhaps the best safety instrument. Team members must stay together within unaided voice distance, and must punch together at checkpoints. Not staying together will yield disqualification.

There is some cell phone coverage on ridgetops, and at the camp. We will provide a map that shows the approximate extent of the coverage. Participants are advised to carry cellphones. If there is an emergency, call 911 and also notify the organizers. At least one of our cellphones will be reachable at all times; this number will be on the front of the competition map. We plan to have communications between the start, the camp, and the finish and the outside world via radio links between the locations that don't have cellphone coverage and the ones that do.

If a team has indicated an emergency, it is the duty of all other teams who are nearby and hear the distress signal to help the team or participant in distress.

We will have several licensed EMTs on site, along with a Mobile Response Unit (a four-wheel-drive vehicle). There will quite possibly be one or more medical doctors doctors among the participants.

Each team will be required to fill out an intention sheet, which is a copy of the competition map, with their intended route. The actual route taken does not have to exactly match the intended route. Intention sheets are due at the briefing 15 minutes before the respective start.

The two main dangers that exist for participants of an ultralong endurance event are dehydration and hyponatremia. We will provide water on the course. However, to be on the safe side, teams may wish to carry a water purification device, such as a portable filter or iodine tabs. In November, at the end of the dry California summer, there is not a lot of water in the creeks, anad some are completely dry; water in ponds is stagnant, but should be safe to drink after filtering. There are no water fountains/treated water sources/running water at the park bathrooms. All teams should carry reservoirs that are large enough to sustain the team members between water stations.

Consuming enough salt will mean the difference between being sluggish and not thinking clearly, and being sharp and enjoying the experience throughout the whole duration of the event. Take salt pills or eat salty food starting at 3 hours into the event at the latest; 200–400 milligrams of sodium ion per hour are advised. Drinking only plain water depletes sodium in your body. Other electrolytes may also help prevent cramps. We suggest carrying electrolyte pills if you plan on participating in the Trex.

The safety bearing is west to Gilroy Hot Springs Road or Cañada Road; this will be noted on the competition maps.

We have a safety, emergency/accident response, communications, and search/rescue plan you may peruse. Information on this webpage supercedes the Safety Plan, where contradictory. If you have any questions about information in this section, please contact our Safety Coordinator.

6. The competition map

The map will be 1:20,000 with 10 m contours. We will offer high-legibility printing. The whole area will be on a single map sheet. We do not feel that waterproof paper is needed for this event. We will provide plastic map cases of appropriate thickness.

The primary source of data for this map is Santa Clara County lidar survey done in 2008. Raw data from this survey was provided by the USGS. The USGS processed this data into a digital elevation model, which we used for the elevation contours. Raw lidar data was processed by our bivariate kernel density estimator in search for vegetation classification and boundaries. Where results were satisfactory, our duo of cartographers brought you the the best possible standard of vegetation depiction.

For about half of the area used at our 2010 event, we determined vegetation boundaries from high-resolution photos. For most of the rest of the 2011 area, vegetation boundaries and density were digitally derived from the lidar data as specified above. High-fidelity vegetation was not available on parts of the 2011 map; these parts will be brought up to standard for the 2013 edition. We will expand the map somewhat, but most of the area will be the same as was used in 2011. Due to different positions of the start, the camp, and the finish, even those of you who had a chance to visit the farthest reaches of the map in 2011 will be treated to new discoveries!

The size of the mapped area will be between 70 km² and 75 km².

The symbols we use on this map will be largely the same as those we used on last year's map. Maps will be printed to magnetic north, and will have a UTM grid (no indication of true north).

A. CONTOURS: The contours are the most reliable and consistent component of the map. The quality of the contour base is uniform throughout the map, and the absolute accuracy is better than ±10 m lateral, ±2 m vertical. What this means is that each and every single-contour reentrant is there. The contours are unaltered by field survey, which could only make them worse.

Unlike the 2011 version, the 2013 map will have spot heights.

B. TRAILS AND PONDS: All trails and ponds are from high-resolution aerial photos, complemented by GPS survey in the field. Their accuracy is such that you won't be disappointed. All official park trails are shown, plus others in various states of disuse. Mapped trails can be used for navigation without reservations.

C. VEGETATION: The positional accuracy is better than ±10 m lateral, referenced to the contours or to UTM. All distinct single trees and bushes are shown. We use the following grades of vegetation:

• "Normal forest" (light green): Areas with continuous canopy cover. They usually consist of nice, runnable oak forest, but some may have undergrowth of chaparral and/or poison oak. All of this grade should be passable, some of it slower than the rest, especially on north-facing slopes.
• Open land with scattered trees (light green dots): Areas where canopy cover is not continuous, i.e. ground can be seen in aerial photos.
• Chaparral (dark green): Thick, mostly impassable or very slow.
• "Low chaparral" (vertical green lines): Areas of bush/thickets in which ground is visible in the photo. These most typically/likely contain passable bushes that are less than waist high.
• "Poison oak" (yucky-olive green): Large expanses of thick vegetation on north-facing slopes. Where we mapped it, you perhaps can go through, but if you are susceptible, you are guaranteed a serious post-event rash absent treatment.
• Open land (white): Fast. May have moderately high grass.

We use a vegetation boundary symbol (a solid green line) between all areas of different types to aid readability. This does not mean that all of these boundaries are distinct. We also use a symbol for a gap that looks like a trail, but is skinnier and has longer dashes. This symbol denotes long and narrow breaks in the canopy; there is almost certainly no matching trail on the ground.

The use of color on this map is not the same as it is on an orienteering map; all of the vegetation symbols are green or white. We feel that the two-color scheme is most appropriate for low-light map reading.

D. STREAMS: The streams are from USGS quad data.

E. ROCK AND FENCES: There are some spectacular, towering rock features, and in general quite a bit of rock in this terrain. There are many fences; all of them are of the regular five-strand barbed wire variety, dating back to when the park was an active ranch. Most of these fences are well on their way to decomposition, and are easy to climb over.

We made a decision not to extensively survey the cliffs or the boulders, only putting in what was immediately apparent in the photo and/or gigantic in the terrain. No fences have been surveyed or shown.

The official park map can be obtained from many outdoor stores: ISBN 0-9700007-9-0. This map does not depict vegetation. Its contour base appears directly inherited from USGS 1:24,000 data. The trail network on this map was GPS'ed by park volunteers, and is exquisitely accurate and complete as far as the official trails.

7. Course specifics

The courses will be different for foot and bike divisions; a majority of the bike checkpoints will be used on the foot course, but not the other way round. The foot course, and the bike course, will each feature about 50 checkpoints in all for the two stages, totaling 3600 points. The estimated time for the best team for the first stage is 14 hours (20 hours for the median team), and for the second stage, the winning time will be 12 hours. So, we predict that the best team will finish Stage One around noon, rest for 8 hours, start Stage Two at 8 pm, and finish at 7 PST in the morning (traveling mostly in the dark). The median team will finish Stage One right at the cutoff at 6 pm, collecting all Stage One checkpoints, but will not be able to get all checkpoints in Stage Two, and will enjoy about equal amounts of night and day travel. This estimate applies equally to the foot course and to the bike course.

The optimum distance to get all checkpoints and to stop at all water stations will be as follows:

• Stage One, on foot: 35 to 40 km along straight lines;
• Stage Two, on foot: 30 to 35 km along straight lines;
• Stage One, on bike: 110 to 120 km trail distance;
• Stage Two, on bike: 90 to 100 km trail distance.

Climb on the foot route will be between 7% and 8% of the actual distance traveled, and on the bike route, between 5% and 6% of the trail distance.

The number of points awarded for visiting a checkpoint is the first digit of the checkpoint's code, times 10; for example, Checkpoint 68 is worth 60 points. The penalty for being late is 10 points per minute, or fraction thereof. Teams finishing more than 30 minutes after the deadline for each stage will be disqualified and will get a score of 0 for that stage.

Most locations are technically easy to moderate, while a small number on the foot course are hard or very hard. We will assign values to checkpoints based on their combined navigational and physical difficulty. In other words, don't expect a gimme from an 80-pointer. The same checkpoint may be worth a lot of points on the bike course, but fewer points on the foot course; conversely, a far-out checkpoint to get to which involves somewhat easy riding may be worth fewer bike-course points than foot-course points.

The orienteering marker may have a number/code that will not match the checkpoint code. The correct code is shown on the SPORTident station. To punch, put the SPORTident tag through the opening. If there is no confirmation beep nor a light flash, use a paper punch attached to the control marker to punch your map. If you are unable to find the checkpoint but think you are in the right location, take a picture. All locations will have been verified with GPS.

All team members must punch the SPORTident station within 60 seconds (first to last) in order to claim credit for the checkpoint.

8. Rain policy

The event will proceed rain or shine, and the foot-division course and participants will be unaffected by the following policy. However, cyclists are not allowed to use singletrack trails for up to 48 hours after a 24 hour period with more than 0.5 inches of rain.

We will have planned a fallback course for the bike divisions that stays exclusively on fireroads and improved roads. We realize that such a course won't be as attractive to some mountain-bike enthusiasts. In the case we have to implement the rain policy, bike-division participants will have two options: to participate on the fallback course, or to transfer their entry to one of our future events. Because of the risk and the upfront costs associated with producing the event, we are unable to offer refunds.

9. The camp

Unlike in our 2011 event, we will not be able to set up your tents at the camp; since the clock stops as soon as you reach the camp, we don't believe this is necessary.

The location of the camp will remain secret until the map issue time for Stage One. No public vehicle or foot traffic will be allowed to the camp; no support crews are possible.

The camp will have shelter (either permanent or organizer tents), but its use is meant for emergencies; each team should plan on either carrying a tent or sending one up with us. There will be bathrooms and running water. The camp will have a stationed EMT.

The camp will be open, and food will be served, as specified in the event schedule. The menu will include the best of the offerings at our staffed locations. The camp will also feature a supply of energy gels by GU Energy. PLEASE DO NOT LITTER, ON OR OFF THE TRAILS!!!! If you do, this event may never happen again.

It is possible—and a valid strategy—to head straight for the camp from the start. The camp does not open until late Saturday morning, so be prepared to wait for us out there—or to try to get a few of the checkpoints closest to the camp.

A better strategy for those who'd rather maximize the pleasantness of their experience would be to start later, perhaps after dawn. This is also possible, and is encouraged for those with smaller ambitions. You'll still need to be present at the mandatory briefing on Friday night, but you can crash at the start (Point A) after it, and head out by sunlight. You will have enough time to make it to the camp before the cutoff. Similarly, you can stay at the camp until Sunday morning and head out on Stage Two late so as to minimize low-light travel; you'll still have plenty of time to reach the finish before the cutoff.

There will be a SPORTident station at the aid station, used by us to account for missing participants and teams. Its use is mandatory, however your score points will continue to accumulate in your SPORTident card during Stage Two and the final score will be determined at the finish.

10. Classes and categories

There will be four event divisions, the 4 hour foot, 4 hour bike, the Trex on foot, and the Trex on bike. Solo competitors are allowed in all of these divisions except the Trex on foot. The maximum team size is 5 members. A team that has a member born after 1998 must also have a member born in 1994 or earlier.

There will be the following gender classes:

• Men;
• Mixed; and
• Women.

A mixed team is one that has members of both genders.

There will be the following age categories:

• Open;
• Juniors (each team member born in 1992 or later);
• Masters (each team member born in 1972 or earlier); and
• Supervets (each team member born in 1957 or earlier).

You may notice that these categories are slightly different from what Orienteering USA Rules for Rogaine Competition state. These Rules, and the International Rules of Rogaining, categorize teams by age on the first day of the event, not on 31 December 2011. This event is not sanctioned by either body. In any case, only a small number of teams may be affected by this distinction. If your team is, please contact us and we will ask Orienteering USA for clarification. The age on 31 December 2013 is what the rest of Orienteering USA Rules use.

Every team is eligible for awards in the Open category. Some teams may fall into multiple age categories. In this case the team is eligible for awards in all categories in which they meet the criteria.

Logical combinations of the above classifications will constitute awardable categories, for example, "Trex Supervet Women" or "4 hour Junior Mixed". Categories with few teams will not be consolidated for the purposes of awards.

11. Scoring, results, and awards

All teammates must stay within unaided voice distance and all must punch at a checkpoint in order to claim credit, within 60 seconds (first to last). If one team member is unable to continue, the whole team must report back to the start of the appropriate stage (Point A or the camp). A new team may be formed and it may then go on the course, but it will be unable to claim credit for checkpoints already visited.

The number of points awarded for visiting a checkpoint is the first digit of the checkpoint's code, times 10; for example, Checkpoint 68 is worth 60 points. The penalty for being late is 10 points per minute, or fraction thereof. Teams finishing more than 30 minutes after the deadline for each stage will be disqualified and will get a score of 0 for that stage. A team disqualified in Stage One may continue and start in Stage Two, and will be ranked according to its score in Stage Two.

Teams will be ranked within their division, age, and gender categories according to their total score for the two stages. Among teams with identical scores, the team finishing Stage Two the earliest will be ranked highest. Teams that are disqualified in both stages, or do not finish one of the stages, do not get a place.

(Every team that finishes within 30 minutes of the time limit, and does not break certain rules, gets a score. You don't have to stay out for the full 20 hours in Stage One or 12 hours in Stage Two! You can finish earlier (and/or start later) if you feel like it.)

Teams and individuals who finish Stage One before the time limit and visit all checkpoints on their course (foot or bike) can start Stage Two early, as early as 8:00:00 after their Stage One finish. They will thus be allowed to spend more than 12 hours on Stage Two, and can stay on Stage Two course as late as the stage's cutoff time of 1 pm PST. However, they may not start earlier than Stage Two opening time. If you come to the camp early but don't get all the checkpoints in Stage One, you will be started with most of the teams for Stage Two.

Upon finishing Stage One and Stage Two, teams should proceed to a SPORTident download station. Points will be tallied, and each team will receive a copy of their score sheet that will contain checkpoint-by-checkpoint split times, the total straight-line distance traveled, and the approximate climb.

Because the best teams will finish the course well before Stage Two cutoff, we will not have an award ceremony. Awards and prizes from our sponsors will be given to all members of the top 3 teams in each division of the Trex as they finish.

Event results, splits, and RouteGadget will be promptly made available online.

12. Weather and recommended clothing

"Late summer" in the Bay Area sometimes creeps into early November, or the rainy season may get an early start, as happened at our 2011 event. Typically, the weather is quite perfect for a long endurance event—sunny with highs in the 60s (+16– +21 °C) and overnight lows in the high 40s (+8– +10 °C). In the unlikely situation of "late summer", highs could be in the 80s or 90s (up to +35 °C). The chance of any rain showers during the event is probably at most 10%. There has not been any rain during the first week of November in each of the past 8 years—except in 2011. On the colder extreme, daytime highs could be in the low 50s (as low as +10 °C) and overnight lows in the high 30s (just above freezing).

Layers are strongly advised. Remember, we can transport your stuff up to the camp.

13. The rules

Although they don't explicitly cover bikes, Orienteering USA Rules for Rogaine Competition and the International Rogaining Federation Rules of Rogaining will be in effect, supplemented by this information (which includes some Rules deviations). When there is a conflict between the two sets of Rules, U.S. Rules take precedence.

Here are a few rules highlights:

1. Team members must stay together (within unaided verbal contact) the whole time they are on the course (Orienteering USA Rule 5.5).
2. All team members must go to each checkpoint visited by the team, meaning all must punch within 60 seconds (IRF Rule B16). (This rule is why each team member must carry a SPORTident card.)
3. All participants are required to respond to a distress signal and to assist a participant who is injured and needs assistance (Orienteering USA Rule 10.2).
4. All participants are responsible for their own safety while they participate, and participants should make themselves aware of the hazards associated with the weather, rugged terrain, health risks of extreme exertion, equipment malfunction, and remoteness from emergency assistance.
5. Except in case of emergency, all participants must check in with event staff before leaving the area; in case of emergency, an evacuated participant or her/his team members should notify event staff of the situation as soon as possible after attending to the emergency.
6. Points will be deducted from the scores of late returning teams, and teams finishing more than 30 minutes late will receive a score of zero (Orienteering USA Rule 9.1).
7. A team may be disqualified for infringing these rules (Orienteering USA Rule 8.1).
8. Solo participants are allowed in the 4 hour events and in the bike Trex division (exception to Orienteering USA Rule 3.1 and IRF Rule B1).
9. Off-trail travel is not allowed in the bike divisions.
10. Please observe trail etiquette between the participants as well as with respect to other park users. Cyclists, yield to foot travelers; both, yield to equestrians. Friendly, respectful interaction with other trail users is key to our future ability to use Henry Coe State Park.
11. GPS devices and altimeters (such as GPS tracking watches) may be carried on the course (to allow tracking analysis afterward) but not used for navigation by teams. If carried, any such devices that have a display must be presented to event officals to be sealed (after tracking is activated, if desired) before the start. Without going into the details of the sealing method, we can say that participants with GPS watches and altimeters should plan to carry them, not wear them. This is an exception to Orienteering USA Rule 5.2 and IRF Rule B7.
12. We will transport your stuff to and from the camp without charge. Containers and drop bags will be available according to the schedule. This is an exception to Orienteering USA Rule 5.8 and IRF Rule B13.
13. Gas burners are OK, but open fires are not allowed in this park.

14. Suggested equipment

Each team should have a cellphone (AT&T or Verizon), a compass, shoes with treads appropriate for the steep slopes, salt tablets, food, blister tape, a first aid kit, and a space blanket.

15. Future closure of Henry Coe State Park

The park was scheduled to close to the public sometime between September of 2011 and July of 2012, but the eventuality has been averted. Many thanks go out to Coe Park Preservation Fund, an arm of Pine Ridge Association, and personally to Daniel McCranie for making this possible. Get Lost!! hopes to hold rogaines and Adventure Trex events at Coe Park for years to come.

All entry fee funds collected from bike division participants, less the cost of the event permit, will be donated to the Pine Ridge Association so that the park can stay open and operating for the enjoyment of rogainers, hikers, runners, cyclists, birdwatchers, nature lovers, and all park visitors.

We offer high-quality tech shirts to all individuals and team members who enter before the last deadline. One shirt per individual and two shirts per team are included in the base price; additional shirts are $10. Pictured is our shirt design for the 2011 Henry Coe event; the design for this event will be no less captivating, and will be posted here as soon as it's done!

All food during and after the event is included in the registration price, as is SPORTident rental for each team member.

The flex team option locks in the price, and also includes one shirt per team member regardless of the number of people in a team. If you register at the standard, non-flex team price, and additional team members join after a deadline, they will pay extra according to the price level in effect at the time. Team member substitutions are free for all registration options. All California ARA teams automatically receive the flex option.