Hey Everyone,
With a few people now having the technology we’re finding more and more videos coming out of training weekends and expeditions…
You can find them here on our You Tube page… http://www.youtube.com/user/HSXOnline
Thanks and enjoy…
Alan
HSX September Training weekend is taking place at Ferny Croft on 2-4 September. The main task will be to support the Belize training weekend but there will be the opportunity to complete some of your personal training. Please let Hayley or Craig know if you are able to make the weekend!
See you there
Today, teamHSX on Atacama were joined at Hengitsbury Head (Southbourne, Dorset) by Divya Kohli, ace reporter from Meridian News. She filmed a piece on us to be shown on the Meridian News tomorrow (Monday 17/1/2011) night on the main bulletin.
Divya, even said they are keen to join us on our Malaga training session and are even talking about joining us in Chile for the race….
teamHSX on Atacama then went on to complete a 25km training run along Bournemouth & Poole beaches and back…
Today was also great as we recieved our new team kit….. It felt great.. Thanks Russ and Simon Furlong for helping us with this..
Don’t forget now, with only about six weeks left until we fly out, it would be great if you bought a time slot and sponsored us… Go to the Atacama pages to find out more…. www.hsx.org.uk/Atacama
Now in it’s 2nd year, the eagerly anticipated HSX Winter Adventure Race gave 18 competitors the opportunity to lose all feeling in their feet. Sub zero temperatures and some sneaky control placements meant some runners learnt some route choice lessons the hard way, by ending up waste deep in freezing bogs. The route planner (me) also learnt something about remembering to tell everyone about moving controls to a different location. Still, everyone returned with smiles on their faces and there was even talk of a summer race (anyone want to volunter to set the route?)
With only 2 teams arriving withing the time limit of 3 hours and 2 points lost per minute late, the scores threw up some interesting results. Overall winners were Alan and Chris, having collected all 10 checkpoints but returning around 20 minutes late, finishing with an impressive score of ~160.
Full results will appear below (when I manage to make it through the snow to work, where the piece of paper with the scores is)
Open Class
1) Alan and Chris
2) Rich and Rich
3) Craig and Tom
4) To come
5) To come
Rookie
To come
Solo
To come
Triple
To come
Female
Charlotte and Hayley
The HSX Christmas weekender is taking place on 18th – 20th December 2009 at Ferny Crofts, New Forest.
The weekend will include the following elements;
Saturday daytime: teamHSX Adventure race, this years race is the second of the annual competitions and this year the course director (Ian Furlong) say “bring your wellies”, it promises to be a wet one.
Saturday evening: HSX Christmas meal, this year being cooked by the Peru 2010 expedition team
Sunday: HSX annual forum, your chance to find out and lead exciting future expeditions and an opportunity to have a say on what we do
It would be great if you’re able to attend the whole weekend and we’ll be catering from Saturday breakfast until Sunday lunchtime. If you are unable to make all weekend but would like to take part in some elements of the weekend please let me know what parts you will be there for.
Please let me know if you are attending and when. craig.gregory(at)hsx(dot)org(dot)uk
Congratulations to HSX Leader Craig and Alan on passing their ML(Summer) award this week.
They both said that it was a tough and stressful week but thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Craig and Alan completed the 5 day assesment which included group management, safety on steep ground, micro navigation and a two night expedition. They completed this at the National Mountain Centre – Plas Y Brenin in Snowdonia.
Well done guys.
