2008 Salomon Raid the Hammer

95 teams of three hit the start line of a sold-out SALOMON RAID THE HAMMER this year! Thank you to all for making it a big success.

We will post some more information about the race including some winner's routes shortly.

Please leave comments on the race, stories, feedback, etc. on the comments section.

-Golden Horseshoe Orienteering

Pictures from the Raid terrain

Enjoy!

Checkpoint - Stand with SI unit.

Most checkpoints will have a electronic punch unit, a so called SportIdent unit, or SI unit. Teams will punch by putting their SI card through the SI unit. The SI unit will make both a visual (red blink) and audio (beep) confirmation that the team's SI card have been registered. Teams that lose their SI card will not receive a finish time, and will need to pay $35 for a replacement. More information about the electronic punching will be e-mailed to the team captains closer to race day.

Checkpoint - Small Flag

A few checkpoints will be marked with a slightly smaller flag. At this checkpoints, teams must use the punches and punch their map in the appropriate box. Only one map needs to be punched. If you choose to punch only one map - make sure you don't lose it...
If a punch is missing, electronic or manual, teams will not get a finish time.

Checkpoint - Post

Two checkpoints on the 25K will be a permanent post. Teams must write the "post's code", which is located on the side of the post (see picture).

The 10K teams will have a post as a checkpoint once.