January 21, 2021 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Further Adventurer Series challenges announced Competitions and Clubs In week 2 of the Adventurer Series we’re off to Egypt for three laps of the base of the Great Pyramid Our Adventurer Series kicked off last week with a trip to Paris for a race around the Champs-Élysées and our grand tour of the world continues with a trip to Egypt for Pyramid Circuits. Stage 2’s challenge is to race three laps around the Great Pyramid: 2,764m. Same as last week, you can choose to row, run or walk the challenge and upload your time to the Challenge Hub. Enter Challenge 2 TodayADVERT Challenge 2 of the series will close on midnight, Wednesday 3 February. Stage 1 (Élysées Champs) of the tour is still open for entries too and will close next Wednesday (27 January). We’ve got some great challenges to look forward to over the coming weeks too so make sure they’re in your training diary! Challenge 1 – Élysées Champs, France Closes – midnight, 27 January Week 1 of the British Rowing Adventurer Series takes us to Paris and the famous Champs-Élysées, home to the finish of the Tour de France. Row or run the 1910m from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. Enter Challenge 1 Challenge 2 – Pyramid Circuits, Egypt Closes – midnight, 3 February The second week of our Adventurer Series takes us to Egypt and the Great Pyramid. Row, run or walk three laps of the base of the pyramid – 2,764m. Enter Challenge 2 Challenge 3 – Machu Picchu Head, Peru Opens – 28 January Closes – midnight, 10 February The third week of our Adventurer Series takes us to Peru and the incredible city of Machu Picchu. Row, run or walk up to the altitude of the Machu Picchu – 2,430m above sea level. Coming Soon Challenge 4 – Head of the Golden Gate Bridge, USA Opens – 3 February Closes – midnight, 17 February We’re sticking with the Americas it but it’s up to the USA for week 4 of our Adventurer Series. It’s off to San Fransisco and a race across the length of the Golden Gate Bridge. Coming Soon Challenge 5 – Kili Challenge, Tanzania Opens – 10 February Closes – midnight, 24 February It’s a longer challenge this week as our Adventurer Series moves to Africa – it’s a race up to height of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania – how quickly can you get up the 5,895m? Coming Soon Coming Soon Challenge 6 – New Zealand Challenge 7 – Australia Challenge 8 – Nepal Challenge 9 – Singapore Challenge 10 – Japan Challenge 11 – Great Britain ADVERT
