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Day 3 - Mountain bike, mountain and - a lot of - glacier
trekking
C1 –
no coordinates – at the end of the road leading to lake
168.
C2 N65.35.59 W037.44.51 Col between pkt 796 og 830
C3 N65.35.20 W037.45.44 ”at the corner” opposite to
Manginnertseerpi
C4 N65.39.38 W037.54.71
Lonely house
C5 – no coordinates but placed close to col between the
two glaciers.
C6 N65.43.25 W037.46.66 Summit of Mittevakkat
C7 N65.40.41 W037.55.33
Sermilik Beach
Race
start at the museum at 0900. Teams are split into two’s
who each mountain bike to the end of the road leading to
the Lake 168, return to the museum, and as soon as both
racers have crossed the finish line, the other two are
allowed to start to do the same loop. After completing
the last loop, the whole team can start racing to
C2-C3-C4. At C4 your glacier gear can be picked up, as
you’ll have to use it to reach C5-C6-C7.
Between C2-C3 the route is extremely steep and covered
with lots of loose rocks, this section is marked with
the “ATC-lolly-pops” and you MUST follow this marked
route, AND you have to use your helmet between C2-C3.
Furthermore you have to be extremely cautious not to
kick rocks in the heads of racers below you.
C5 is
placed close to the col between the two glaciers - it
should be quite obvious.
Going
C5-C6-C7 is beautiful glacier trekking, but there are
lots of crevasses and some of them are BIG. Be careful !
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