Personal Kit List
All participants must wear walking boots or robust shoes with a gripped sole (no trainers). Participants will not be permitted to walk if they are not wearing walking boots or robust shoes.
All participants must wear or carry:
- Suitable clothing for weather conditions (no denim clothing) which must include each of the following items:
- Waterproof jacket with hood and waterproof over-trousers
- Jumper or fleece
- Walking boots or robust shoes with a gripped sole (no trainers)
- Reflective Hi-vis jacket (with or without sleeves)
- Head torch
- Identification wristband (issued to each participant when teams check in)
- Tracker wristband (issued at the start of the event and collected at the finish)
- Day sack containing:
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- Gloves
- Hat
- Lunch
- Water in a suitable container
- Emergency rations
- Mug
There will be no food available at check points. All participants must make sure that they have sufficient provisions to sustain them for a whole day’s walking.
Team Kit List
All teams will require two copies of each of the following maps for this year’s event:
OS Explorer map 181, Chiltern Hills North;
OS Explorer map 172, Chiltern Hills East.
These maps can be bought online at:
https://dash4it.co.uk/
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https://shop.osmaps.com/maps/
This means that each team must be in possession of four maps.
All teams must carry:
- Two OS maps of the area OS Explorer Map 181 – Chiltern Hills North
- Two OS maps o the area 172 -Chiltern Hills East (Maps must either be waterproof or in a map case).
- Two compasses (Silva or similar)
- Compact basic First Aid Kit
- Watch
- At least two mobile phones which must be fully charged at the start of the event and must be switched on throughout the event so that the event organisers can contact teams at any time. The mobile phone numbers must be given to the member of staff at registration.
- The app “What Three Words” must be uploaded to the two mobile phones prior to the event.
- All participants must have a head torch. In addition, each team must have at least ONE torch which has a red coloured light. This is for the back marker to wear, or show on the back of their day sack, when walking along a road during the hours of darkness should this become necessary.
