East Grand Adventure Race this weekend

The East Grand Adventure Race will be on Saturday.
The  race is 17-plus miles, which includes a 1.5 mile off-trail compass run, a nine-plus mile mountain bike challenge and seven-plus miles of canoeing. Coupled with those tasks, organizers have also added an Iron Man Challenge or two along the way, and a climbing wall challenge in the school’s gymnasium.
    The seventh annual Adventure Race begins at the Stetson Mountain Wind Farm and finishes at the Baskahegan Stream in Danforth.
The East Grand Adventure Race is hosted by students in the East Grand Outdoor Education Program and sponsored by Ski Rack Sports of Bangor; the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust and First Wind.
The age divisions for this year’s race are: high school boys, girls and mixed pairs; adult men; adult women and mixed; junior/senior division; open division — solo or teams of any size in relay, kayak or canoe.
Entry fee is $20 per person, which includes trophies, T-shirts, lunch and more than $1,000 in prizes for the youth divisions. Advanced registration is required.
For more information or to download forms on line visit East Grand School’s website at www.eastgrandschool.org or call race coordinator Dave Conley at 551-8729.