Swazi Xtreme - Africa's Largest Adventure Race

Sanibonani! Welcome to the SWAZI XTREME 2010 !

Now celebrating its 10th consecutive year - the Swazi Xtreme is undeniably Africa's largest annual Adventure Racing event. LARGE refers not only to our field of entrants...but also to our race philosophy....the Swazi Xtreme is all about "going big"!

Swazi Xtreme participants are also NOT ordinary people. In the adventure racing community they are revered, whilst in everyday society, their exploits, courage and sheer bloody-mindedness sets them so far apart that they may as well be from another planet. For regular adventure racers the Swazi Xtreme is a "must-do", and proud record in any team CV, whilst for a fair proportion of the field the Xtreme is the only event that they do each year, an annual challenge that keeps their spirit of adventure alive and their self-confidence totally armour-proof.

We look forward to welcoming our hardened veterans back to the Kingdom again this year and to initiating a whole new fresh batch of novices into the somewhat addictive lure of the Swazi Xtreme.

The habit-forming additive in this event is undoubtedly ADRENALINE. We are firm believers that the sport of Adventure Racing should be more about ADVENTURE and less about racing. In case, you had any misconceptions, the Swazi Xtreme is not an "off-road triathlon" - the Swazi Xtreme is much LARGER than that. It demands a lot more respect.

Is it safe? Well, safety is a relative term. Compared to sitting on the sofa and watching the event on the box, no... it is certainly not safe. As organisers we'll be quite honest with you that there is no way that we can sweep mountains, cliffs, rivers, waterfalls, forests, caves, mineshafts, game reserves and remote rural areas totally free of hazards. The variables involved here make a Rubik's Cube look as simple as an ordinary dice. We do our best to scout the route, to put rope work and river safety crews in place and we do have paramedic back-up available, but we also can't guarantee that this will in any way reduce the risk and demands of the REAL adventure that you'll face.

The Kingdom of Swaziland and its natural abundance provides an awesome blank canvas for adventure. We append the dots strategically (some say cynically) in mind-blowing locations, but how the dots are joined is the art of Adventure Racing and in fact the very art of survival.

If you're prepared to take on the challenge on this basis, we're happy to give you an opportunity to swim in neat adrenaline, to gargle with it, to splash it around and to feel it surge thru' your veins until your heart-rate monitor goes POP!

Can you or should you tackle it? This is your decision to make. Read our event info, talk to past competitors, do thorough research, then decide whether you are LARGE enough for what could be a defining point in your life.

Enough with the melodramatics and on to the nuts and bolts. We've got a brand-new staged format for the SPORT event and some wicked challenges for the PRO's. Both events will take three days to complete.

For more information, check ot our dedicated Swazi Xtreme website. The site includes a history of the event, past results and all the info that you need for tackling this event. Entries will open shortly.