Adventure sport is a great combination of different sports. The target is to find all the marks as fast as possible with the help of maps and means of running, canoeing, cycling, climbing and whatever the organizers come up with! The competition can take from few hours up to days and it’s usually done in pairs.

This year Snowflakes Adventure was held near Lahti, in Vierumäki sport center. There were three different categories, from the beginners up to pro teams, who spend the whole day solving the tasks.

Ursprungsland Biathlon Team was taking part in the middle series with a team of Juhani and Janne. The first task (prolog) was to find marks around the Vierumäki area with only little pieces of map. After that there was canoeing on a windy lake. Orienteering with running took about two hours, and after that it was the time to change to bikes.

The nicest parts in the competition are the “Quest”-tasks. This year the pro series needed to orienteer with 32 years old map! Besides there were: a task to move a balloon without carrying it on hands, a climbing task, and in the end jump to the cold lake (with the clothes on).

Ursprungsland Biathlon Team was in the end fourth, with the time of 3:31:03. Nice!

Marja and Kenny were representing team “Hiiltomiehet 2” ending up on the second position in the easiest series (2:11:04). The race was relatively easy and orienteering not so challenging. Johanna and Maria were the toughest of us all, their “Team Harhanäky” won the female series in pro class with doing hard sports for 6:55:48!