This was a somewhat last-minute sign-up, talked into by my always-convincing friend and neighbor. The motivation here is to achieve 5 events and get my Cadre Barbarossa V patch at the Rucking Dead events in October where I currently plan to do the Tough (12-hr) and the Basic (6-hr). I did my first 2 qualifying events in February and this one counts as the third.
This event was a slightly different structure than the normal GORUCK Basic. Whereas a typical Challenge event includes a structure of team movements with weight + team activities (small group challenges, PT, trivia, etc), this one was more of a random set of activities, both team-based and individual. The goal of each activity (called an "evolution") was to allow the Cadre to gather data points for the evolution and allow them to gauge what tweaks might need to be made before including it in a Tier 1 event (for the "pro" type folk who do these events at an elite level).
I won't go into detail on the evolutions since part of the intent is to keep these things a bit of a mystery, but will say there was some individual rucking over distance, some creative team problem-solving, some carrying of heavy things (like a 60# sandbag, for example). I will say one shocking thing: NOT A SINGLE BURPEE WAS DONE. 😱 Knowing how much Cadre Barbarossa loves burpees, this was a huge surprise.
Overall it was fun, challenging, and has me eager to do more. The 15 GRTs who earned their patches worked hard!
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| Sunrise over Daffin Park, Savannah, GA |
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| Tokens collected |
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| Go team! |
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| Patch and beer ✅ |
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