Adventure Racing
Dubai Desert Warrior: 12 Obstacles To Overcome
Find your inner warrior to beat The Beast
Slip, slide, leap, climb and run - for you are a warrior. If you’re an ‘extreme’ warrior, that means 20km and 30 obstacles in a timed race.
If you’re ‘fearless’, it’s 5km and a dozen barriers; for the (standard!) ‘ultimate warrior’, 10km and 20 obstacles. It has to be the Dubai Desert Warrior Challenge, back on Friday.
This is the third year the obstacle challenge has come to Dubai. Here we give you the rundown on 12 key obstacles - DDWC keep the others secret until the day.
Register if you haven’t already, and head out to the Dubai Police training grounds at Al Rawia on the E66. Don’t forget a change of clothes - getting wet and dirty is compulsory.
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The Quarter Pipe
Ever skated up a quarter pipe? Now try running, clambering or hauling yourself up a slick slope that’s been greased to keep you scrabbling. Nicknamed Everest for good reason.
Strength: 8/10 | Agility: 3/10 | Teamwork: 7/10 | Inner Warrior: 8/10
The Monster
The legendary scaffolding tower of hell. Plunge into a water pit then climb 6m up a rope to ring the bell before hitting the 8m cargo net and exit via a slide into a mud bath.
Strength: 5/10 | Agility: 5/10 | Teamwork: 2/10 | Inner Warrior: 8/10
The Beast
Haul yourself to the top and take a water slide to the bottom. Just like being at Aquaventure or Wild Wadi.
Strength: 7/10 | Agility: 6/10 | Teamwork: 3/10 | Inner Warrior: 8/10
Cargo
Clamber up the nets, showing off your goat-like hooves as you ascend.
Strength: 4/10 | Agility: 5/10 | Teamwork: 1/10 | Inner Warrior: 3/10
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Boot Camp
Sand pits, mud baths, barbed wire - no problem!
Strength: 7/10 | Agility: 3/10 | Teamwork: 1/10 | Inner Warrior: 2/10
Monkey Business
Make like a chimp and swing across those monkey rings - squeeze those lats.
Strength: 8/10 | Agility: 2/10 | Teamwork: 1/10 | Inner Warrior: 6/10
Claustrophobia
How low can you go? Belly-crawl through the tunnel: there’s light at the end, honestly.
Strength: 6/10 | Agility: 4/10 | Teamwork: 2/10 | Inner Warrior: 7/10
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Tired Yet
It’s only a little rubber tyre. You don’t have to pull it all that far…
Strength: 6/10 | Agility: 8/10 | Teamwork: 1/10 | Inner Warrior: 5/10
Team-specific obstacles
Brain Freeze
Dive into the icy river for a full-body brain freeze. A great way to chill out with your team. Not.
Strength: 2/10 | Agility: 1/10 | Teamwork: 2/10 | Inner Warrior: 8/10
Bell Climb
For whom the bell tolls. Climb the rope, ring the bell. Doesn’t sound too hard, right?
Strength: 9/10 | Agility: 3/10 | Teamwork: 3/10 | Inner Warrior: 8/10
Twin Peaks
You’re going to need a little human pyramid going here to give your gang a leg-up to the top of these fences.
Strength: 6/10 | Agility: 7/10 | Teamwork: 8/10 | Inner Warrior: 2/10
Stacks On
Ramp it up with a human chain to get to the top. Yes, it’s all about teamwork.
Strength: 7/10 | Agility: 5/10 | Teamwork: 8/10 | Inner Warrior: 4/10
Toughest obstacles for strength
1 Bell Climb 9/10
=2 Quarter Pipe/ Monkey Business 8/10
=3 The Beast/ Boot Camp/ Stacks On 7/10
Toughest obstacles for agility
1 Tired Yet 8/10
2 Twin Peaks 7/10
3 The Beast 6/10
=4 Stacks On/ The Monster/ Cargo 5/10
