Giants Challenge
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The Giants Challenge is a tough one-day mountain-bike marathon held in April in the rugged and picturesque Giants Cup area of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains. The course is 75 kilometres of tough and stunningly beautiful terrain through the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park, a World Heritage Site, and is widely regarded as one of the toughest of South Africa's MTB marathons.[citation needed]
Riders take between four and nine hours to complete the challenging course, which includes a single compulsory portage of about 600m up a hiking trail, insanely fast downhills and wet river crossings through icy rivers.
Why Tame 'The Giant'?
Well, apart from earning the right to wear, with pride, the coveted branded fleece top, you will have made a place for yourself in that special team of people who have decided that it’s up to us to assist with the conservation of our natural environment.
The Wildlands Conservation Trust is the beneficiary of the Giant’s Challenge, an event which forms an important part of the WCT fund raising effort – an effort in which you are also an ultimate beneficiary. As they say – "We’re only borrowing this planet from our kids…". In 2007 around R130,000 was raised by both the riders and the official event sponsors.
Of course it goes without saying that by participating in one of South Africa’s toughest one day mountain biking events, you’re not about to take life lying down…
You will participate in an awe inspiring and epic journey; something different to challenge the body and spirit - this Giant's Castle Mountain Bike Challenge.