Posts Tagged ‘ urban adventure racing ’

Yes, High Trek Adventure Las Vegas is just a few short days away. You can’t register for it any more, only weep that you missed out on it. It’s going to be hands down the greatest day in HTA history! 2 Races! 1 Day! $12,345.67 at stake!!! And it’s freakin’ Vegas. I hope you like [...]

.!. The biggest challenge we face at High Trek Adventure is the degree of difficultly of clues. We don’t want them to be impossible because that would appeal to a small group, but we don’t want to give the clues away. That’s where our creative writing juices kick in. We try to leave embedded hints [...]

There is no way I would be where I am today with out the help of others. This statement holds true for me and my employees: Arielle Scott, Daniel Duan and Alice Perez. They are great workers because we have great communication, they feel valued (they’re not afraid to make mistakes) and I treat them [...]

2008 came and went. Out with the old, in with the new. Many exciting things happened in 2008 with High Trek Adventure. Here are some highlights: We had our largest ever race in Boston with 252 participants. (We fully expect that race to double the attendance in 2009). Moved into our new office in Berkeley, [...]

Win or loose, there is one thing for certain in every High Trek Adventure no matter if you’re partaking in our urban race in Atlanta, Dallas or Los Angeles you’ll need a race partner. Now before you hastily ask you significant other you need to ask yourself, “do I really want to win?” Or better [...]

I’ve been to dozens and dozens of U.S. cities and love so many of them, but Boston and Charleston, SC are my two favorites. High Trek Adventure is expanding its national race series to include many more great cities (we will release many of these dates on Friday). I assembled a top ten list of [...]

The election is just 18 days away, but you won’t have to wait until then for High Trek Adventure’s 2009 national race series. We will unveil some of our urban adventure races on Halloween. We will return to Boston, Chicago, NYC, Philly, Portland, Rochester, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC. We will be adding LA, [...]

It’s time people, time for our first contest of our blog season. Anyone who has participated in our urban adventure race from Boston to Portland knows that sometimes we’ll send you to find unique pieces of public art. Well, now you get to decide what you find. What public art piece in your city is [...]

What do you need to win at High Trek Adventure? You’ll need more than just quick thinking and fleet feet. Here’s a rundown of what you might want to consider if you want win: I’ve seen it all at our races: large bottle of Gatorade, unruly city maps and laptop computers (no one has yet [...]

When I created High Trek Adventure more than 3 years ago, one of the guiding principals was to offer great swag and awesome prizes (things that excite me). Over the years we’ve given away air plane tickets courtesy of Orbitz.com and Southwest, Timbuk2 and Chrome messenger bags, Sirius Satellite Radio, New Balance running shoes (vouchers), [...]