Overview: It's an Adventure Photographer Urban Adventure Race through Venice and Santa Monica. Solve challenges. Complete puzzles. Perform whacky adventure tricks. Get from clue to clue as quickly as possible - the two person team to answer the most clues correctly and complete the course the fastest - win! Capture the action using your camera phone and email your answers to the judges. Don't have a camera phone? No worries bring your digital camera and upload your answers on-site.

The race will be outdoor adventure related - so keep that in mind when you think of possible solutions. Bring your walking shoes. Your progress will be displayed graphically on www.scoaoutdoors.net so your friends and family all over the world can watch and 'participate' virtually!

We are going to keep the event dirt cheap $10/team which is $5/person until 19 April. After that, it is $10/person $20 team. If you are interested - sign up. Those of you signing up before 19 April will get a SCOA tee. In your RSVP include your teammate's name. If you don't have one no worries we can help you as we get closer to race day! I am working with Christine, Stephen and Erica on a few of the details but the event will be fun! If you have never done an urban adventure race you are in for a treat.

The Plan:
Meet at the northwest corner of Bernard Way and Sea Colony Drive in Santa Monica (Google Map) You will see a grassy park. Find me. I look exactly like I do in my profile picture. Please feel free to text me [masked]. As you can imagine phone calls on event day are impossible to manage. Don't be late!

At 10:25, we will "push" the clues to you via text and the event will start! Some clues will be intuitive some not, some will be easy, some will not be so easy. Finally some clues will be close others not so close - review the clues carefully. As you answer your clues, email them to us at SCOA (email address TBD).

Regardless of where you are in the clue process, meet us back at James Beach at 5:30PM (60 North Venice Boulevard Venice, CA 90291-4166 [masked]) where we will announce the winners.

Distance:
Bring your comfortable walking shoes because you will be walking - a lot. Actual distance traveled could be up to 7/8 miles. It is okay to take the Big Blue bus but no bikes, skates or other wheeled transportation will be allowed.

Difficulty:
Easy - as long as you can walk and think you will have a great time.

Parking:
Parking on the west side is always a challenge. We recommend parking at the beach. I think it is $10 for the day. You can also park in the residential areas above the beach for free. 4th and Ashland is a great place to start. Read and be mindful of the parking signs.

BTW - if you have a favorite adventure related vendor, or favorite bar or favorite store in the Santa Monica and Venice area and you think they would want to participate as a place to retrieve clues, drop me a line - f[masked].