The racecourse of Eco-Challenge Sabah 2000 covers 509.5 kilometers.
Eco-Challenge Sabah 2000 competitors must travel across open water, jungles, rivers and caves.
Modes of un-motorized transport fall across several disciplines - outrigger canoe paddling, coasteering, snorkeling, mountain biking, jungle trekking, Sampan canoe paddling, caving, rock climbing/rappeling, and scuba diving.
Teams of four use only a topographical map and compass to navigate their way from one Passport Control (PC) to the next (also called “Check Points”), having their team’s passport stamped at each PC. There are a 32 PCs in total. Missing signatures, or missing passports will result in severe time penalties and perhaps disqualification.
The race is completely self-sufficient. Racers must carry all their food, water and gear needed for each leg. The rest of their gear is stored in their personal transition boxes (50-gallon plastic containers) which are only accessible at Camp 1, a Transition Area (TA) and the only place where teams are able to re-supply food and water. Camp 1 serves as PC 12, and again as PC 23. Teams will pass through Camp 1 twice, making the transition from Perahu canoe sailing leg to the mountain biking leg at Camp 1/PC 12, and again making the transition from trekking back to sailing Camp 1/PC 23.
Each transition from one discipline to the next, from one Camp to the next also constitutes the end of a leg. There are three legs in this year’s Eco-Challenge: the start at Semporna to Camp 1 (Leg 1), back to Camp 1 (Leg 2), and from Camp 1 to the finish (Leg 3).
The distance of the race segments are as follows: Racers sail native Perahu outrigger canoes for 116.5 kilometers (sometimes splitting up: two swim/coasteer, two sail) to Camp 1/PC 12. After leaving Camp 1/PC 12 on mountain bikes for an 80-kilometer ride, they will leave their bikes at a bike drop at PC 14. They will then jungle trek for 57 kilometers, until picking up their Sampan canoes at PC 20, which they’ll paddle for 116 kilometers. They’ll then trek 19 kilometers before heading back into Camp 1/PC 23 to pick up boats that they’ll sail for 25.5 more kilometers. They’ll then cave and rappel 22 kilometers, and, finally, sail 73.5 kilometers to the finish line at Semporna (PC 32), which was also the site of the start.
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