The EddyFlower Vertical Challenge kicks off in 80 days, time to start rallying your crew!

The competition is simple: teams of 5 paddle as many runs as they can endure for 32 days. To give your paddling purpose, the challenge raises funds for young adults with cancer. Teams in each division with the most vertical feet are crowned champions and win SIC prizes!

- Open to all paddlers, from all states, of all skill levels
- Divisions include: Open, Class V, Class IV, Class III, Weekend Warrior
- All funds raised go to First Descents kayaking camp for young adults with cancer
- Drives new American Whitewater memberships to protect and restore America's rivers

Prizes: Panama Kayak Trip through Boquete Outdoor Adventure, Dagger Nomad, Go Pro Head Cameras, Kokatat Dry Tops, Level Six Skirts, WRSI Helmets, Keen Shoes, Smith Sunglasses, Tech 40 Watches, NRS Throw Bags, Aquabound Carbon Paddles, and PeakUK PFDs.

EVENT DETAILS - http://www.eddyflower.com/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=54

EVENT POSTER - http://www.eddyflower.com/images/VC2008Poster.jpg

REGISTER NOW!!! - http://www.eddyflower.com/protected/EditTeam.aspx

Teams from Utah are in a similar situation so they are rallying teams and competing amongst them selves to see who are the top dogs in UT...i am pulling together some prizes for the UT winners...so that is an option as well.

In any case keep in mind the challenge raises coin for young adults with cancer and drives AW memberships...its all for fun and for a good purpose.

To track the top DE or UT teams maybe we could create another Standings report that sorts teams by State then Vertical...just a thought

Shoot me a list of runs you would like added for the comp and I can work on getting them uploaded.  I may need some help on locations, elevations etc...

We are also creating a ladies only division this year...event is gonna be fun.

Cheers,
Paul - phemming@hotmail.com

Sounds great Tom.  It will be sweet to have a DE team registered...i've been talking with some paddlers from PA that are planning on competing as well. 

Here is a link to the Vertical page which shows all the eligibile runs for the comp...you can filter by State = Delaware . For a run to be eligible we need the basic run info (run name, river, location, class, putin, takeout, and putin/takeout elevations.  http://www.eddyflower.com/VerticalFeet.aspx  

During the comp teams/individuals simply login and select a date, run, # laps and the site automatically calculates the vert for ya...hard part is getting all the run data in prior to the event.

Ideally we'd like to get a good description and photos up for each run as well but that doesnt have to happen.

Paul Hemming wrote Keep in mind just because you register a team from DE doesn't mean you can only paddle runs in DE, teams are allowed to paddle runs from any state...game on!

haha, that's good to hear, because there are precisely zero white water runs in Delaware!